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1 Citations
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Robust Beamfocusing for Secure NFC with Imperfect CSI

  • Weijian Chen,
  • Zhiqiang Wei and
  • Zai Yang

18 February 2025

In this paper, we consider the issue of the physical layer security (PLS) problem between two nodes, i.e., transmitter (Alice) and receiver (Bob), in the presence of an eavesdropper (Eve) in a near-field communication (NFC) system. Notably, massive m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,441 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
23 Citations
3,402 Views
22 Pages

New Compact Antenna Array for MIMO Internet of Things Applications

  • Wazie M. Abdulkawi,
  • Mohammed A. Alqaisei,
  • Abdel-Fattah A. Sheta and
  • Ibrahim Elshafiey

6 September 2022

A communication system is proposed for the Internet of Things (IoT) applications in desert areas with extended coverage of regional area network requirements. The system implements a developed six-element array that operates at a 2.45 GHz frequency b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,110 Views
26 Pages

26 September 2020

With the rapid development of the multiple-input multiple-output synthetic aperture radar (MIMO SAR) system, the demands for miniaturization and high gain of antenna are increasing. The digital array-fed reflector antenna has such virtues so that it...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,533 Views
30 Pages

19 August 2024

This paper introduces a resource management approach for distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems equipped with phased array antennas. The approach focuses and adjusts narrow beams from all transmit and receive nodes to generat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
572 Views
14 Pages

5 September 2025

We consider cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (CNOMA) transmission through a full-duplex (FD) amplify-and-forward (AF) relay. Two CNOMA users are served by an access point (AP) through the FD-AF relay. FD relaying can be spectrally efficient...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,463 Views
14 Pages

29 July 2017

We introduce a distributed protocol to achieve multiuser diversity in a multicell multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) uplink network, referred to as a MIMO interfering multiple-access channel (IMAC). Assuming both no information exchange among base...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,961 Views
18 Pages

24 July 2018

Consider a network consisting of two independent single-antenna sources, a single-antenna destination and a helping multiple-antenna relay. This network is called a dual-hop multiple access relay network (MARN). In this network, sources transmit to t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,300 Views
16 Pages

Secure Multiuser Communications in Wireless Sensor Networks with TAS and Cooperative Jamming

  • Maoqiang Yang,
  • Bangning Zhang,
  • Yuzhen Huang,
  • Nan Yang,
  • Daoxing Guo and
  • Bin Gao

12 November 2016

In this paper, we investigate the secure transmission in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) consisting of one multiple-antenna base station (BS), multiple single-antenna legitimate users, one single-antenna eavesdropper and one multiple-antenna cooperat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
6,203 Views
21 Pages

Spectral Efficiency of Precoded 5G-NR in Single and Multi-User Scenarios under Imperfect Channel Knowledge: A Comprehensive Guide for Implementation

  • David Alejandro Urquiza Villalonga,
  • Hatem OdetAlla,
  • M. Julia Fernández-Getino García and
  • Adam Flizikowski

19 December 2022

Digital precoding techniques have been widely applied in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems to enhance spectral efficiency (SE) which is crucial in 5G New Radio (NR). Therefore, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has developed c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,199 Views
16 Pages

14 February 2025

We investigate the cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (CNOMA) transmission through a full-duplex (FD) decode-and-forward (DaF) mode relay and propose two sub-optimal beamforming schemes for this CNOMA FD relay channel. For the optimization me...

  • Article
  • Open Access
37 Citations
9,839 Views
13 Pages

Hybrid Beamforming in Massive MIMO for Next-Generation Communication Technology

  • Shahid Hamid,
  • Shakti Raj Chopra,
  • Akhil Gupta,
  • Sudeep Tanwar,
  • Bogdan Cristian Florea,
  • Dragos Daniel Taralunga,
  • Osama Alfarraj and
  • Ahmed M. Shehata

21 August 2023

Hybrid beamforming is a viable method for lowering the complexity and expense of massive multiple-input multiple-output systems while achieving high data rates on track with digital beamforming. To this end, the purpose of the research reported in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,575 Views
11 Pages

Optimal Multi-Antenna Transmission for the Cooperative Non-Orthogonal Multiple-Access System

  • Duckdong Hwang,
  • Janghoon Yang,
  • Sung Sik Nam and
  • Hyoung-Kyu Song

3 March 2021

We investigate the beamforming for the multi antenna cooperative non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system, where an access point (AP) delivers messages for multiple user terminals (UT) with successive interference cancellation (SIC) reception met...

