New ideas for increasing the data rates available at your mobile phone include so-called millimeter wave (mmWave) systems. In contrast to todayâs microwave systems, which behave as if you are surrounded by a sea of electromagnetic (EM) radiation, mmWave signals propagate through the atmosphere like individual rays. Since the environment around us is complex and cluttered, these EM rays depart from the transmitter and arrive at the receiver at random angles. In this talk I will give an overview of three ongoing research projects at VUW which are driven by these random EM rays.

Models: How can we model correlation between the rays departing from different antennas at the transmitter?

Design: How can we design effective ray directions at the transmitter?

Analysis: What is the statistical distribution of the interference caused by two rays?

This is joint work with: Pawel Dmochowski, Harsh Tataria, Calum Neil, Shuang Li (ECS, VUW), Mansoor Shafi (Spark), Yawei Yu, Jianhua Zhang (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)