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Holographic Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (HMIMO), which densely integrates numerous antennas into a limited space, is anticipated to provide higher rates for future 6G wireless communications. The increase in antenna aperture size makes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-17 Houfeng Chen , Shuhao Zeng , Hao Guo , Tommy Svensson , Hongliang Zhang

In pursuit of enhanced quality of service and higher transmission rates, communication within the mid-band spectrum, such as bands in the 6-15 GHz range, combined with extra large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO), is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Jiachen Tian , Yu Han , Xiao Li , Shi Jin , Chao-Kai Wen

Extremely large-scale massive multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a key enabler for sixth-generation (6G) networks, offering massive spatial degrees of freedom. Despite these advantages, the coexistence of near-field and far-field…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-11 Renbin Li , Shuangshuang Li , Peihao Dong

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) enjoys great advantage in 5G wireless communication systems owing to its spectrum and energy efficiency. However, hundreds of antennas require large volumes of pilot overhead to guarantee…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-26 An Chen , Wenbo Xu , Liyang Lu , Yue Wang

In the sixth-generation (6G), the extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is considered a promising enabling technology. With the further expansion of array element number and frequency bands, near-field effects will…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Haiyang Miao , Jianhua Zhang , Pan Tang , Lei Tian , Weirang Zuo , Qi Wei , Guangyi Liu

This paper proposes a joint channel and data estimation (JCDE) algorithm for uplink multiuser extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems. The initial channel estimation is formulated as a sparse reconstruction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-20 Kabuto Arai , Koji Ishibashi , Hiroki Iimori , Paulo Valente Klaine , Szabolcs Malomsoky

This paper investigates the uplink channel estimation of the millimeter-wave (mmWave) extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) communication system in the beam-delay domain, taking into account the near-field and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Hongwei Hou , Xuan He , Tianhao Fang , Xinping Yi , Wenjin Wang , Shi Jin

This paper studies wideband channel estimation for OFDM systems assisted by extremely large RIS (XL-RIS). Due to the large aperture of XL-RISs, the user equipment may operate in the near-field region, while the base station-XL-RIS link…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Lanqing Zhi , Hongwei Wang , Lingxiang Li , Zhi Chen

Channel estimation for millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive MIMO with hybrid precoding is challenging, since the number of radio frequency (RF) chains is usually much smaller than that of antennas. To date, several channel estimation schemes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Zhen Gao , Linglong Dai , Chen Hu , Zhaocheng Wang

The rapid development of 6G systems demands advanced technologies to boost network capacity and spectral efficiency, particularly in the context of intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS)-aided millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. A key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-19 Xiaokun Tuo , Zijian Chen , Ming-Min Zhao , Changsheng You , Min-Jian Zhao

In millimeter-wave (mmWave) MIMO systems, while a hybrid digital/analog precoding structure offers the potential to increase the achievable rate, it also faces the challenge of the need of a low-complexity design. In specific, the hybrid…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-08 Zhenyu Xiao , Pengfei Xia , Xiang-Gen Xia

Extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) is a promising technology to improve the capacity for future 6G networks. With a very large number of antennas, the near-field property of XL-MIMO systems becomes dominant. Unlike the classical far-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-30 Zidong Wu , Mingyao Cui , Zijian Zhang , Linglong Dai

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is regarded as a promising technology for next-generation communication systems. However, this will expand the near-field (NF) range, rendering more users more likely to be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Zihang Ding , Jianhua Zhang , Changsheng You , Pan Tang , Hongbo Xing , Zhiqiang Yuan , Jie Meng , Guangyi Liu

This paper addresses the problem of estimating sparse channels in massive MIMO-OFDM systems. Most wireless channels are sparse in nature with large delay spread. In addition, these channels as observed by multiple antennas in a neighborhood…

Applications · Statistics 2015-06-22 Mudassir Masood , Laila H. Afify , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a key enabler for sixth-generation (6G) communications. However, near-field channel estimation is particularly challenging due to spherical-wave propagation and spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Qingxia Feng , Pan Fang , Meng Hua , Chunguo Li , Yongming Huang , Luxi Yang

Extremely large reconfigurable intelligent surface (XL-RIS) is emerging as a promising key technology for 6G systems. To exploit XL-RIS's full potential, accurate channel estimation is essential. This paper investigates channel estimation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-26 Peicong Zheng , Xuantao Lyu , Ye Wang , Yi Gong

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is regarded as one of the key techniques to enhance the performance of future wireless communications. Different from regular MIMO, the XL-MIMO shifts part of the communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Kangjian Chen , Chenhao Qi , Jingjia Huang , Octavia A. Dobre , Geoffrey Ye Li

Channel estimation for hybrid Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems at Millimeter-Waves (mmW)/sub-THz is a fundamental, despite challenging, prerequisite for an efficient design of hybrid MIMO precoding/combining. Most works propose…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Marouan Mizmizi , Dario Tagliaferri , Damiano Badini , Christian Mazzucco , Umberto Spagnolini

The large bandwidth combined with ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (UM-MIMO) arrays enables terahertz (THz) systems to achieve terabits-per-second throughput. The THz systems are expected to operate in the near, intermediate, as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Simon Tarboush , Anum Ali , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Accurate channel estimation is critical to fully exploit the beamforming gains when communicating with extremely large aperture arrays. The propagation distances between the user and receiver, which potentially has thousands of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-01 Alva Kosasih , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson