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Hybrid analog/digital beamforming is a promising technique to realize millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems cost-effectively. However, existing hybrid beamforming designs mainly rely on real-time…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-20 Di Wu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Beamforming techniques are utilized in millimeter wave (mmWave) communication to address the inherent path loss limitation, thereby establishing and maintaining reliable connections. However, adopting standard defined beamforming approach…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Muhammad Baqer Mollah , Honggang Wang , Hua Fang

We develop a broadband channel estimation algorithm for millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems with few-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). Our methodology exploits the joint sparsity of the mmWave MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-07 Jianhua Mo , Philip Schniter , Robert W. Heath

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is envisioned as a cornerstone to fulfill the data rate requirements for fifth generation (5G) cellular networks. In mmWave communication, beamforming is considered as a key technology to combat the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-09 Waqas Bin Abbas , Michele Zorzi

Hybrid analog and digital beamforming transceivers are instrumental in addressing the challenge of expensive hardware and high training overheads in the next generation millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-04 Ahmet M. Elbir , Kumar Vijay Mishra , M. R. Bhavani Shankar , Björn Ottersten

Low overhead channel estimation based on compressive sensing (CS) has been widely investigated for hybrid wideband millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The channel sparsifying dictionaries used in prior…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-19 Hongxiang Xie , Joan Palacios , Nuria González-Prelcic

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is considered as a key enabler of ultra-high data rates in the future cellular and wireless networks. The need for directional communication between base stations (BSs) and users in mmWave systems,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-04 Sara Khosravi , Hossein S. Ghadikolaei , Marina Petrova

Advancements in 6G wireless technology have elevated the importance of beamforming, especially for attaining ultra-high data rates via millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency deployment. Although promising, mmWave bands require substantial beam…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-31 Avi Deb Raha , Kitae Kim , Apurba Adhikary , Mrityunjoy Gain , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Analog beamforming is a low-cost architecture for millimeter-wave (mmWave) mobile communications. However, it has two disadvantages for serving fast mobility users: (i) the mmWave beam in the wireless channel and the beam steered by analog…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-04 Yu Liu , Jiahui Li , Yin Sun , Shidong Zhou

This paper proposes a deep learning-based beamforming design framework that directly maps a target beam pattern to optimal beamforming vectors across multiple antenna array architectures, including digital, analog, and hybrid beamforming.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Hongpu Zhang , Shu Sun , Hangsong Yan , Jianhua Mo

Huge overhead of beam training poses a significant challenge to mmWave communications. To address this issue, beam tracking has been widely investigated whereas existing methods are hard to handle serious multipath interference and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Ke Ma , Dongxuan He , Hancun Sun , Zhaocheng Wang

In ultrasound (US) imaging, various types of adaptive beamforming techniques have been investigated to improve the resolution and contrast-to-noise ratio of the delay and sum (DAS) beamformers. Unfortunately, the performance of these…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-25 Shujaat Khan , Jaeyoung Huh , Jong Chul Ye

This paper develops a channel estimation technique for millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems. Our method exploits the sparse structure in mmWave channels for low training overhead and accounts for the phase errors in the channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-12 Weijia Yi , Nitin Jonathan Myers , Geethu Joseph

Initial access at millimeter wave frequencies is a challenging problem due to hardware non-idealities and low SNR measurements prior to beamforming. Prior work has exploited the observation that mmWave MIMO channels are sparse in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-06 Nitin Jonathan Myers , Robert W. Heath

Transmit beamforming for underwater acoustic communication is challenging because it requires perfect knowledge of the channel to the receiver in advance. In practice, channel estimates must be learned through feedback and are often noisy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-15 Diego A. Cuji , Andrew C. Singer , Milica Stojanovic

Beamforming is a signal processing technique where an array of antenna elements can be steered to transmit and receive radio signals in a specific direction. The usage of millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies and multiple input multiple…

Symbolic Computation · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Snehal Bhayani , Praneeth Susarla , S. S. Krishna Chaitanya Bulusu , Olli Silven , Markku Juntti , Janne Heikkila

Fast channel estimation in millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems is a fundamental enabler of high-gain beamforming, which boosts coverage and capacity. The channel estimation stage typically involves an initial beam training process where a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Sandra Roger , Maximo Cobos , Carmen Botella-Mascarell , Gabor Fodor

Beamforming structures with fixed beam codebooks provide economical solutions for millimeter wave (mmWave) communications due to the low hardware cost. However, the training overhead to search for the optimal beamforming configuration is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Ruichen Deng , Sheng Chen , Sheng Zhou , Zhisheng Niu , Wei Zhang

Beamforming techniques have been widely used in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands to mitigate the path loss of mmWave radio links as the narrow straight beams by directionally concentrating the signal energy. However, traditional mmWave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-03 Kan Zheng , Haojun Yang , Ziqiang Ying , Pengshuo Wang , Lajos Hanzo

We present a beamforming algorithm for multiuser wideband millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems where one access point uses hybrid analog/digital beamforming while multiple user stations have phased-arrays with a single RF chain.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-13 Carlos A. Viteri-Mera , Fernando L. Teixeira