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  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,584 Views
19 Pages

9 February 2018

In millimeter-wave (mm-wave) cellular systems, beamforming antennas are necessary at both the base station (BS) and mobile station (MS) to compensate for high attenuation in mm-wave frequency bands and to extend the transmission range. The beamformin...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,048 Views
17 Pages

7 November 2023

The occurrence of cross-beam interference in the received signal is one of the main problems that limit the possibilities of massive multiple-input–multiple-output technology (massive-MIMO) in fifth-generation (5G) systems. Thus, the evaluation...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Measurements of Propagation Environments for 5G and beyond Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,290 Views
14 Pages

13 October 2023

With the rapid development of the underwater Internet of Things (IoT), the number of underwater communication nodes is rapidly increasing. The access capacity of a traditional multi-antenna communication system is limited by the number of transmittin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
6,493 Views
20 Pages

Inter-Beam Co-Channel Downlink and Uplink Interference for 5G New Radio in mm-Wave Bands

  • Kamil Bechta,
  • Jan M. Kelner,
  • Cezary Ziółkowski and
  • Leszek Nowosielski

25 January 2021

This paper presents a methodology for assessing co-channel interference that arises in multi-beam transmitting and receiving antennas used in fifth-generation (5G) systems. This evaluation is essential for minimizing spectral resources, which allows...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Physical-Layer Technologies for beyond 5G Wireless Communication Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,954 Views
20 Pages

Research on Azimuth DBF Method of HRWS SPC MAB SAR Imaging Mode with Non-Ideal Antenna Mode

  • Weihua Zuo,
  • Caipin Li,
  • Sheng Zhang,
  • Dongtao Li,
  • Wencan Peng,
  • Jinwei Li,
  • Dong You and
  • Chongdi Duan

26 April 2024

Single-phase center multiple azimuth beam (SPC MAB) mode is an effective method for high-resolution wide-swath (HRWS) SAR imaging. The traditional azimuth spectrum reconstruction method for SPC MAB mode is based on the combination scheme from which f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
666 Views
35 Pages

22 May 2026

In Low Earth Orbit Beam-Hopping Satellite Systems (L-BHSS), co-channel interference among beams severely degrades communication quality. To address the inter-beam co-channel interference avoidance problem, this paper proposes a Parameter-Sharing Mult...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,206 Views
17 Pages

This paper presents hybrid precoding for a non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmission scheme in a millimeter wave (mmWave) massive MIMO (mMIMO) downlink. In hybrid precoding, the analog precoder is obtained by the orthogonalization of the use...

(This article belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,971 Views
25 Pages

13 February 2023

This paper examines potential performances of the Spread Spectrum-based random access technique and proposes an Improved Spread Spectrum Aloha (ISSA) protocol for the return channel in satellite Internet of Things (IoT) based on the beam-hopping tech...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Satellite Based IoT Networks for Emerging Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,101 Views
22 Pages

Performance Analysis of Integrated Wireless Sensor and Multibeam Satellite Networks Under Terrestrial Interference

  • Hongjun Li,
  • Hao Yin,
  • Xiangwu Gong,
  • Feihong Dong,
  • Baoquan Ren,
  • Yuanzhi He and
  • Jingchao Wang

14 October 2016

This paper investigates the performance of integrated wireless sensor and multibeam satellite networks (IWSMSNs) under terrestrial interference. The IWSMSNs constitute sensor nodes (SNs), satellite sinks (SSs), multibeam satellite and remote monitori...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,912 Views
12 Pages

21 April 2024

In recent high-throughput satellite communication (SatCom) systems, the use of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) has emerged as a promising solution to improve spectral efficiency and extend coverage in areas with limited terrestrial network...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Algorithms in Wireless Communication and Internet of Things (IoT))
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,039 Views
17 Pages

28 October 2021

This paper proposes a hybrid beamforming design algorithm for a multi-user physical layer security modulation technique. The hybrid beamforming scheme is used in the base station to generate multi-beams according to the direction angle of the target...

(This article belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,154 Views
21 Pages

Adaptive Hybrid Beamforming Codebook Design Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Multiuser Multiple-Input–Multiple-Output Systems

  • Manasjyoti Bhuyan,
  • Kandarpa Kumar Sarma,
  • Debashis Dev Misra,
  • Koushik Guha and
  • Jacopo Iannacci

13 August 2024

This paper presents a novel approach to designing beam codebooks for downlink multiuser hybrid multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication systems, leveraging multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). The primary objective is...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,182 Views
26 Pages

12 November 2025

This paper addresses the complex interference in integrated communication and navigation (ICAN) systems by proposing an interference suppression scheme that integrates interference alignment (IA) with power allocation (PA). In the proposed scheme, th...

(This article belongs to the Section Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,319 Views
15 Pages

1 September 2017

The traditional beam selection algorithms determine the optimal beam direction by feeding back the perfect channel state information (CSI) in a millimeter wave (mmWave) massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system. Popular beam selection algo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Array Signal Processing and Its Applications in IoT Security)
  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,799 Views
9 Pages

11 January 2017

We present a fiber-optic multibeam Mach-Zehnder interferometer (m-MZI) for simultaneous multi-parameter measurement. The m-MZI is comprised of a section of photonic crystal fiber integrated with two independent cores of distinct construction and bire...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,089 Views
17 Pages

Numerical MCRT Simulation and Inter-Symbol Interference Analysis of Laser Multipath Transmission in Airborne Air-to-Air Channels

  • Shiqi Wu,
  • Yanan Li,
  • Jun Wang,
  • Haijun Zhou,
  • Chengmao Tang,
  • Yijie Guan,
  • Fei Guo and
  • Xiaofeng Li

To address the issues of signal waveform distortion and inter-symbol interference, both of which lead to performance degradation in airborne laser communication due to multipath transmission in airborne air-to-air channels, theoretical analysis and M...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Free-Space Optical Communication: Physics and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,938 Views
25 Pages

20 September 2019

In this paper, a joint spatio–radio frequency resource allocation and hybrid beamforming scheme for the massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems is proposed. We consider limited feedback two-stage hybrid beamformimg for decomposing...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Massive MIMO Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,801 Views
14 Pages

29 December 2019

By providing interactive broadband services to geographical areas underserved by terrestrial infrastructure, multi-beam satellite systems play a central role in future wireless communications. Targeting the terabit throughput requirements in satellit...

(This article belongs to the Section Sensor Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,273 Views
25 Pages

8 May 2026

To address the main challenges in thickness estimation of SiC epitaxial layers from infrared reflectance spectra, including refractive index dispersion, multi-beam interference, and spectral uncertainty, this study develops a physics-constrained inve...

(This article belongs to the Section Intelligent Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,252 Views
10 Pages

Method to Measure Light Spot Position in Beacon-Less Inter-Satellite Communication System

  • Qing Li,
  • Shaoxiong Xu,
  • Yangjie Xu,
  • Hongyang Guo,
  • Qiang Wang,
  • Dong He,
  • Zhenming Peng and
  • Yongmei Huang

27 July 2019

This article focuses on a beacon-less Inter-satellite optical wireless communication (Is-OWC) system. This system uses the same wavelength for the transmitted and received laser beams and uses part of communication light beam as beacon light instead...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,925 Views
22 Pages

11 August 2020

Beam Division Multiple Access (BDMA) with hybrid precoding has recently been proposed for multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems by simultaneously transmitting multiple digitally precoded users’ data-streams via different b...

(This article belongs to the Section Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,651 Views
15 Pages

Analysis of Beam Walk in Inter-Satellite Laser Link: Implications for Differential Wavefront Sensing in Gravitational Wave Detection

  • Xing-Guang Qian,
  • Zhao Cui,
  • Hao-Qi Shi,
  • Xue Wang,
  • Wei-Lai Yao,
  • Rui-Hong Gao and
  • Yi-Kun Wang

25 June 2024

Achieving space-based gravitational wave detection requires the establishment of an interferometer constellation. It is necessary to establish and maintain stable laser interferometric links using the differential wavefront sensing (DWS) technnique....

