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A Survey on Millimeter-Wave Beamforming Enabled UAV Communications and Networking [article]

Zhenyu Xiao, Lipeng Zhu, Yanming Liu, Pengfei Yi, Rui Zhang, Xiang-Gen Xia, Robert Schober
2021 arXiv   pre-print
The utilization of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency bands is a promising direction for UAV communications, where large antenna arrays can be packed in a small area on the UAV to perform three-dimensional  ...  On the other hand, UAVs serving as aerial access points or relays can significantly enhance the coverage and quality of service of the terrestrial mmWave cellular networks.  ...  PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS BASICS To unveil the potentials of mmWave-UAV communications, system-level and network-level performance analysis has to be conducted.  ... 
arXiv:2104.09204v2 fatcat:rbywt5p7uzhhzg3hbc7tnln45q

Machine Learning Empowered Beam Management for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted MmWave Networks [article]

Chenglu Jia and Hui Gao and Na Chen and Yuan He
2020 arXiv   pre-print
However, the coexistence of IRSs and mmWave BSs complicates the network architecture, and thus poses great challenges for efficient beam management (BM) that is one critical prerequisite for high performance  ...  In this paper, we systematically evaluate the key issues and challenges of BM for IRS-assisted mmWave networks to bring insights into the future network design.  ...  cellular systems.  ... 
arXiv:2003.01306v1 fatcat:4lb75wba5bf4bgcq5euzbaa6oa

Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces Assisted UAV Communications for Massive Networks: Current Trends, Challenges, and Research Directions

Syed Agha Hassnain Mohsan, Muhammad Asghar Khan, Mohammed H. Alsharif, Peerapong Uthansakul, Ahmed A. A. Solyman
2022 Sensors  
Finally, we shed some light on open challenges and future research directions for IRS-assisted UAV communication.  ...  This study briefly discusses IRS-assisted UAV communications. We survey the existing literature on this emerging research topic for both ground and airborne scenarios.  ...  The deployment of optimal relay is a problem in FSO systems, which causes hindrance in tracking and acquisition of optical beams.  ... 
doi:10.3390/s22145278 pmid:35890955 pmcid:PMC9322292 fatcat:hesqzgn2u5defolpwzkmf3brcu

Enabling Smart Reflection in Integrated Air-Ground Wireless Network: IRS Meets UAV [article]

Changsheng You, Zhenyu Kang, Yong Zeng, Rui Zhang
2021 arXiv   pre-print
Specifically, terrestrial IRS is used to enhance the UAV-ground communication performance, while UAV-mounted IRS is employed to assist in the terrestrial communication.  ...  Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) have emerged as two promising technologies to boost the performance of wireless communication networks, by proactively altering the  ...  To overcome the above drawbacks of UAVs, a promising solution is by deploying terrestrial IRSs in the UAV-ground communication system to improve its performance, leading to the new technique of IRS-assisted  ... 
arXiv:2103.07151v2 fatcat:rba5mbp3tvecpamcmiuupk5jqe

Intelligent-Reflecting-Surface-Assisted UAV Communications for 6G Networks [article]

Zhaolong Ning, Tengfeng Li, Yu Wu, Xiaojie Wang, Qingqing Wu, Fei Richard Yu, Song Guo
2023 arXiv   pre-print
First, primary issues, key technologies, and application scenarios of IRS-assisted UAV communications for 6G networks are introduced.  ...  In this article, we conduct a comprehensive survey on IRS-assisted UAV communications for 6G networks.  ...  the received reward [48] . b) Beam tracking: For dynamic beamforming, fastchanging channels and hardware/resource limitations hinder the implementation of beam tracking.  ... 
arXiv:2310.20242v1 fatcat:favprbezjvgezlkyvvvhg3ofzy

Mid-infrared Chemical Imaging of Intracellular Tau Fibrils using Fluorescence-guided Computational Photothermal Microscopy [article]

Jian Zhao, Lulu Jiang, Alex Matlock, Yihong Xu, Jiabei Zhu, Hongbo Zhu, Lei Tian, Benjamin Wolozin, Ji-Xin Cheng
2023 arXiv   pre-print
Depth-resolved mid-infrared fingerprint spectroscopy is performed to reveal the protein secondary structure of the intracellular tau fibrils. 3D visualization of the e̱ṯa̱-sheet for tau fibril structure  ...  Based on a low-cost and simple optical design, FBS-IDT enables chemical-specific volumetric imaging and 3D site-specific mid-IR fingerprint spectroscopic analysis of tau fibrils, an important type of amyloid  ...  Hongjian He for helpful discussions in protein secondary structure analysis.  ... 
arXiv:2302.11769v1 fatcat:ayfinlgq6rcu3kltwsoysk3taa

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Assisted Localization: Opportunities and Challenges

Samarendra Nath Sur, Arun Kumar Singh, Debdatta Kandar, Adão Silva, Nhan Duc Nguyen
2022 Electronics  
The advancement of signal processing techniques and communication technologies enables the path for improving localization performance.  ...  Over the past few years, the performance of IRS-assisted networks is extensively investigated from the point of view of communication purposes and its improvement.  ...  Therefore, exploration of multiple-antenna nodes, spatial scattering modulation, beam index modulation, resource allocation, understanding and analysis of correlated channels, and system performance analysis  ... 
doi:10.3390/electronics11091411 doaj:058f1462e42c45e6b103883b19dcb5c9 fatcat:yrx2hrdgfzawtaouni2zm3wnbi

IRS-aided UAV for Future Wireless Communications: A Survey and Research Opportunities [article]

