Project Description

Exploring the 60 GHz Spectral Frontier for Multi-Gigabit Wireless Networks

The exponential growth of wireless data traffic causes spectrum depletion and significantly stresses the capacity of existing and future wireless networks. The massive unlicensed bandwidth in the 60 GHz band provides great potential to meet the surging wireless data demand. The goal of this project is to gain a deep understanding of the 60 GHz propagation and channel characteristics, and to develop effective 60 GHz network protocols.

September 1, 2013 ~ August 31, 2017

NYU article, Communications of the ACM news

FCC NOI to Examine Use of Bands above 24 GHz for Mobile Broadband, GN Docket No. 14-177, Oct. 17, 2014

Project Team

• Shiwen Mao

• Theodore (Ted) S. Rappaport

Related Publications

• M. Feng and S. Mao, “Dealing with limited backhaul capacity in millimeter wave systems: A deep reinforcement learning approach,” IEEE Communications, Special Issue on Applications of Artificial Intelligence in Wireless Communications, vol.57, no.3, pp.50-55, Mar. 2019. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2019.1800565.

• M. Feng, S. Mao, and T. Jiang, “Dynamic base station sleep control and RF chain activation for energy efficient millimeter wave cellular systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.67, no.10, pp.9911-9921, Oct. 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2018.2861899.

• M. Feng, S. Mao, and T. Jiang, “Joint frame design, resource allocation and user association for massive MIMO heterogeneous networks with wireless backhaul,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.17, no.3, pp.1937-1950, Mar. 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2787139.

• M. Feng and S. Mao, “Interference management and user association for nested array-based massive MIMO HetNets,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.67, no.1, pp.454-466, Jan. 2018. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2017.2741900.

• Z. He, S. Mao, S. Kompella, and A. Swami, “On link scheduling in dual-hop 60 GHz mmWave networks,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.66, no.12, pp.11180-11192, Dec. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2017.2717840.

• M. Feng, S. Mao, and T. Jiang, “BOOST: Base station on-off switching strategy for green massive MIMO HetNets,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.16, no.11, pp.7319-7332, Nov. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2746689.

• Y. Li, T. Jiang, K. Luo, and S. Mao, “Green heterogeneous cloud radio access networks: Potential techniques, performance tradeoffs, and challenges,” IEEE Communications Magazine, vol.55, no.11, pp.33-39, Nov. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600807.

• M. Feng, S. Mao, and T. Jiang, “Dealing with link bockage in mmWave networks: D2D relaying or multi-beam reflection?” in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2017, Montreal, QC, Canada, Oct. 2017.

• Z. Jiang and S. Mao, “Harmonious coexistence and efficient spectrum sharing for LTE-U and Wi-Fi,” in Proc. IEEE MASS 2017, Orlando, FL, Oct. 2017, pp.275-283.

• Z. Jiang, S. Mao, and X. Wang, “Dynamic downlink resource allocation and access strategy for femtocell networks,” Wiley Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Special Issue on 5G Wireless Ultra-Dense Networks, vol.28, no.9, pp.e3151, Sept. 2017. DOI: 10.1002/ett.3151.

• M. Feng, S. Mao, and T. Jiang, “Base station ON-OFF switching in 5G wireless systems: Approaches and challenges,” IEEE Wireless Communications, Special Issue on Sustainable Green Networking and Computing in 5G Systems: Technology, Economics & Deployment, vol.24, no.4, pp.46-54, Aug. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2017.1600353.

• Y. Wang, S. Mao, and T.S. Rappaport, “On directional neighbor discovery in mmWave networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICDCS 2017, Atlanta, GA, June 2017, pp.1704-1713.

• M. Feng and S. Mao, “Adaptive pilot design for massive MIMO HetNets with wireless backhaul,” in Proc. IEEE SECON 2017, San Diego, CA, June 2017, pp.1-9.

• Z. Jiang and S. Mao, “Energy delay trade-off in multi-channel full-duplex wireless LANs,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol.4, no.3, pp.658-669, June 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2016.2638851.

• K. Wang, W. Zhou, and S. Mao, “On joint BBU/RRH resource allocation in heterogeneous Cloud-RANs,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol.4, no.3, pp.749-759, June 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JIOT.2017.2665550.

• I.-K. Son and S. Mao, “A survey of free space optical networks,” Elsevier Digital Communications and Networks, vol.3, no.2, pp.67-77, Apr. 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.dcan.2016.11.002.

• Y. Xu and S. Mao, “User association in massive MIMO HetNets,” IEEE Systems Journal, Special Issue on 5G Wireless Systems with Massive MIMO, vol.11, no.1, pp.7-19, Mar. 2017. DOI: 10.1109/JSYST.2015.2475702.

• M. Feng and S. Mao, “Interference management in massive MIMO HetNets: A nested array approach,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, Washington DC, Dec. 2016, pp.1-6.

• K. Wang, W. Zhou, and S. Mao, “Energy efficient joint resource scheduling for delay-aware traffic in Cloud-RAN,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, Washington DC, Dec. 2016, pp.1-6.

• Z. He, S. Mao, S. Kompella, and A. Swami, “Link scheduling and channel assignment with a graph spectral clustering approach,” in Proc. IEEE MILCOM 2016, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2016, pp.73-78.

• M. Feng and S. Mao, “Harvest the potential of massive MIMO with multi-layer technologies,” IEEE Network, vol.30, no.5, pp.40-45, Sept./Oct. 2016. DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2016.7579025.

