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We put forward a new algorithmic solution to the massive unsourced random access (URA) problem, by leveraging the rich spatial dimensionality offered by large-scale antenna arrays. This paper makes an observation that spatial signature is…

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Movable antenna (MA) technology, which can reconfigure wireless channels by flexibly moving antenna positions in a specified region, has great potential for improving communication performance. In this paper, we consider a new setup of…

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Recent studies suggest that uniform circular arrays (UCAs) can extend the angular coverage of the radiative near field region. This work investigates whether such enhanced angular coverage translates into improved spatial multiplexing…

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Estimating the directions of arrival (DOAs) of incoming plane waves is an essential topic in array signal processing. Widely adopted uniform linear arrays can only provide estimates of source azimuth. Thus, uniform circular arrays (UCAs)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-18 Mingyan Gong

Movable antenna (MA) has been regarded as a promising technology to enhance wireless communication performance by enabling flexible antenna movement. However, the hardware cost of conventional MA systems scales with the number of movable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-07 Lipeng Zhu , He Sun , Wenyan Ma , Zhenyu Xiao , Rui Zhang

Densifying networks and deploying more antennas at each access point are two principal ways to boost the capacity of wireless networks. However, the complicated distributions of the signal power and the accumulated interference power,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-25 Xianghao Yu , Chang Li , Jun Zhang , Martin Haenggi , Khaled B. Letaief

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant attention for improving wireless communication, especially in emergencies or as a complement to existing cellular infrastructure. This letter addresses the problem of efficiently…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Alexander Vavoulas , Konstantinos K. Delibasis , Harilaos G. Sandalidis , George Nousias , Nicholas Vaiopoulos

We study support for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications through a cell-free massive MIMO architecture, wherein a large number of access points (APs) is deployed in place of large co-located massive MIMO arrays. We consider also a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-13 Carmen D'Andrea , Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez , Giovanni Geraci , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , Stefano Buzzi

Recently, several advanced multi-antenna radio communications technologies have emerged to meet the increased capacity demands in wireless multi-user networks. Despite their great potential, the extent of these techniques' practical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-16 Konstantinos Ntougias , Dimitrios Ntaikos , Constantinos B. Papadias

The deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is proliferating as they are effective, flexible and cost-efficient devices for a variety of applications ranging from natural disaster recovery to delivery of goods. We investigate a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-30 Ali Rahmati , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Yavuz Yapici , Xiaofan He , Ismail Guvenc , Huaiyu Dai , Arupjyoti Bhuyan

Movable-antenna (MA) arrays are envisioned as a promising technique for enhancing secrecy performance in wireless communications by leveraging additional spatial degrees of freedom. However, when the eavesdropper is located in the same…

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Ultra-narrowband (UNB) communications has become a signature feature for many emerging low-power wide-area (LPWA) networks. Specifically, using extremely narrowband signals helps the network connect more Internet-of-things (IoT) devices…

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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications have attracted significant attention from both academia and industry. To facilitate the large-scale usage of UAVs for various applications in practice, we provide a comprehensive survey on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Qingheng Song , Yong Zeng , Jie Xu , Shi Jin

Covert communication in wireless networks ensures that transmissions remain undetectable to adversaries, making it a potential enabler for privacy and security in sensitive applications. However, to meet the high performance and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Fatemeh Lotfi , Stefan Roth , Anas Chaaban , Aydin Sezgin

Extremely large-scale array (XL-array) has emerged as a promising technology to enable near-field communications for achieving enhanced spectrum efficiency and spatial resolution, by drastically increasing the number of antennas. However,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Cong Zhou , Changsheng You , Haodong Zhang , Li Chen , Shuo Shi

Of the wide palette of 5G features, ultra-wide bandwidth and large-scale antenna configuration are regarded as the essential enabling technology components at millimeter wave (mmWave) communication. Accurate knowledge of delay and angle…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-31 Fengchun Zhang , Wei Fan

Wireless access points on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being considered for mobile service provisioning in commercial networks. To be able to efficiently use these devices in cellular networks it is necessary to first have a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-13 Boris Galkin , Jacek Kibiłda , Luiz A. DaSilva

High-frequency wideband cellular communications over mmWave and sub-THz offer the opportunity for high data rates. However, it also presents high path loss, resulting in limited coverage. High-gain beamforming from the antenna array is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-14 Ozlem Yildiz , Ahmad AlAmmouri , Jianhua Mo , Younghan Nam , Elza Erkip , Jianzhong , Zhang

For a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) wireless communication system, imagining that the locations of the users are now fully controllable, what is the maximum sum-capacity, and what are the corresponding optimal user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-15 Yong Zeng

Supporting reliable and seamless mobility for aerial users, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is a key challenge for the next-generation cellular systems. To tackle this challenge, we propose a joint beamforming, user association,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-18 Jiancao Hou , Yansha Deng , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei