An overview of using directional antennas in wireless networks

HN Dai, KW Ng, M Li, MY Wu - International journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with omni‐directional antennas, directional antennas have many merits, such as
lower interference, better spatial reuse, longer transmission range, and improved network …

Passive self-interference suppression for full-duplex infrastructure nodes

E Everett, A Sahai, A Sabharwal - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent research results have demonstrated the feasibility of full-duplex wireless
communication for short-range links. Although the focus of the previous works has been …

Argos: Practical many-antenna base stations

C Shepard, H Yu, N Anand, E Li, T Marzetta… - Proceedings of the 18th …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
Multi-user multiple-input multiple-output theory predicts manyfold capacity gains by
leveraging many antennas on wireless base stations to serve multiple clients simultaneously …

{BeamSpy}: Enabling robust 60 {GHz} links under blockage

S Sur, X Zhang, P Ramanathan… - 13th USENIX symposium …, 2016 - usenix.org
Due to high directionality and small wavelengths, 60 GHz links are highly vulnerable to
human blockage. To overcome blockage, 60 GHz radios can use a phased-array antenna to …

Empowering full-duplex wireless communication by exploiting directional diversity

E Everett, M Duarte, C Dick… - 2011 Conference record …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of directional antennas in wireless networks has been widely studied with two main
motivations: 1) decreasing interference between devices and 2) improving power efficiency …

I am the antenna: Accurate outdoor ap location using smartphones

Z Zhang, X Zhou, W Zhang, Y Zhang, G Wang… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
Today's WiFi access points (APs) are ubiquitous, and provide critical connectivity for a wide
range of mobile networking devices. Many management tasks, eg optimizing AP placement …

Pose information assisted 60 ghz networks: Towards seamless coverage and mobility support

T Wei, X Zhang - Proceedings of the 23rd Annual International …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
60 GHz millimeter-wave networking has emerged as the next frontier technology to provide
multi-Gbps wireless connectivity. However, the intrinsic directionality and limited field-of …

Beam-forecast: Facilitating mobile 60 GHz networks via model-driven beam steering

A Zhou, X Zhang, H Ma - IEEE INFOCOM 2017-IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low robustness under mobility is the Achilles' heel of the emerging 60 GHz networking
technology. Instead of using omni-directional antennas as in existing Wi-Fi/cellular networks …

CamRadar: hidden camera detection leveraging amplitude-modulated sensor images embedded in electromagnetic emanations

Z Liu, F Lin, C Wang, Y Shen, Z Ba, L Lu, W Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Hidden cameras in sensitive locations have become an increasing threat to personal privacy
all over the world. Because the camera is small and camouflaged, it is difficult to detect the …

Following the shadow: Agile 3-D beam-steering for 60 GHz wireless networks

A Zhou, L Wu, S Xu, H Ma, T Wei… - IEEE INFOCOM 2018 …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
60 GHz networks, with multi-Gbps bitrate, are considered as the enabling technology for
emerging applications such as wireless Virtual Reality (VR) and 4K/8K real-time Miracast …