• M. Feng, S. Mao, and T. Jiang, “Enhancing the performance of future wireless networks with Software Defined Networking,” Springer Frontiers of Information Technology and Electronic Engineering Journal, Special Issue on Future Network: Software-Defined Networking, vol.17, no.7, pp.606-619, July 2016. DOI: 10.1631/FITEE.1500336.

• L. Hong and S. Mao, “Implementation and performance evaluation of cooperative wireless communications with beamforming and software defined radio techniques,” in Proc. ASEE Annual Conference 2016, New Orleans, LA, June 2016. (12 pages)

• M. Feng, S. Mao, and T. Jiang, “BOOST: Base station on-off switching strategy for energy efficient massive MIMO HetNets,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2016, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 2016, pp.1395-1403.

• Z. He and S. Mao, “A decomposition principle for link and relay selection in dual-hop 60 GHz networks,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2016, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 2016, pp.1683-1691.

• Y. Xu, S. Mao, and S. Su, “Interference alignment improves the capacity of OFDMA systems,” IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol.65, no.2, pp.756-767, Feb. 2016. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2015.2402191.

• Z. He, S. Mao, and S. Kompella, “A decomposition approach to quality of service driven multi-user video streaming in cellular cognitive radio networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol.15, no.1, pp.728-739, Jan. 2016. DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2015.2477509.

• Z. He, S. Mao, S. Kompella, and A. Swami, “Minimum time length scheduling under blockage and interference in multi-hop mmWave networks,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2015, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015, pp.1-7.

• C. Ni, M. Feng, K. Luo, T. Jiang, and S. Mao, “Additive cancellation signal method for sidelobe suppression in NC-OFDM based cognitive radio systems,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2015, San Diego, CA, Dec. 2015, pp.1-5.

• I.-K. Son, S. Mao, Y. Li, M. Chen, M.X. Gong, and T.S. Rappaport, “Frame-based medium access control for 5G wireless networks,” Springer MONET Journal, Special Issue on Networking in 5G Mobile Communications Systems: Key Technologies and Challenges, vol.20, no.6, pp.763-772, Dec. 2015. DOI: 10.1007/s11036-014-0565-0.

• Z. He, S. Mao, and T.S. Rappaport, “On link scheduling under blockage and interference in 60 GHz ad hoc networks,” IEEE Access Journal, Special Section on Ultra Dense Cellular Networks, vol.3, pp.1437-1449, Sept. 2015. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2015.2470563.

• Z. He, S. Mao, and T.S. Rappaport, “Minimum time length link scheduling under blockage and interference in 60GHz networks,” in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2015, New Orlean, LA, Mar. 2015, pp.837--842.

• S. Mao and T.S. Rappaport, “Millimeter wave wireless networks: A medium access control perspective,” Chapter 7 in Wireless Network Performance Enhancement via Directional Antennas: Models, Protocols, and Systems, pp.157-170, J. D. Matyjas, F. Hu and S. Kumar (editors). New York, NY: CRC Press, 2015. ISBN: 978-1-49-870753-4.

• Y. Xu, G. Yue, and S. Mao, “User grouping and load balancing for FDD massive MIMO systems,” invited paper, E-Letter of IEEE Communications Society Multimedia Communications Technical Committee (MMTC), Special Issue on Large-Scale MIMO, vol. 9, no. 6, pp.28-31, Nov. 2014.

• Y. Xu, G. Yue, and S. Mao, “User grouping for Massive MIMO in FDD systems: New design methods and analysis,” IEEE Access Journal, Special Section on 5G Wireless Technologies: Perspectives of the Next Generation Mobile Communications and Networking, vol.2, no.1, pp.947-959, Sept. 2014. DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2014.2353297.

• Y. Xu, G. Yue, N. Prasad, S. Rangarajan, and S. Mao, “User grouping and scheduling for large scale MIMO systems with two-stage precoding,” in Proc. IEEE ICC 2014, Sydney, Australia, June 2014, pp.5208-5213.

• I.-K. Son, S. Mao, M.X. Gong, and Y. Li, “On frame-based scheduling for directional mmWave WPANs,” in Proc. IEEE INFOCOM 2012, pp.2149-2157, Orlando, FL, March 2012.

• M.X. Gong, D. Akhmetov, R. Want, and S. Mao, “Multi-user operation in mmWave wireless networks,” in Proc. IEEE ICC 2011, pp.1-6, Kyoto, Japan, June 2011.

• M.X. Gong, D. Akhmetov, R. Want, and S. Mao, “Directional CSMA/CA protocol with spatial reuse for mmWave wireless networks,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, pp.1-5, Miami, FL, December 2010.

• M.X. Gong, E. Perahia, R.J. Stacey, R. Want, and S. Mao, “A CSMA/CA MAC protocol for multi-user MIMO wireless LANs,” in Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2010, pp.1-6, Miami, FL, December 2010.

• M.X. Gong, E. Perahia, R. Want, and S. Mao, “Training protocols for multi-user MIMO wireless LANs,” in Proc. IEEE PIMRC 2010, pp.1218-1223, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2010.

• M.X. Gong, R.J. Stacey, D. Akhmetov, and S. Mao, “A directional CSMA/CA protocol for mmWave wireless PANs,” in Proc. IEEE WCNC 2010, pp.1-6, Sydney, Australia, April 2010.

Patents

• S. Mao, Z. He, S. Kompella, and A. Swami, “Minimum Time Length Scheduling under Blockage and Interference in Multi-hop mmWave Networks,” US Provisional Patent Application, Application Number: 62/338,723, May 19, 2016.

We acknowledge the generous support from our sponsor

• National Science Foundation

This work is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant CNS-1320664. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the foundation.