  • Letter
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,590 Views
14 Pages

12 November 2020

In this paper, a novel beamforming technique is proposed as the over-the-air computation (AirComp) framework in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Internet-of-things (IoT) network consisting of multiple IoT sensors (STAs) and a single access poi...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
9,170 Views
10 Pages

Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) employing massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and millimeter-wave (mmWave) technologies have emerged as a promising solution to enhance the network capacity and coverage of next-generation 5G cellular networ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,497 Views
20 Pages

30 November 2022

In this study, the performance of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) with a discrete phase shift strategy is examined in multiple-antenna systems. Considering the IRS network overhead, the achievable rate model is newly designed to evaluate the p...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,169 Views
18 Pages

Beamforming with 1 × N Conformal Arrays

  • Irfan Ullah,
  • Benjamin D. Braaten,
  • Adnan Iftikhar,
  • Symeon Nikolaou and
  • Dimitris E. Anagnostou

1 September 2022

The rapid growth of wireless spectrum access through cellular and IoT devices, for example, requires antennas with more capabilities such as being conformal and self-adapting beamforming. In this paper, the adaptive beamforming patterns of microstrip...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,327 Views
14 Pages

Full-duplex (FD) communication in many-antenna base stations (BSs) is hampered by self-interference (SI). This is because a FD node’s transmitting signal generates significant interference to its own receiver. Recent works have shown that it is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,685 Views
20 Pages

Multibeam Wideband Transmit Beamforming Using 2D Sparse FIR Trapezoidal Filters

  • Nadeeshan Dissanayake,
  • Chamira U. S. Edussooriya,
  • Chamith Wijenayake and
  • Arjuna Madanayake

A low-complexity multibeam wideband transmit beamformer using a 2D sparse FIR filter design capable of multiple beams is proposed as a digital building block for fully digital beamformers. The 2D sparse FIR filter has multiple trapezoid-shaped passba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,971 Views
16 Pages

22 February 2021

In this paper, we study the transmit power minimization problem with optimal energy beamforming in a multi-antenna wireless powered communication network (WPCN). The considered network consists of one hybrid access point (H-AP) with multiple antennae...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
7,286 Views
15 Pages

3 March 2023

As a critical enabler for beyond fifth-generation (B5G) technology, millimeter wave (mmWave) beamforming for mmWave has been studied for many years. Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system, which is the baseline for beamforming operation, rely heavily...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,815 Views
22 Pages

A New Beamforming Approach Using 60 GHz Antenna Arrays for Multi-Beams 5G Applications

  • Mohammed A. G. Al-Sadoon,
  • Mohammad N. Patwary,
  • Yasser Zahedi,
  • Naser Ojaroudi Parchin,
  • Ahmad Aldelemy and
  • Raed A. Abd-Alhameed

Recent studies and research have centred on new solutions in different elements and stages to the increasing energy and data rate demands for the fifth generation and beyond (B5G). Based on a new-efficient digital beamforming approach for 5G wireless...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,163 Views
19 Pages

Fast Adaptive Beamforming for Weather Observations with Convolutional Neural Networks

  • Yoon-SL Kim,
  • David Schvartzman,
  • Tian-You Yu and
  • Robert D. Palmer

23 August 2023

Polarimetric phased array radar (PAR) can achieve high temporal resolutions for improved meteorological observations with digital beamforming (DBF). The Fourier method performs DBF deterministically, and produces antenna radiation patterns with fixed...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,224 Views
25 Pages

19 October 2018

Energy supply and information backhaul are critical problems for wireless sensor networks deployed in remote places with poor infrastructure. To deal with these problems, this paper proposes an airborne massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,869 Views
15 Pages

Performance Optimization of Multipair Massive MIMO Polarized Relay Systems

  • Sian Xiong,
  • Zhipeng Chen,
  • Nan Jiang,
  • Jiahui Zhao and
  • Lingfeng Liu

