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Hybrid beamforming for frequency-selective channels is a challenging problem as the phase shifters provide the same phase shift to all of the subcarriers. The existing approaches solely rely on the channel's frequency response and the…

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has become a focal point of extensive research due to its remarkable "squared gain". However, achieving a substantial beamforming gain typically requires a significant number of elements, which leads…

In this paper, we consider a full-duplex (FD) Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system, in which the base station (BS) performs downlink and uplink communications with multiple users while simultaneously sensing multiple targets.…

A near-field simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) network is investigated, where the hybrid beamforming architecture is employed at the base station (BS) for information transmission while charging energy harvesting…

Massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) features a massive number of low-cost user equipments (UEs) with sparse activity. Tailor-made for these features, grant-free random access (GF-RA) serves as an efficient access solution for mMTC.…

Contention-based grant-free transmission is very promising for future massive machine-type communication (mMTC). In contention-based transmission, the random pilot collision is a challenging problem. To solve this problem, multiple pilots…

The proliferating number of devices with short payloads as well as low power budget has already driven researchers away from classical grant-based access schemes that are notorious for their large signalling overhead as well as…

Motivated by massive deployment of low data rate Internet of things (IoT) and ehealth devices with requirement for highly reliable communications, this paper proposes receive beamforming techniques for the uplink of a single-input…

The rapid growth of Internet of Things (IoT) applications necessitates robust resource allocation in future sixth-generation (6G) networks, particularly at the upper mid-band (7-15 GHz, FR3). This paper presents a novel intelligent…

The next wave of wireless technologies will proliferate in connecting sensors, machines, and robots for myriad new applications, thereby creating the fabric for the Internet of Things (IoT). A generic scenario for IoT connectivity involves…

In order to achieve terabits-per-second (Tbps) data rates in the sixth-generation (6G) mobile system, wireless communications are required to exploit the abundant spectrum in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) bands. However,…

With the rapid development of low-altitude wireless networking, autonomous aerial vehicles (AAVs) have emerged as critical enablers for timely and reliable data delivery, particularly in remote or underserved areas. In this context, the age…

The conventional grant-based network relies on the handshaking between base station and active users to achieve dynamic multi-user scheduling, which may cost large signaling overheads as well as system latency. To address those problems,…

A multi-cell Fog-Radio Access Network (F-RAN) architecture is considered in which Internet of Things (IoT) devices periodically make noisy observations of a Quantity of Interest (QoI) and transmit using grant-free access in the uplink. The…

Collecting data from massive Internet of Things (IoT) devices is a challenging task, since communication circuits are power-demanding while energy supply at IoT devices is limited. To overcome this challenge, backscatter communication…

Efficient use of spectral resources will be an important aspect of converged access network deployment. This work analyzes the performance of variable bandwidth Analog Radio-over-Fiber signals transmitted in the unfilled spectral spaces of…

Full Duplex (FD) communication can revolutionize wireless communications as it avoids using independent channels for bi-directional communications. This work generalizes the point-to-point FD communication in millimeter wave (mmWave) band…

This letter investigates secure hybrid beamforming (HB) design for an extremely large-scale antenna array-aided simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system operating in a mixed near-field (NF)/far-field (FF)…

This paper proposes a UAV-assisted forwarding system based on distributed beamforming to enhance age of information (AoI) in Internet of Things (IoT). Specifically, UAVs collect and relay data between sensor nodes (SNs) and the remote base…

Grant-free massive access is an important technique for supporting massive machine-type communications (mMTC) for Internet-of-Things (IoT). Two important features in grant-free massive access are low-complexity devices and short-packet data…