Millimeter-Wave in the Face of 5G Communication Potential Applications

ABSTRACT

Recently, the majority of the countries have announced deployment of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication in a variety of application areas. In the meanwhile, few academic institutions and industries have allocated funds to start the intense research and take on the challenge of the sixth generation (6G). Specifically, this study reviews the progress of the wireless generations and the advancement of the important millimeter-wave (mmWave) applications in the face of 5G communications. The main focus of this paper is based on the study of mmWave technology, its advantages and disadvantages, followed by the predominant applications used in different mmWave bands. Moreover, the investigation has mainly focused on radar systems, radio communication, radiometry, atmospheric sensing, and satellite imagery. MmWave applications are playing an important role in 5G communication. It has a great opportunity to embark on such applications in the upcoming 6G communication. However, there is still room for fundamental improvements on the radio and the network to form new applications.

KEYWORDS:

• High-speed wireless communications
• Imaging systems
• Millimeter-wave
• Short-range communications
• Vehicle radars detectors

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors are very thankful to all the associated personnel in any reference that contributed in/for the purpose of this research. Further, this research holds no conflict of interest and is not funded through any source.

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Nazih Khaddaj Mallat

Nazih Khaddaj Mallat (IEEE Member 2007 and Senior Member 2012, Member of “Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec”) received his bachelor’s degree (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) from “Lebanese University, Lebanon” in 2000, his master’s degree from “Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne (ENSTB), France”, in 2002 and his PhD degree in telecommunications from “University of Quebec, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), Canada”, in 2010. After his PhD and until January 2012, he was postdoctoral fellowship in Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal. The “Fonds Québécois de la Recherche sur la Nature et les Technologies-FQRNT”, a granting agency of the Quebec government, has awarded him two prestigious scholarships for his doctoral studies and postdoctoral research. He authored or co-authored over 50 publications, mostly focused in multi-port applications, millimeter-wave circuits, antennas, and telecommunications systems. He was the vice-chair of the IEEE Montreal Section 2007–2008, Membership Development Chair in 2009–2010, and Section Chair in 2011–2012. In 2013, he joined the College of Engineering at “Al Ain University” in “United Arab Emirates”, as “Assistant Professor” and was promoted in June 2019 to “Associate Professor”. He is the founder of the IEEE AAU Student Branch and the IEEE UAE MTT-S Chapter (and later the IEEE UAE MTT-S & IM-S & AP-S Joint Chapter). He was IEEE UAE Technical Activities Coordinator 2015–2018, and IEEE Region 8 Chapter Coordination Subcommittee Chair in 2015–2016.

Madeeha Ishtiaq

Madeeha Ishtiaq received the MSC degree in computer science from the Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Pakistan in 2013. She received her MS degree in the Department of Computer Science and Technology from Abasyn University, Peshawar Pakistan in 2019. For academic excellence in graduate studies, she has received appreciation awards/certificates from Cisco Networking Academy® program and IEEE conferences. In 2015, she has joined the visiting faculty at Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan, Pakistan. Currently, she is working as faculty member of Women University Swabi, Pakistan. Her research interests include 5G networks, power optimization, IoT, artificial intelligence, resource allocation for cooperative relay networks, and cooperative spectrum sensing in cognitive radio. Email: [email protected]

Ateeq Ur Rehman

Ateeq Ur Rehman is currently working as an assistant professor of computer science, Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan Pakistan. He received his PhD degree from the University of Southampton, UK in 2017. As a PhD student, he worked in Southampton wireless research group of the University of Southampton, where he focused on reliable data transmission in cognitive radio networks. He is a recipient of the several academic awards, such as Pakistan government faculty development program, Islamic University of Technology (OIC) Dhaka, Bangladesh Distinction award, and Higher education Commission Pakistan OIC scholarship for undergrad studies. His main research interests are next-generation wireless communications and cognitive radio networks, particularly cross-layer approach and hybrid ARQ, IoT, IoVT, and block chain technology. Email: [email protected]

Amjad Iqbal

Amjad Iqbal received the BS degree in electrical (Telecommunication) engineering from COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2012 and MS degree in electrical engineering from the Department of Electrical Engineering, CECOS University of IT and Emerging Science, Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2018. He worked as a lab engineer at the Department of Electrical Engineering CECOS University Peshawar, Pakistan from 2016 to 2018. He is pursuing his PhD degree with the Faculty of Engineering, Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, Malaysia. His research interests include printed antennas, flexible antennas, implantable antennas, MIMO antennas, dielectric resonator antennas, and synthesis of microwave components. He has been a reviewer with the number of journals but not limited to IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II, IEEE Access, IET Microwaves, Antennas and Propagation, Progress in Electromagnetic Research, Electronics Letters, International Journal of RF and Computer-Aided Engineering and AEU-International Journal of Electronics and Communication. Email: [email protected]