In this paper, we analyze the challenges faced by multipair massive Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) relay channels in 5G wireless communication systems, where high path loss and severe shadow fading between different user nodes can cause poor c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,340 Views
12 Pages

9 September 2024

In this study, we propose a smart transfer planer equipped with multiple antenna arrays to improve ground links for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication. The STP features a symmetrical structure and is strategically placed on both ends of a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
823 Views
17 Pages

Multi-beam phased array antennas have become essential in modern radar and communication systems, offering high gain, superior directivity, and exceptional agility. However, traditional multi-beam phased array antennas face significant challenges in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,631 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...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
4,145 Views
32 Pages

General Overview of Antennas for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: A Review

  • Sara Reis,
  • Fábio Silva,
  • Daniel Albuquerque and
  • Pedro Pinho

12 August 2025

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, are becoming increasingly important in multiple areas and various applications, including communication, detection, and monitoring. This review paper examines the development of antennas for...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,104 Views
14 Pages

Hybrid Beamforming Structure Using Grouping with Reduced Number of Phase Shifters in Multi-User MISO

  • Hiroya Hayakawa,
  • Yudai Handa,
  • Riku Tanaka,
  • Kosuke Tamura,
  • Jaesang Cha and
  • Chang-Jun Ahn

11 October 2024

This paper proposes a novel hybrid beamforming (HBF) structure for gain-aware grouping transmit antennas and users in multiuser multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) systems. In the conventional HBF structure, all transmit antennas form a beam to ea...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,434 Views
16 Pages

23 May 2023

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology, which is characterized by the use of a large number of antennas, is a key enabler for the next-generation wireless communication and beyond. Despite its potential for high performance, impleme...

  • Article
  • Open Access
50 Citations
5,838 Views
18 Pages

Robust Hybrid Beamforming Scheme for Millimeter-Wave Massive-MIMO 5G Wireless Networks

  • Saleem Latteef Mohammed,
  • Mohammed H. Alsharif,
  • Sadik Kamel Gharghan,
  • Imran Khan and
  • Mahmoud Albreem

18 November 2019

Wireless networks employing millimeter-wave (mmWave) and Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) technologies are a key approach to boost network capacity, coverage, and quality of service (QoS) for future communications. They deploy symmetric...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,121 Views
12 Pages

Dielectric Slabs-Based Lens for Millimeter-Wave Beamforming

  • Ali H. Alqahtani,
  • Yosef T. Aladadi and
  • Mohammed T. Alresheedi

10 January 2022

This paper proposes a dielectric slabs-based lens for millimeter-wave beamforming systems. The proposed lens is based on the graded steps of the effective refractive index of the semi-spherical lens. It consists of multiple dielectric slabs that matc...

  • Feature Paper
  • Review
  • Open Access
100 Citations
19,700 Views
29 Pages

Massive MIMO Wireless Networks: An Overview

  • Noha Hassan and
  • Xavier Fernando

Massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems use few hundred antennas to simultaneously serve large number of wireless broadband terminals. It has been incorporated into standards like long term evolution (LTE) and IEEE802.11 (Wi-Fi). Basica...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,853 Views
20 Pages

Adaptive Beamforming with Sidelobe Level Control for Multiband Sparse Linear Array

  • Hongtao Li,
  • Longyao Ran,
  • Cheng He,
  • Zhoupeng Ding and
  • Shengyao Chen

12 October 2023

Multiband antenna arrays have the capability of effectively working in multiple frequency bands and thus significantly simplify the antenna system. To further reduce the system overhead, this paper discusses the joint design of antenna selection and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,992 Views
17 Pages

Multi-Beam STAR MIMO Using Differential Arrays

  • Yinyi Zhao,
  • Satheesh Bojja Venkatakrishnan,
  • Constantinos L. Zekios,
  • Soumyajit Mandal and
  • Arjuna Madanayake

18 April 2025

As we are witnessing the surge of ongoing wireless communication systems, simultaneous transmit and receive (STAR) schemes are proving to be advantageous due to the doubling of spectral efficiency. However, for the successful realization of STAR, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
229 Views
24 Pages

