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Key technology and application of millimeter wave communications for 5G: a survey

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As mobile communication technology continues to develop, millimeter-wave communication for 5G mobile networks is attracting widespread public attention. Many studies have appeared in the literatures related to millimeter wave mobile broadband communication systems. This paper briefly introduces the development of 5G and millimeter wave communications, analyses several practical designs and implementations of millimeter wave communications for 5G, and proposes some future applications and challenges for 5G.

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This work is supported by the national natural science foundation of China No. 61473331, Educational Commission of Guangdong Province, China, Project No. 2013KJCX0131, 2013 Top Level Talents Project in “Sailing Plan” of Guangdong Province, Fault Diagnosis of Petrochemical Process and Informatization Control Engineering Open Fund in Guangdong University No. 512030, 2015 Special Fund of Guangdong Province Key Laboratory of Petrochemical Equipment Fault Diagnosis, No. 772719. 2017 Maoming City Technology Planning Projects No. 517235.

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Xu, X., Liu, M., Xiong, J. et al. Key technology and application of millimeter wave communications for 5G: a survey. Cluster Comput 22 (Suppl 5), 12997–13009 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10586-018-1831-x

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