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Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has emerged as a promising waveform for high-mobility communications. However, its equalization remains a practical challenge under general physical channels with off-grid delay and Doppler…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Cheng Shen , Chenyang Zhang , Jinhong Yuan

In this paper, a new single-carrier waveform, called chirped discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM), is proposed for the sixth generation of communications. As the initial study on this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-20 Yujie Liu , Yong Liang Guan , David González G. , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is an emerging waveform candidate for future sixth generation (6G) systems offering a range of promising features, such as enhanced robustness in heterogeneous and high-mobility environments, as…

The recent proposed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) employing a multi-chirp waveform has shown its reliability and robustness in doubly selective fading channels. In the existing embedded pilot-aided channel estimation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Kai Zheng , Miaowen Wen , Tianqi Mao , Lixia Xiao , Zhaocheng Wang

This paper proposes a spectrum-efficient nonorthogonal affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) waveform for reliable high-mobility communications in the upcoming sixth-generation (6G) mobile systems. Our core idea is to introduce a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-24 Yu Zhang , Qin Yi , Leila Musavian , Tongyang Xu , Zilong Liu

Two signal multiplexing schemes for optical fiber communication are considered: Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and nonlinear frequency-division multiplexing (NFDM), based on the nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT). Achievable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Mansoor I. Yousefi , Xianhe Yangzhang

In this letter, we study interleave frequency division multiplexing (IFDM) for multicarrier modulation in static multipath and mobile time-varying channels, which outperforms orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), orthogonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Yuhao Chi , Lei Liu , Yao Ge , Xuehui Chen , Ying Li , Zhaoyang Zhang

We describe a novel index modulation (IM) scheme exploiting a unique feature of the recently proposed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) in doubly-dispersive (DD) channels. Dubbed AFDM chirp-permutation-index modulation (CPIM),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-06 Hyeon Seok Rou , Kein Yukiyoshi , Taku Mikuriya , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu , Naoki Ishikawa

The integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been envisioned as one representative usage scenario of sixth-generation (6G) network. However, the unprecedented characteristics of 6G, especially the doubly dispersive channel, make…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Fan Zhang , Zhaocheng Wang , Tianqi Mao , Tianyu Jiao , Yinxiao Zhuo , Miaowen Wen , Wei Xiang , Sheng Chen , George K. Karagiannidis

In this paper, a new waveform called discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with chirp modulation (DFT-s-OFDM-CM) is proposed for the next generation of wireless communications. The information bits are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-07 Yujie Liu , Yong Liang Guan , David González G. , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), an emerging multi-carrier modulation scheme, has garnered significant attention due to its resilience to Doppler shifts and capability to achieve full diversity in doubly dispersive channels.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-17 Taohe Chen , Yin Xu , Tianyao Ma , Aimin Tang , Qu Luo , Dazhi He , Wenjun Zhang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key feature of next-generation wireless networks, enabling a wide range of emerging applications such as vehicle-to-everything (V2X) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which operate in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-03 Haoran Yin , Yanqun Tang , Jun Xiong , Fan Liu , Yuanhan Ni , Qu Luo , Roberto Bomfin , Marwa Chafii , Marios Kountouris , Christos Masouros

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has recently emerged as a promising waveform for high-mobility communications due to its resilience to Doppler effects and its advantages for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). AFDM…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-15 Hengxuan Liu , Vincent Savaux , Arman Farhang

Channel models are crucial for theoretical analysis, performance evaluation, and deployment of wireless communication systems. Traditional channel sounding systems are insufficient for handling the dynamic changes of channels in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-23 Yu Zhou , Chao Zou , Nanhao Zhou , Yanqun Tang , Xiaoying Zhang , Haoran Yin , Xiaoran Liu , Ruisi He , Pan Tang , Weijie Yuan , Yong Zeng

In this study, we propose a framework for chirp-based communications by exploiting discrete Fourier transform-spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM). We show that a well-designed frequency-domain spectral shaping…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-24 Alphan Sahin , Nozhan Hosseini , Hosseinali Jamal , Safi Shams Muhtasimul Hoque , David W. Matolak

This study proposes an index modulation (IM) technique for affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) signals and examines its communication and sensing performance toward integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. The power…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Murat Temiz , Christos Masouros

**PLEASE FIND THE FULL EXTENDED ARTICLE "From OTFS to AFDM: A Comparative Study of Next-Generation Waveforms for ISAC in Doubly-Dispersive Channels" (Accepted for publication at the IEEE Signal Processing Magazine - Special Issue on Signal…

On the heels of orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation, the recently discovered affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a promising waveform for the sixth-generation wireless network. In this paper, we study the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Haoran Yin , Xizhang Wei , Yanqun Tang , Kai Yang

The recently proposed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a new transmission waveform that has shown excellent performance in high-mobility environments, making it a sensible option for the next-generation wireless networks. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Mi Qian , Fei Ji , Yao Ge , Miaowen Wen , Yong Liang Guan

We propose a new waveform suitable for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) systems facing doubly-dispersive (DD) channel conditions, as typically encountered in high mobility scenarios. Dubbed Affine Filter Bank Modulation (AFBM),…