Initial access & beam alignment for mmWave and terahertz communications

W Attaoui, K Bouraqia, E Sabir - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The initial access in Millimeter wave (mmWave) 5G communications is very challenging and
time consuming. In general, mmWave and terahertz communications require the use of …

Deep active learning approach to adaptive beamforming for mmWave initial alignment

F Sohrabi, Z Chen, W Yu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a deep learning approach to the adaptive and sequential beamforming
design problem for the initial access phase in a mmWave environment with a single-path …

Active sensing for two-sided beam alignment and reflection design using ping-pong pilots

T Jiang, F Sohrabi, W Yu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Beam alignment is an important task for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication,
because constructing aligned narrow beams both at the transmitter (Tx) and the receiver …

Integrated beam tracking and communication for (Sub-) mmWave links with stochastic mobility

N Ronquillo, CS Gau, T Javidi - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of active sensing and sequential beam tracking at mmWave
frequencies and above. We focus on the setting of aerial communications between a quasi …

Rapid Beam Tracking Using Power Measurement for Terahertz Communications

X He, C Zhang, C Lu, X Yu - Electronics, 2024 - mdpi.com
With abundant bandwidth resources, terahertz communications are considered one of the
key technologies to meet the requirement for high data-rate transmission in the future. In …

Low latency beam-sweeping for millimeter wave systems via pessimistic optimization

AS Guerreiro, H Iimori… - IEEE Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The initial setup at millimeter-wave channels is especially challenging due to the severe
propagation loss imposed on the channel gains. To overcome this loss, it is common to use …

Optimal single-user interactive beam alignment with feedback delay

A Khalili, S Shahsavari, MAA Khojastepour… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Communication in Millimeter wave (mmWave) band relies on narrow beams due to
directionality, high path loss, and shadowing. One can use beam alignment (BA) techniques …

Hybrid Beam Alignment for Multi-Path Channels: A Group Testing Viewpoint

O Yildiz, A Khalili, E Erkip - 2022 56th Asilomar Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-frequency bands such as millimeter-wave and terahertz require narrow beams due to
path loss and shadowing. Beam alignment (BA) methods allow the transceivers to adjust the …

On single-user interactive beam alignment in millimeter wave systems: Impact of feedback delay

A Khalili, S Shahsavari… - … on Information Theory …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Narrow beams are key to wireless communications in millimeter wave frequency bands.
Beam alignment (BA) allows the base station (BS) to adjust the direction and width of the …

Active and Dynamic Beam Tracking UnderStochastic Mobility

N Ronquillo, T Javidi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.11281, 2021 - arxiv.org
We consider the problem of active and sequential beam tracking at mmWave frequencies
and above. We focus on the dynamic scenario of a UAV to UAV communications where we …