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In this paper, we consider near-field localization and sensing with an extremely large aperture array under partial blockage of array antennas, where spherical wavefront and spatial non-stationarity are accounted for. We propose an Ising…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-03 Huiping Huang , Alireza Pourafzal , Hui Chen , Musa Furkan Keskin , Mengting Li , Yu Ge , Fredrik Tufvesson , Henk Wymeersch , Xuesong Cai

Extremely large-scale massive MIMO (XL-MIMO) has been reviewed as a promising technology for future wireless communications. The deployment of XL-MIMO, especially at high-frequency bands, leads to users being located in the near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Xiangyu Zhang , Zening Wang , Haiyang Zhang , Luxi Yang

We study the design of receivers in extra-large scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) systems, i.e. systems in which the base station is equipped with an antenna array of extremely large dimensions. While XL-MIMO can significantly increase the system's…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-15 Abolfazl Amiri , Sajad Rezaie , Carles Navarro Manchon , Elisabeth de Carvalho

Accurate channel model and channel estimation are essential to empower extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) in 6G networks with ultra-high spectral efficiency. With the sharp increase in the antenna array aperture of the XL-MIMO scenario,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-25 Yu Lu , Linglong Dai

This article revisits integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems that operate in the near-field region of large antenna arrays while utilizing large bandwidths. The article first describes the basic characteristics of a wideband…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Zhaolin Wang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu

Extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) is promising as one of the key ingredients for the sixth generation (6G) of wireless communications. The electromagnetic propagation of spherical wavefronts introduces an additional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Xu Shi , Xuehan Wang , Jingbo Tan , Jintao Wang

The number of users that can be spatially multiplexed by a wireless access point depends on the aperture of its antenna array. When the aperture increases and wavelength shrinks, "new" electromagnetic phenomena can be utilized to further…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Parisa Ramezani , Emil Björnson

Wireless communications in the millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) spectrum allow harnessing large frequency bands, thus achieving ultra-high data rates. However, the inherently short wavelengths of mmWave and THz signals lead to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-06 Peng Zhang , Vitaly Petrov , Emil Björnson

As Extremely large-scale array (XL-array) technology advances and carrier frequency rises, the near-field effects in communication are intensifying. In near-field conditions, channels exhibit a diffusion phenomenon in the angular domain,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-18 Hongbo Xing , Yuxiang Zhang , Jianhua Zhang , Huixin Xu , Guangyi Liu , Qixing Wang

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a key technology for next-generation wireless communication systems. By deploying significantly more antennas than conventional massive MIMO systems, XL-MIMO promises…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Ming Zeng , Ji Wang , Wanming Hao , Zheng Chu , Wenwu Xie , Quoc-Viet Pham

This paper proposes a monostatic wideband system for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) at millimeter-wave frequencies, based on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). The system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-23 Tommaso Bacchielli , Lorenzo Pucci , Andrea Giorgetti

Terahertz (THz) extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) is considered a key enabling technology for 6G and beyond due to its advantages such as wide bandwidth and high beam gain. As the frequency and array size increase, users are more likely…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-15 Huixin Xu , Jianhua Zhang , Pan Tang , Hongbo Xing , Chong Han , Lei Tian , Qixing Wang , Guangyi Liu

The deployment of extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs) in extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems introduces significant near-field effects, such as spherical wavefront propagation and spatially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Anzheng Tang , Jun-Bo Wang , Yijin Pan , Tuo Wu , Yijian Chen , Hongkang Yu , Maged Elkashlan

One of the most relevant challenges in future 6G wireless networks is how to support a massive spatial multiplexing of a large number of user terminals. Recently, extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs), also referred to as extra-large MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Adrian Agustin , Xavier Mestre

With the extremely large-scale array XL-array deployed in future wireless systems, wireless communication and sensing are expected to operate in the radiative near-field region, which needs to be characterized by the spherical rather than…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Jiayi Cong , Changsheng You , Jiapeng Li , Li Chen , Beixiong Zheng , Yuanwei Liu , Wen Wu , Yi Gong , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

The downlink of a wireless network where multi-antenna base stations (BSs) communicate with single-antenna mobile stations (MSs) using maximal ratio transmission (MRT) is considered here. The locations of BSs are modeled by a homogeneous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-28 George C. Alexandropoulos , Marios Kountouris

In this article, we present our vision for how extremely large aperture arrays (ELAAs), equipped with hundreds or thousands of antennas, can play a major role in future 6G networks by enabling a remarkable increase in data rates through…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Parisa Ramezani , Alva Kosasih , Amna Irshad , Emil Björnson

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMAs) represent a novel transceiver array architecture for extremely large-scale (XL) communications, offering the advantages of reduced power consumption and lower hardware costs compared to conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-09 Songjie Yang , Wanting Lyu , Boyu Ning , Yue Xiu , Youzhi Xiong , Hua Chen , Chadi Assi , Chau Yuen

The analysis of wireless communication channels at the mmWave, sub-THz and THz bands gives rise to difficulties in the construction of antenna arrays due to the small maximum inter-element spacing constraints at these frequencies. Arrays…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-27 Marc Miranda , Sebastian Semper , Michael Döbereiner , Reiner Thomä

This study explores the use of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) components in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems for joint localization and environment sensing. The radar cross section (RCS) of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Yixuan Huang , Jie Yang , Wankai Tang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shuqiang Xia , Shi Jin