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Optical Instrument and Measurement Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,792 Views
19 Pages

Robust Position-Only Null Steering in Linear Antenna Arrays via a Nature-Inspired Optimizer for Wireless Communication

  • Ali Yildiz,
  • Ali Akdagli,
  • Filiz Karaomerlioglu,
  • Gökhan Yüksek,
  • Davut Izci,
  • Vedat Tümen,
  • Serdar Ekinci,
  • Mohammad Salman and
  • Mohammad Al-Rabayah

The demand for hardware-efficient interference suppression algorithms is growing with the increasing density in wireless communication networks. In this paper, a robust position-only null steering method for linear antenna arrays is proposed based on...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Evolutionary and Nature-Inspired AI: Bridging the Gap Between Engineering and Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,699 Views
17 Pages

Interference Avoidance through Periodic UAV Scheduling in RIS-Aided UAV Cluster Communications

  • Enzhi Zhou,
  • Ziyue Liu,
  • Ping Lan,
  • Wei Xiao,
  • Wei Yang and
  • Xianhua Niu

4 November 2023

This article investigates the transmission of downlink control signals for multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) clusters in collaborative search and rescue operations in mountainous environments. In this scenario, a reconfigurable intelligent surfa...

(This article belongs to the Section Microwave and Wireless Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,606 Views
21 Pages

Experimental Validation of GNSS Interferometric Radio Occultation

  • Serni Ribó,
  • Weiqiang Li,
  • Estel Cardellach,
  • Fran Fabra,
  • Ramon Padullés,
  • Antonio Rius and
  • Manuel Martín-Neira

23 November 2019

In this work, we present experimental results on the interferometric radio occultation (iRO) signal processing techniques, and compare the performance to the closed-loop and open-loop processing used in conventional radio occultation measurements. We...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances of the Satellite-Based GNSS Radio Occultation (RO) Techniques and Associated Improvements in the Description and Modeling of the Atmosphere and the Thermosphere)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,378 Views
18 Pages

With the rapid development of heterogeneous satellite networks integrating geostationary earth orbit (GEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems, along with the significant growth in the number of satellite users, it is essential to consider fr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Satellite Terrestrial Networks: Technologies, Security and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,142 Views
13 Pages

Collaborative Beamforming with DQN for Interference Mitigation in 5G and Beyond Networks

  • Alaelddin F. Y. Mohammed,
  • Salman Md Sultan and
  • Sakshi Patni

3 December 2024

This paper addresses the problem of side lobe interference in 5G networks by proposing a unique collaborative beamforming strategy based on Deep Q-Network (DQN) reinforcement learning. Our method, which operates in the sub-6 GHz band, maximizes beam...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,777 Views
20 Pages

23 February 2023

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is considered a promising technology for fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications systems since it can greatly improve system throughput. Unfortunately, because of extremely high frequency, mmWave transmiss...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,149 Views
15 Pages

Investigation on Speckle-Free Imaging at the Output of a Multimode Fiber under Various Mode Excitation Conditions

  • Jun Zhou,
  • Zichun Le,
  • Yanyu Guo,
  • Zongshen Liu,
  • Qiyong Xu,
  • Yanxin Dai,
  • Jiayu Deng,
  • Jiapo Li and
  • Di Cai

Speckle-free imaging using a multimode fiber has been widely used for imaging systems. Generally, previous work has assumed that all the propagating modes of the fiber are uniformly excited, but the modal power distribution is actually affected by ex...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,541 Views
12 Pages

28 September 2025

The misuse of drone technology poses significant risks to public and personal safety, emphasizing the need for accurate and efficient aerial target detection to prevent detection failures due to randomly distributed airborne targets and mitigate inte...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,930 Views
19 Pages

Hybrid Precoding Applied to Multi-Beam Transmitting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (T-RIS)

  • David Demmer,
  • Francesco Foglia Manzillo,
  • Samara Gharbieh,
  • Maciej Śmierzchalski,
  • Raffaele D’Errico,
  • Jean-Baptiste Doré and
  • Antonio Clemente

27 February 2023

In this work, we study hybrid precoding techniques applied to multi-user Transmitting Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (T-RIS) systems. The T-RIS considered here is a large array of electronically reconfigurable antenna elements illuminated by a sm...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Smart Electromagnetic Skins and Their Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,687 Views
23 Pages

30 September 2022

The incorporation of user-assisted cooperative relaying into beamspace massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system can extend the coverage area and improve the spectral and energy efficiency for millime...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Mobile and Wireless Communication Networks)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,618 Views
15 Pages

13 March 2024

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems leverage the directional beamforming capabilities of antenna arrays equipped at the base stations (BS) to counteract the inherent high propagation path loss characteristic of mmWave channels. In downlink...

