The interference from active to passive users is a well-recognized challenge in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. We propose a method that enables to limit the interference on passive users (whose presence may not be detected since they do not transmit) with a small penalty to the throughput of active users. Our approach abstracts away (in a simple, yet informative way) the physical layer component and it leverages the directivity of mmWave links and the available network path diversity. We provide linear programming formulations, lower bounds on active users rates, numerical evaluations, and we establish a connection with the problem of (information theoretically) secure communication over mmWave networks.

翻译：主动用户对被动用户的干扰是毫米波通信中公认的挑战。我们提出了一种方法，能够在最小化对主动用户吞吐量损失的前提下，限制对被动用户（因其不发送信号而可能无法被检测到存在）的干扰。该方法以简单但信息丰富的方式抽象了物理层组件，并利用了毫米波链路的定向性和可用的网络路径多样性。我们提供了线性规划公式、主动用户速率的下界、数值评估，并与毫米波网络上的（信息论意义上的）安全通信问题建立了联系。