Anas Alkhatieb, Khaled Rabie, Xingwang Li, Galymzhan Nauryzbayev, Ramez Alkhatib
2022 arXiv   pre-print
The IRS-aided UAV communication, which introduces IRSs into UAV communications, has emerged in an effort to improve the system performance while also overcoming UAV communication constraints and issues  ...  The technological features of the most recent relevant researches on IRS-aided UAV communications from the perspective of the main performance criteria, i.e., energy efficiency, security, spectral efficiency  ...  The fact that IRS-assisted UAV communications systems frequently entail a wide range of factors highlights how crucial it is to optimize them to increase system performance.  ... 
arXiv:2212.06015v1 fatcat:p6akw3vgr5eydo35hyakdnwuny

2021 Index IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications Vol. 20

2021 IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications  
The Author Index contains the primary entry for each item, listed under the first author's name.  ...  The primary entry includes the coauthors' names, the title of the paper or other item, and its location, specified by the publication abbreviation, year, month, and inclusive pagination.  ...  ., +, TWC Dec. 2021 8381-8392 Wideband Channel Estimation for IRS-Aided Systems in the Face of Beam Squint.  ... 
doi:10.1109/twc.2021.3135649 fatcat:bgd3vzb7pbee7jp75dnbucihmq

Threats from and Countermeasures for Unmanned Aerial and Underwater Vehicles

Wahab Khawaja, Vasilii Semkin, Naeem Iqbal Ratyal, Qasim Yaqoob, Jibran Gul, Ismail Guvenc
2022 Sensors  
We also overview the countermeasures against such threats, including approaches for the detection, tracking, and classification of UAVs and UUVs.  ...  However, the small size and the ability to fly close to the terrain make the detection and tracking of UAVs challenging.  ...  Acknowledgments: We would like to thank Matins Ezuma for his contribution toward UAV detection and classification using RF analysis.  ... 
doi:10.3390/s22103896 pmid:35632303 pmcid:PMC9143730 fatcat:3i7aer6jrvhebeflitgceqvw4q

Fabrication of a Multiple Heater-Sensor Platform for Cell Temperature Monitoring

Alexandra Garraud, Skandar Basrour, David Peyrade
2020 2020 Symposium on Design, Test, Integration & Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS (DTIP)  
Lensfree optical imaging is performed while the system is regulating at 37 °C and 100 µm diameter micro particles can be detected on the surface.  ...  The four heater-sensor platform is fabricated using microfabrication techniques followed by an electrical characterization. The nominal set of parameters is determined.  ...  ACKNOWLEDGMENT The authors would like to thank the technical staff of PTA, Upstream Technological Platform, for their assistance during the microfabrication process.  ... 
doi:10.1109/dtip51112.2020.9139132 fatcat:6hpyedq5h5ftlli3ukz4jyjkbu

A Survey of Beam Management for mmWave and THz Communications Towards 6G [article]

Qing Xue, Chengwang Ji, Shaodan Ma, Jiajia Guo, Yongjun Xu, Qianbin Chen, Wei Zhang
2023 arXiv   pre-print
Beam management, namely initial access and beam tracking, has been recognized as an essential technique to ensure robust mmWave/THz communications, especially for mobile scenarios.  ...  The introduction of these enabling technologies presents both open opportunities and unique challenges for beam management.  ...  A general beam training and tracking technique for RIS-assisted mmWave/THz communications is to perform beam sweeping based on predesigned active/passive beamforming codebooks [166] - [173] .  ... 
arXiv:2308.02135v1 fatcat:snpjzjgdfbekjd463ew735uuvq

Deep optical neural network by living tumour brain cells [article]

D. Pierangeli, V. Palmieri, G. Marcucci, C. Moriconi, G. Perini, M. De Spirito, M. Papi, C. Conti
2018 arXiv   pre-print
Our random and hybrid photonic/living system is a novel artificial machine for computing and for the real-time investigation of tumour dynamics.  ...  The new era of artificial intelligence demands large-scale ultrafast hardware for machine learning.  ...  Acknowledgments We thank MD Deen Islam for the assistance in the laboratory. We acknowledge support from the QuantERA ERA-NET Co-fund 731373 (Project QUOMPLEX) and Sapienza Ateneo 2016 and 2017.  ... 
arXiv:1812.09311v1 fatcat:jecpdwspqnfmvdpxy6xidpsdx4

Guest Editorial Special Issue on "THz Communications and Networking"

Ian F. Akyildiz, Tetsuya Kawanishi, Wolfgang Gerstacker, Xiaodai Dong, Aydin Babakhani
2021 IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications  
In the article titled "Wideband beam tracking in THz massive MIMO systems," the authors propose a beam zooming based beam tracking for Terahertz massive MIMO, which exhibits severe beam squint phenomenon  ...  and analysis of high-performance schemes for transmission and networking for various applications of THz communications.  ... 
doi:10.1109/jsac.2021.3071914 fatcat:ly6hsf4ui5b33fnfcadvitxi2a

Applications of Intelligent Radio Technologies in Unlicensed Cellular Networks - A Survey

2021 KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems  
Generally speaking, ML techniques are used in IR based on statistical models established for solving specific optimization problems.  ...  We will also discuss some open issues and challenges for future research on the IR applications in unlicensed cellular networks.  ...  systems to optimize the performance of an unlicensed cellular system.  ... 
doi:10.3837/tiis.2021.07.020 fatcat:uzb3gqtsezcgzehvjige3vgiwq
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