(This article belongs to the Section Signal and Data Analysis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,586 Views
13 Pages

Simultaneous Measurement of Refractive Index and Temperature Based on SMF–HCF–FCF–HCF–SMF Fiber Structure

  • Ronghui Xu,
  • Chengran Ke,
  • Yipu Xue,
  • Yifei Xu,
  • Minmin Xue,
  • Jingfu Ye,
  • Houquan Liu,
  • Ming Chen,
  • Shiliang Qu and
  • Libo Yuan

17 November 2022

In this research, we proposed and experimentally verified a compact all-fiber sensor that can measure refractive index (RI) and temperature simultaneously. Two segments of hollow-core fiber (HCF) are connected to the two ends of the four-core fiber (...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,998 Views
17 Pages

Effective Beamforming Technique Amid Optimal Value for Wireless Communication

  • Zahid Hussain Qaisar,
  • Muhamamd Irfan,
  • Tariq Ali,
  • Ashfaq Ahmad,
  • Ghulam Ali,
  • Adam Glowacz,
  • Witold Glowacz,
  • Wahyu Caesarendra,
  • Aisha Mousa Mashraqi and
  • Shafiq Hussain
  • + 1 author

6 November 2020

In the notion of communication system resource provision specifically, beam-forming is a concept of proficient utilization of the power of transmission. Network densification and massive MIMO allows us to control the power efficiency and can be effec...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Electronics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,234 Views
11 Pages

In this paper, a temperature sensing scheme with a miniature MZI structure based on the principle of inter-mode interference is proposed. The sensing structure mainly comprises single mode–coreless–multimode–coreless–single mo...

(This article belongs to the Section Lasers, Light Sources and Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,860 Views
17 Pages

A Novel Multi-User Codebook Design for 5G in 3D-MIMO Heterogeneous Networks

  • Muhammad Arshad,
  • Imran Khan,
  • Jaime Lloret and
  • Ignacio Bosch

The 2D precoding technology can only adjust the beam in a horizontal direction through data processing, which will cause serious problems for multiuser systems, especially at the edge of the base station it will cause serious inter-cell interference....

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,014 Views
38 Pages

27 April 2026

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks are a promising solution for rapidly deployable backhaul systems in urban disaster scenarios, where terrestrial infrastructure may become unavailable. Although mmWave bands provide wide...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advancements and Applications of UAV Communications with RF, Microwave, and mmWave Techniques)
  • Article
  • Open Access
443 Views
23 Pages

CWT-PSDT-Based Identification of Electromagnetic-Related Stator Vibration Frequency Components in a Hydro-Generator

  • Jiannan Zhao,
  • Juan Duan,
  • Kun Yang,
  • Jianlan Wang,
  • Junqing Wang,
  • Xuan Yang and
  • Jiacai Feng

16 July 2026

Accurate identification of electromagnetically induced stator vibration frequency components is essential for the online condition monitoring of hydro-generators, particularly for assessing the dynamic state of the stator core under normal operating...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,146 Views
13 Pages

Theoretical Derivation and Optimization Verification of BER for Indoor SWIPT Environments

  • Wei Chien,
  • Tzong-Tyng Hsieh,
  • Chien-Ching Chiu,
  • Yu-Ting Cheng,
  • Yang-Han Lee and
  • Qiang Chen

17 July 2020

Symmetrical antenna array is useful for omni bearing beamforming adjustment with multiple receivers. Beam-forming techniques using evolution algorithms have been studied for multi-user resource allocation in simultaneous wireless information and powe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from IIKII 2020 Conferences II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,378 Views
11 Pages

15 July 2019

A novel on-chip integration of pressure plus 2-axis (X/Z) acceleration composite sensors for upgraded production of automobile tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) is proposed, developed, and characterized. Herein, the X-axis accelerometer is with...

  • Article
  • Open Access
300 Views
36 Pages

17 September 2026

Beamforming for linear antenna arrays (LAAs) has become a critical research topic in advanced 5G and emerging 6G wireless communication systems due to the increasing demand for high spectral efficiency, interference mitigation, and enhanced radiation...