Search Results for author: Robert Schober

Found 50 papers, 4 papers with code

Robust Trajectory and Resource Optimization for Communication-assisted UAV SAR Sensing

no code implementations1 Apr 2024 Mohamed-Amine Lahmeri, Walid R. Ghanem, Christina Bonfert, Robert Schober

In this paper, we investigate joint 3-dimensional (3D) trajectory planning and resource allocation for rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) synthetic aperture radar (SAR) sensing.

Trajectory Planning

Exploit High-Dimensional RIS Information to Localization: What Is the Impact of Faulty Element?

no code implementations25 Mar 2024 Tuo Wu, Cunhua Pan, Kangda Zhi, Hong Ren, Maged Elkashlan, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Robert Schober, Xiaohu You

Then our objective is to regain the information lost from the faulty elements and reconstruct the complete high-dimensional RIS information for localization.

Transfer Learning

Radar Rainbow Beams For Wideband mmWave Communication: Beam Training And Tracking

no code implementations14 Mar 2024 Gui Zhou, Moritz Garkisch, Zhendong Peng, Cunhua Pan, Robert Schober

Three detection and estimation schemes are proposed based on radar rainbow beams for estimation of the users' angles, distances, and velocities, which are then exploited for communication beamformer design.

Delay Dispersion in IRS-assisted FSO Links

no code implementations14 Mar 2024 Hedieh Ajam, Vahid Jamali, Bernhard Schmauss, Robert Schober

The line-of-sight (LOS) requirement of free-space optical (FSO) systems can be relaxed by employing optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs).

Position

User Tracking and Direction Estimation Codebook Design for IRS-Assisted mmWave Communication

no code implementations11 Mar 2024 Moritz Garkisch, Sebastian Lotter, Gui Zhou, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober

The proposed UT algorithm requires only a low overhead for direction and channel estimation and avoids outdated IRS phase shifts.

100 Gbps Indoor Access and 4.8 Gbps Outdoor Point-to-Point LiFi Transmission Systems using Laser-based Light Sources

no code implementations25 Feb 2024 Cheng Cheng, Sovan Das, Stefan Videv, Adrian Spark, Sina Babadi, Aravindh Krishnamoorthy, Changmin Lee, Daniel Grieder, Kathleen Hartnett, Paul Rudy, James Raring, Marzieh Najafi, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Robert Schober, Harald Haas

In this paper, we demonstrate the communication capabilities of light-fidelity (LiFi) systems based on highbrightness and high-bandwidth integrated laser-based sources in a surface mount device (SMD) packaging platform.

Far- versus Near-Field RIS Modeling and Beam Design

no code implementations16 Jan 2024 Mohamadreza Delbari, George C. Alexandropoulos, Robert Schober, Vahid Jamali

In this chapter, we investigate the mathematical foundation of the modeling and design of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in both the far- and near-field regimes.

UAV Formation Optimization for Communication-assisted InSAR Sensing

no code implementations12 Nov 2023 Mohamed-Amine Lahmeri, Victor Mustieles-Pérez, Martin Vossiek, Gerhard Krieger, Robert Schober

To this end, we adopt as sensing performance metrics the interferometric coherence, i. e., the local correlation between the two co-registered UAV radar images, and the height of ambiguity (HoA), which together are a measure for the accuracy with which the InSAR system can estimate the height of ground objects.

HoloFed: Environment-Adaptive Positioning via Multi-band Reconfigurable Holographic Surfaces and Federated Learning

no code implementations10 Oct 2023 Jingzhi Hu, Zhe Chen, Tianyue Zheng, Robert Schober, Jun Luo

Our simulation results confirm that HoloFed achieves a 57% lower positioning error variance compared to a beam-scanning baseline and can effectively adapt to diverse environments.

Federated Learning Position +2

LAMBO: Large Language Model Empowered Edge Intelligence

no code implementations29 Aug 2023 Li Dong, Feibo Jiang, Yubo Peng, Kezhi Wang, Kun Yang, Cunhua Pan, Robert Schober

Next-generation edge intelligence is anticipated to bring huge benefits to various applications, e. g., offloading systems.

Active Learning Decision Making +3

Accurate EH Modelling and Achievable Information Rate for SLIPT Systems with Multi-Junction Photovoltaic Receivers

no code implementations26 Aug 2023 Nikita Shanin, Hedieh Ajam, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Laura Cottatellucci, Robert Schober

Finally, we highlight a tradeoff between the information rate and harvested power in SLIPT systems and demonstrate that the proposed optimal distribution yields significantly higher achievable information rates compared to uniformly distributed transmit signals, which are optimal for linear optical information RXs.

