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In this paper, we investigate the millimeter-wave (mmWave) near-field beam training problem to find the correct beam direction. In order to address the high complexity and low identification accuracy of existing beam training techniques, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Yuan Xu , Li Wei , Chongwen Huang , Chen Zhu , Zhaohui Yang , Jun Yang , Jiguang He , Zhaoyang Zhang , Mérouane Debbah

Hybrid analog/digital precoding offers a compromise between hardware complexity and system performance in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems. This type of precoding allows mmWave systems to leverage large antenna array gains that are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Robert W. Heath

Beam training for extremely large-scale arrays with curvature-reconfigurable apertures (CuRAs) faces the critical challenge of severe, geometry-dependent angle-range coupling. While most existing designs compartmentalize near field and far…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Zhoujie You , Shu Sun , Ruifeng Gao , Jue Wang , Xianghao Yu

Beam codebooks are a new feature of massive multiple-input multiple-output (M-MIMO) in 5G new radio (NR). Codebooks comprised of beamforming vectors are used to transmit reference signals and obtain limited channel state information (CSI)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-14 Ryan M. Dreifuerst , Robert W. Heath , Ali Yazdan

This paper develops a novel methodology for designing analog beamforming codebooks for full-duplex millimeter wave (mmWave) transceivers, the first such codebooks to the best of our knowledge. Our design reduces the self-interference…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-31 Ian P. Roberts , Hardik B. Jain , Sriram Vishwanath , Jeffrey G. Andrews

In pursuance of the unused spectrum in higher frequencies, millimeter wave (mmWave) bands have a pivotal role. However, the high path-loss and poor scattering associated with mmWave communications highlight the necessity of employing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Nariman Torkzaban , Mohamamd A. , Khojastepour , John S. Baras

We consider the problem of spatial signal design for multipath-assisted mmWave positioning under limited prior knowledge on the user's location and clock bias. We propose an optimal robust design and, based on the low-dimensional precoder…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-09 Musa Furkan Keskin , Fan Jiang , Florent Munier , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch

In this paper, we study the codebook-based near-field beam training for intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) aided wireless system. In the considered model, the near-field beam training is critical to focus signals at the location of user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Tao Wang , Jie Lv , Haonan Tong , Changsheng You , Changchuan Yin

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a transformative paradigm, enabling situationally aware and perceptive next-generation wireless networks through the co-design of shared network resources. With the adoption of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

In this paper, we study efficient codebook design for limited feedback in extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) frequency division duplexing (FDD) systems. It is worth noting that existing codebook designs for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Liujia Yao , Changsheng You , Zixuan Huang , Chao Zhou , Zhaohui Yang , Xiaoyang Li

In this paper, beam training and beam tracking are investigated for extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output communication systems with partially-connected hybrid combining structures. Firstly, we propose a two-stage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Kangjian Chen , Chenhao Qi , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Geoffrey Ye Li

The interplay between large antenna apertures and high carrier frequencies in future wireless systems gives rise to near-field communications, where the curvature of spherical wavefronts renders traditional far-field beamforming models…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Panagiotis Gavriilidis , George C. Alexandropoulos

In this paper, we propose a novel blockage-aware hierarchical beamforming framework for movable antenna (MA) systems operating at millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) frequencies. While existing works on MA systems have demonstrated performance gains…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-20 Yan Zhang , Indrakshi Dey , Nicola Marchetti

The interplay between large antenna apertures and high frequencies in future generations of wireless networks will give rise to near-field communications. In this paper, we focus on the hybrid analog and digital beamforming architecture of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Panagiotis Gavriilidis , George C. Alexandropoulos

In this paper, we study hierarchical codebook design for channel estimation in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications with a hybrid precoding structure. Due to the limited saturation power of mmWave power amplifier (PA), we take the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-10 Zhenyu Xiao , Pengfei Xia , Xiang-Gen Xia

In this paper, we study efficient beam coverage design for multi-antenna systems in both far-field and near-field cases. To reduce the computational complexity of existing sampling-based optimization methods, we propose a new low-complexity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-06 Chao Zhou , Changsheng You , Cong Zhou , Li Chen , Yi Gong , Chengwen Xing

This work investigates exploiting the potential of pixel antennas, which are a reconfigurable antenna technology that can flexibly adjust the antenna characteristics through antenna coding, in multi-user transmissions. To that end, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Hongyu Li , Shanpu Shen

Large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) holds great promise for the fifth-generation (5G) and future communication systems. In near-field scenarios, the spherical wavefront model is commonly utilized to accurately depict the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Hao Jiang , Wangqi Shi , Xiao Chen , Qiuming Zhu , Zhen Chen

XL-MIMO promises to provide ultrahigh data rates in Terahertz (THz) spectrum. However, the spherical-wavefront wireless transmission caused by large aperture array presents huge challenges for channel state information (CSI) acquisition.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Xu Shi , Jintao Wang , Zhi Sun , Jian Song

Covert communication in wireless networks ensures that transmissions remain undetectable to adversaries, making it a potential enabler for privacy and security in sensitive applications. However, to meet the high performance and…

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