1 December 2025

Phased antenna arrays have revolutionized modern wireless systems by enabling dynamic beamforming, multibeam synthesis, and user tracking to enhance data rates and reduce interferences, yet their reliance on expensive active components (e.g., phase s...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
7,530 Views
21 Pages

An Adaptive Beamforming Time with Round-Robin MAC Algorithm for Reducing Energy Consumption in MANET

  • Vincenzo Inzillo,
  • Floriano De Rango,
  • Alfonso A. Quintana and
  • Amilcare F. Santamaria

The use of smart antenna systems (SASs) in mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) has been promoted as the best choice to improve spatial division multiple access (SDMA) and throughput. Although directional communications are expected to provide great advan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,925 Views
17 Pages

29 July 2020

This paper considers a downlink cellular network where multi-antenna base stations (BSs) simultaneously serve their associated multi-antenna users. Each BS is distributed according to a homogeneous Poisson point process and uses zero-forcing beamform...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,936 Views
10 Pages

4 November 2020

In this paper, we investigate a deep learning based resource allocation scheme for massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems, where a base station (BS) with a large scale antenna array communicates with a user equipment (UE)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,280 Views
14 Pages

10 May 2022

In this paper, we consider an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless communication system where a base station (BS) equipped multi antennas communicates with multiple UAVs, each equipped with a single antenna, using the LoRa (Long Range) modulation....

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,183 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...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,818 Views
14 Pages

26 August 2022

In this paper, an optimization algorithm is proposed for the system, where a decode-and-forward (DaF) protocol based full duplex relay (FDR) and an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) work together to deliver message signals from a source to a desti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
13 Citations
7,136 Views
23 Pages

In this paper, we dive into the exciting world of wireless communication, focusing on how millimeter-wave technology and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output phased array antennas are shaping the future of 5G and the upcoming 6G technologies. We cover the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,382 Views
15 Pages

A New Generation of Fast and Low-Memory Smart Digital/Geometrical Beamforming MIMO Antenna

  • Kandasamy Pirapaharan,
  • W. H. Sasinda C. Prabhashana,
  • S. P. Pramuka Medaranga,
  • Paul R. P. Hoole and
  • Xavier Fernando

Smart multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antennas with advanced signal processing algorithms are necessary in future wireless networks, such as 6G and beyond, for accurate space division multiplexing and beamforming. Such a MIMO antenna will yield...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
20,250 Views
61 Pages

A Literature Survey on AI-Aided Beamforming and Beam Management for 5G and 6G Systems

  • Davi da Silva Brilhante,
  • Joanna Carolina Manjarres,
  • Rodrigo Moreira,
  • Lucas de Oliveira Veiga,
  • José F. de Rezende,
  • Francisco Müller,
  • Aldebaro Klautau,
  • Luciano Leonel Mendes and
  • Felipe A. P. de Figueiredo

28 April 2023

Modern wireless communication systems rely heavily on multiple antennas and their corresponding signal processing to achieve optimal performance. As 5G and 6G networks emerge, beamforming and beam management become increasingly complex due to factors...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,066 Views
12 Pages

26 June 2021

In this paper, we propose random beam-based non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) for low latency multiple-input single-output (MISO) broadcast channels, where there is a target signal-to-interference-plus-noise power ratio (SINR) for each user. In o...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,854 Views
11 Pages

10 October 2019

In this paper, a novel link recover scheme is proposed for standalone (SA) millimeter wave communications. Once the main beam between the base station (BS) and the mobile station (MS) is blocked, then a bundle-beam is radiated that covers the spatial...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,214 Views
24 Pages

A Multiobjective Array Beamforming Method for Arrays of Flexible Shape

  • Chenfeng Meng,
  • Yongwei Zhang,
  • Murat Temiz and
  • Ahmed El-Makadema

13 February 2024

High-performance beamforming incorporating multiple objectives for large-scale antenna arrays becomes increasingly important to improve the capacity and efficiency of wireless communication systems. The speed of synthesizing a desired beam pattern is...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,819 Views
22 Pages

18 August 2024

We focus on an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system—a single platform equipped with multiple antennas transmitting a waveform to detect targets and communicate with downlink users. Due to spectrum sharing between multiple-input&nd...

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