Microparticle-based Controlled Drug Delivery Systems: From Experiments to Statistical Analysis and Design

no code implementations5 May 2023 Sebastian Lotter, Tom Bellmann, Sophie Marx, Mara Wesinger, Lukas Brand, Maximilian Schäfer, Dagmar Fischer, Robert Schober

CDD has been a major research focus in the field of molecular communications (MC) with the goal to aid the design and optimization of CDD systems with communication theoretical analysis.

Performance Analysis and Low-Complexity Design for XL-MIMO with Near-Field Spatial Non-Stationarities

no code implementations31 Mar 2023 Kangda Zhi, Cunhua Pan, Hong Ren, Kok Keong Chai, Cheng-Xiang Wang, Robert Schober, Xiaohu You

Our analytical results indicate that a limited part of the XL-array receives the majority of the signal power in the near field, which leads to a notion of visibility region (VR) of a user.

Optical IRSs: Power Scaling Law, Optimal Deployment, and Comparison with Relays

no code implementations17 Mar 2023 Hedieh Ajam, Marzieh Najafi, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober

We also consider the impact of linear, quadratic, and focusing phase shift profiles across the IRS on the power collected at the Rx lens for different IRS sizes.

Energy-Aware Resource Allocation and Trajectory Design for UAV-Enabled ISAC

no code implementations20 Feb 2023 Ata Khalili, Atefeh Rezaei, Dongfang Xu, Robert Schober

In this paper, we investigate joint resource allocation and trajectory design for multi-user multi-target unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC).

Scalable Predictive Beamforming for IRS-Assisted Multi-User Communications: A Deep Learning Approach

no code implementations23 Nov 2022 Chang Liu, Xuemeng Liu, Zhiqiang Wei, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober

With the proposed predictive approach, we can avoid full-scale CSI estimation and facilitate low-dimensional CE for transmit beamforming design such that the signaling overhead is reduced by a scale of $\frac{1}{N}$, where $N$ is the number of IRS elements.

Codebook-Based User Tracking in IRS-Assisted mmWave Communication Networks

no code implementations16 Nov 2022 Moritz Garkisch, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober

In this paper, we present a novel mobile user tracking (UT) scheme for codebook-based intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) aided millimeter wave (mmWave) systems.

Rate-Splitting for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Aided Multiuser VR Streaming

1 code implementation21 Oct 2022 Rui Huang, Vincent W. S. Wong, Robert Schober

In the proposed system, RS facilitates the exploitation of the shared interests of the users in VR streaming, and IRS creates additional propagation channels to support the transmission of high-resolution 360-degree videos.

Continuous Control Imitation Learning +1

Impact of Channel Models on Performance Characterization of RIS-Assisted Wireless Systems

no code implementations16 Oct 2022 Vahid Jamali, Walid Ghanem, Robert Schober, H. Vincent Poor

The performance characterization of communication systems assisted by large reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) significantly depends on the adopted models for the underlying channels.

Sweet Streams are Made of This: The System Engineer's View on Energy Efficiency in Video Communications

no code implementations30 Sep 2022 Christian Herglotz, Matthias Kränzler, Robert Schober, André Kaup

We discuss all relevant energy sinks, highlight dependencies with quality-of-service variables as well as video properties, review energy consumption models for different devices from the literature, and aggregate these existing models into a global model for the overall energy consumption of a generic online video service.

Trajectory and Resource Optimization for UAV Synthetic Aperture Radar

no code implementations12 Jul 2022 Mohamed-Amine Lahmeri, Walid Ghanem, Christina Knill, Robert Schober

In this paper, we study the trajectory and resource optimization for lightweight rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) system.

Trajectory Planning

RIS Assisted Device Activity Detection with Statistical Channel State Information

no code implementations14 Jun 2022 Friedemann Laue, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober

In order to study the impact of the phase-shift design on the device activity detection, we derive a generalized likelihood ratio test (GLRT) based detector and present an analytical expression for the probability of detection.

Action Detection Activity Detection

Power Scaling Law for Optical IRSs and Comparison with Optical Relays

no code implementations5 May 2022 Hedieh Ajam, Marzieh Najafi, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober

The line-of-sight (LOS) requirement of free-space optical (FSO) systems can be relaxed by employing optical relays and optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs).

Signal Reception With Generic Three-State Receptors in Synaptic MC

no code implementations14 Apr 2022 Sebastian Lotter, Michael T. Barros, Robert Schober, Maximilian Schäfer

The proposed SMC model is the first that allows studying the impact of the characteristic dynamics of the main postsynaptic receptor types on synaptic signal transmission.

