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Future multi-input multi-output (MIMO) wireless communications systems will use beamforming as a first-step towards realizing the capacity requirements necessitated by the exponential increase in data demands. The focus of this work is on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-27 Dennis Ogbe , David J. Love , Vasanthan Raghavan

Accurate beam prediction is essential for mitigating signalling overhead and latency in integrated sensing and communication-enabled massive multi-input multi-output systems. With the aid of multimodal learning, the prediction accuracy can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-15 Zijian Zheng , Wenqiang Yi , Hyundong Shin , Arumugam Nallanathan

Fifth generation wireless systems are expected to employ multiple antenna communication at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies using small cells within heterogeneous cellular networks. The high path loss of mmWave as well as physical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-19 Jiho Song , Junil Choi , Stephen G. Larew , David J. Love , Timothy A. Thomas , Amitava Ghosh

Highly directional mmWave/THz links require rapid beam alignment, yet exhaustive codebook sweeps incur prohibitive training overhead. This letter proposes a sensing-assisted adaptive probing policy that maps multimodal sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-26 Abidemi Orimogunje , Vukan Ninkovic , Ognjen Kundacina , Hyunwoo Park , Sunwoo Kim , Dejan Vukobratovic , Evariste Twahirwa , Gaspard Gashema

Integrated sensing and communication and millimeter wave (mmWave) have emerged as pivotal technologies for 6G networks. However, the narrow nature of mmWave beams requires precise alignments that typically necessitate large training…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-25 Ahmad A. Aziz El-Banna , Octavia A. Dobre

In this paper, adaptive training beam sequence design for efficient channel estimation in large millimeter-wave(mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels is considered. By exploiting the sparsity in large mmWave MIMO channels…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-15 Junyeong Seo , Youngchul Sung , Gilwon Lee , Donggun Kim

Visual information, captured for example by cameras, can effectively reflect the sizes and locations of the environmental scattering objects, and thereby can be used to infer communications parameters like propagation directions, receiver…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-26 Weihua Xu , Feifei Gao , Xiaoming Tao , Jianhua Zhang , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Designing efficient channel access schemes for wireless communications without any prior knowledge about the nature of environments has been a very challenging issue, especially when the channel states distribution of all spectrum resources…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Pan Zhou , Tao Jiang

Communication systems at millimeter-wave (mmW) and sub-terahertz frequencies are of increasing interest for future high-data rate networks. One critical challenge faced by phased array systems at these high frequencies is the efficiency of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-18 Benjamin W. Domae , Ruifu Li , Danijela Cabric

An active-sensing-based learning algorithm is proposed to solve the near-field beam alignment problem with the aid of wavenumber-domain transform matrices (WTMs). Specifically, WTMs can transform the antenna-domain channel into a sparse…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Hao Jiang , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu

Accurate channel estimation is essential for both high-rate communication and high-precision sensing in 6G wireless systems. However, a major performance limitation arises from calibration mismatches when operating phased-array antennas…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-10 Patrick Hödl , Jakob Möderl , Erik Leitinger , Klaus Witrisal

In this paper, we investigate the problem of beam alignment in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, and design an optimal algorithm to reduce the overhead. Specifically, due to directional communications, the transmitter and receiver beams…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Morteza Hashemi , Ashutosh Sabharwal , C. Emre Koksal , Ness B. Shroff

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Muddassar Hussain , Nicolo Michelusi

Integrated artificial intelligence (AI) and communication has been recognized as a key pillar of 6G and beyond networks. In line with AI-native 6G vision, explainability and robustness in AI-driven systems are critical for establishing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-31 Nasir Khan , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil , Sinem Coleri

Since the spectrum below 6 GHz bands is insufficient to meet the high bandwidth requirements of 5G use cases, 5G networks expand their operation to mmWave bands. However, operation at these bands has to cope with a high penetration loss and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-02 Lotte Weedage , Clara Stegehuis , Suzan Bayhan

Due to the very narrow beam used in millimeter wave communication (mmWave), beam alignment (BA) is a critical issue. In this work, we investigate the issue of mmWave BA and present a novel beam alignment scheme on the basis of a machine…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-29 Songjie Yang , Baojuan Liu , Zhiqin Hong , Zhongpei Zhang

Resource allocation and multiple access schemes are instrumental for the success of communication networks, which facilitate seamless wireless connectivity among a growing population of uncoordinated and non-synchronized users. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-22 Sajad Daei , Saeed Razavikia , Marios Kountouris , Mikael Skoglund , Gabor Fodor , Carlo Fischione

MmWave communications aim to meet the demand for higher data rates by using highly directional beams with access to larger bandwidth. An inherent challenge is acquiring channel state information (CSI) necessary for mmWave transmission. We…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-01 Nancy Ronquillo , Sung-En Chiu , Tara Javidi

To meet the requirements for high data rates and ubiquitous connectivity in 6G networks, higher frequencies and larger array apertures are employed to enhance spatial resolution and spectral efficiency. This evolution leads to an expansion…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 Shupei Zhang , Boya Di , Lingyang Song

Accurate beam alignment is essential for beam-based millimeter wave communications. Conventional beam sweeping solutions often have large overhead, which is unacceptable for mobile applications like vehicle-to-everything. Learning-based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Vutha Va , Takayuki Shimizu , Gaurav Bansal , Robert W. Heath