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The 6G communication systems use mmWave and MIMO technologies to achieve wide bandwidth and high throughout, leading to indispensable need for beam alignment to overcome severe signal attenuation. Traditional sector-search-based beam…
Next generation communication systems require accurate beam alignment to counteract the impairments that characterize propagation in high-frequency bands. The overhead of the pilot sequences required to select the best beam pair is…
The rules governing the availability and quality of connections in a wireless network are described by physical models such as the signal-to-interference & noise ratio (SINR) model. For a collection of simultaneously transmitting stations…
Radio Frequency (RF) sensing holds the potential for enabling pervasive monitoring applications. However, modern sensing algorithms imply complex operations, which clash with the energy-constrained nature of edge sensing devices. This calls…
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We propose a novel sensing approach for the beam alignment problem in millimeter wave systems using a single Radio Frequency (RF) chain. Conventionally, beam alignment using a single phased array involves comparing beamformer output power…
Movable antennas (MAs) have emerged as a promising technology for wireless sensing by reconfiguring antenna positions to exploit additional spatial degrees of freedom (DoFs). This paper investigates a robust movable antenna placement…
Emerging wireless applications are requiring ever more accurate location-positioning from sensor measurements. In this paper, we develop sensor selection strategies for 3D wireless positioning based on time of arrival (TOA) and received…
Meta distribution is a fine-grained unified performance metric that enables us to evaluate the {reliability and latency} of next generation wireless networks, in addition to the conventional coverage probability. In this paper, using…
This paper proposes an elegant optimization framework consisting of a mix of linear-matrix-inequality and second-order-cone constraints. The proposed framework generalizes the semidefinite relaxation (SDR) enabled solution to the typical…
Received signal strength (RSS)-based wireless localization is easy to implement at low cost. In practice,exact positions of anchors may not be available. This paper focuses on determining the location of a source in the presence of…
Millimeter-wave will be a key technology in next-generation wireless networks thanks to abundant bandwidth availability. However, the use of large antenna arrays with beamforming demands precise beam-alignment between transmitter and…
Node localization algorithms that can be easily integrated into deployed wireless sensor networks (WSNs) and which run seamlessly with proprietary lower layer communication protocols running on off-the-shelf modules can help operators of…
Radio-based localization systems conventionally require stationary reference points (e.g. anchors) with precisely surveyed positions, making deployment time-consuming and costly. This paper presents an empirical evaluation of collaborative…
The dense and distributed deployment of sub-THz radio units (RUs) alongside sub-10 GHz access point (AP) is a promising approach to provide high data rate and reliable coverage for future 6G applications. However, beam search or RU…
Online selection of optimal waveforms for target tracking with active sensors has long been a problem of interest. Many conventional solutions utilize an estimation-theoretic interpretation, in which a waveform-specific Cram\'{e}r-Rao lower…
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Terahertz (THz) communication systems suffer severe blockage issues, which may significantly degrade the communication coverage and quality. Bending beams, capable of adjusting their propagation direction to bypass obstacles, have recently…
Localization in long-range Internet of Things networks is a challenging task, mainly due to the long distances and low bandwidth used. Moreover, the cost, power, and size limitations restrict the integration of a GPS receiver in each…