Media Modulation based Molecular Communication

no code implementations1 Mar 2022 Lukas Brand, Moritz Garkisch, Sebastian Lotter, Maximilian Schäfer, Andreas Burkovski, Heinrich Sticht, Kathrin Castiglione, Robert Schober

Hence, in media modulation based MC, the TX modulates information into the state of the signaling molecules.

Molecular Noise In Synaptic Communication

no code implementations14 Jan 2022 Sebastian Lotter, Maximilian Schäfer, Robert Schober

In synaptic molecular communication (MC), the activation of postsynaptic receptors by neurotransmitters (NTs) is governed by a stochastic reaction-diffusion process.

Modeling and Design of IRS-Assisted Multi-Link FSO Systems

no code implementations31 Jul 2021 Hedieh Ajam, Marzieh Najafi, Vahid Jamali, Bernhard Schmauss, Robert Schober

Our simulation results validate the accuracy of the proposed analytical channel model for IRS-assisted FSO systems and confirm that this model is applicable for both large and intermediate IRS-receiver lens distances.

Intelligent Reflecting Surface-assisted Free-space Optical Communications

no code implementations13 May 2021 Vahid Jamali, Hedieh Ajam, Marzieh Najafi, Bernhard Schmauss, Robert Schober, H. Vincent Poor

Free-space optical (FSO) systems are able to offer the high data-rate, secure, and cost-efficient communication links required for applications such as wireless front- and backhauling for 5G and 6G communication networks.

IRS-Assisted Active Device Detection

no code implementations10 May 2021 Friedemann Laue, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober

This paper studies intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted active device detection.

Statistical Modeling of Airborne Virus Transmission Through Imperfectly Fitted Face Masks

no code implementations26 Apr 2021 Sebastian Lotter, Lukas Brand, Maximilian Schäfer, Robert Schober

In particular, in most end-to-end models for airborne virus transmission, it is neglected that the stochastic spread of IAs through imperfectly fitted face masks depends on the dynamics of the breathing of the wearer.

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

no code implementations19 Apr 2021 Zhenyu Xiao, Lipeng Zhu, Yanming Liu, Pengfei Yi, Rui Zhang, Xiang-Gen Xia, Robert Schober

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 (3D) beamforming.

Hybrid Relay-Reflecting Intelligent Surface-Aided Wireless Communications: Opportunities, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

no code implementations5 Apr 2021 Nhan Thanh Nguyen, Jiguang He, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Henk Wymeersch, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Robert Schober, Symeon Chatzinotas, Markku Juntti

In this paper, we provide an overview of a hybrid relay-reflecting intelligent surface (HR-RIS) architecture, in which only a few elements are active and connected to power amplifiers and radio frequency chains.

IRS-Assisted Wireless Powered NOMA: Do We Really Need Different Phase Shifts in DL and UL?

no code implementations17 Feb 2021 Qingqing Wu, Xiaobo Zhou, Robert Schober

Although adopting different IRS phase shifts for DL WPT and UL WIT, i. e., dynamic IRS beamforming, is in principle possible but incurs additional signaling overhead and computational complexity, it is an open problem whether it is actually beneficial.

Information Theory Hardware Architecture Emerging Technologies Networking and Internet Architecture Information Theory

Experimental System for Molecular Communication in Pipe Flow With Magnetic Nanoparticles

no code implementations6 Jan 2021 Wayan Wicke, Harald Unterweger, Jens Kirchner, Lukas Brand, Arman Ahmadzadeh, Doaa Ahmed, Vahid Jamali, Christoph Alexiou, Georg Fischer, Robert Schober

The proposed CIR model is shown to consistently capture the experimentally observed distance-dependent impulse response peak heights and peak decays for transmission distances from 5cm to 40cm.

Emerging Technologies

Successive Null-Space Precoder Design for Downlink MU-MIMO with Rate Splitting and Single-Stage SIC

no code implementations4 Jan 2021 Aravindh Krishnamoorthy, Robert Schober

In this paper, we consider the precoder design for an under-loaded or critically loaded downlink multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communication system.

Information Theory Signal Processing Information Theory

Deep Learning-based Resource Allocation For Device-to-Device Communication

no code implementations25 Nov 2020 Woongsup Lee, Robert Schober

Moreover, our results show that not only the resource allocation strategy but also the CSI encoding strategy can be efficiently determined using a DNN.

A Comprehensive Overview on 5G-and-Beyond Networks with UAVs: From Communications to Sensing and Intelligence

no code implementations19 Oct 2020 Qingqing Wu, Jie Xu, Yong Zeng, Derrick Wing Kwan Ng, Naofal Al-Dhahir, Robert Schober, A. Lee Swindlehurst

On the other hand, providing such communication services simultaneously for both UAV and ground users poses new challenges due to the need for ubiquitous 3D signal coverage as well as the strong air-ground network interference.

Channel Modeling for IRS-Assisted FSO Systems

no code implementations1 Oct 2020 Hedieh Ajam, Marzieh Najafi, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober

In this paper, we develop an analytical channel model for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted free space optical (FSO) systems.

valid

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enhanced Indoor Robot Path Planning: A Radio Map based Approach

no code implementations27 Sep 2020 Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Li Guo, Jiaru Lin, Robert Schober

Based on the obtained channel power gain map, the communication-aware robot path planing problem is solved by exploiting graph theory.

Robot Navigation

Intelligent Reflecting Surface Enhanced Indoor Robot Path Planning Using Radio Maps

no code implementations24 Sep 2020 Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu, Li Guo, Jiaru Lin, Robert Schober

Based on the obtained channel power gain map, the communication-aware robot path planing problem is solved as a shortest path problem by exploiting graph theory.

Robot Navigation

Cooperative Internet of UAVs: Distributed Trajectory Design by Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning

no code implementations28 Jul 2020 Jingzhi Hu, Hongliang Zhang, Lingyang Song, Robert Schober, H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we consider a cellular Internet of UAVs, where the UAVs execute sensing tasks through cooperative sensing and transmission to minimize the age of information (AoI).

reinforcement-learning Reinforcement Learning (RL)

Transfer Function Models for Cylindrical MC Channels with Diffusion and Laminar Flow

1 code implementation3 Jul 2020 Maximilian Schäfer, Wayan Wicke, Lukas Brand, Rudolf Rabenstein, Robert Schober

The propagation characteristics of the particles can be categorized into three different regimes: The flow dominant regime where the influence of diffusion on the particle transport is negligible, the dispersive regime where diffusion has a much stronger impact than flow, and the mixed regime where both effects are important.

Emerging Technologies Computational Physics

Uplink and Downlink MIMO-NOMA with Simultaneous Triangularization

1 code implementation10 Jun 2020 Aravindh Krishnamoorthy, Robert Schober

The proposed ST MIMO-NOMA schemes avoid channel inversion at transmitter and receiver and take advantage of the null spaces of the MIMO channels of the users, which is beneficial for the ergodic achievable rate performance.

Information Theory Information Theory

Precoder Design and Power Allocation for Downlink MIMO-NOMA via Simultaneous Triangularization

no code implementations8 Jun 2020 Aravindh Krishnamoorthy, Meng Huang, Robert Schober

In this paper, we consider the downlink precoder design for two-user power-domain multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems.

Information Theory Information Theory

Physics-based Modeling of Large Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces for Scalable Optimization

no code implementations5 Jun 2020 Marzieh Najafi, Vahid Jamali, Robert Schober, Vincent H. Poor

Based on this model, one can design the phase shifts of the unit cells of a tile offline for the support of several transmission modes and then select the best mode online for a given channel realization.

Synaptic Channel Modeling for DMC: Neurotransmitter Uptake and Spillover in the Tripartite Synapse

no code implementations18 May 2020 Sebastian Lotter, Arman Ahmadzadeh, Robert Schober

In this paper, we develop a comprehensive channel model of the tripartite synapse encompassing a three-dimensional, finite-size spatial model of the synaptic cleft, molecule uptake at the presynaptic neuron and at glial cells, reversible binding to individual receptors at the postsynaptic neuron, and spillover to the extrasynaptic space.

Precoder Design and Statistical Power Allocation for MIMO-NOMA via User-Assisted Simultaneous Diagonalization

1 code implementation5 May 2020 Aravindh Krishnamoorthy, Zhiguo Ding, Robert Schober

In this paper, we investigate the downlink precoder design for two-user power-domain multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA).

Information Theory Information Theory

Channel Modeling for Synaptic Molecular Communication With Re-uptake and Reversible Receptor Binding

no code implementations2 Dec 2019 Sebastian Lotter, Arman Ahmadzadeh, Robert Schober

In this paper, we develop a comprehensive channel model for synaptic DMC encompassing a spatial model of the synaptic cleft, molecule re-uptake at the presynaptic neuron, and reversible binding to individual receptors at the postsynaptic neuron.

Compressive Sensing Based Adaptive Active User Detection and Channel Estimation: Massive Access Meets Massive MIMO

no code implementations24 Jun 2019 Malong Ke, Zhen Gao, Yongpeng Wu, Xiqi Gao, Robert Schober

This paper considers massive access in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems and proposes an adaptive active user detection and channel estimation scheme based on compressive sensing.

Compressive Sensing

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