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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

This paper considers near-field multiuser communications based on sparse arrays (SAs). First, for the uniform SAs (USAs), we analyze the beam gains of channel steering vectors, which shows that increasing the antenna spacings can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Kangjian Chen , Chenhao Qi , Geoffrey Ye Li , Octavia A. Dobre

This paper proposes a novel pilot scheme for multi-user uplink channel estimation in extra-large-scale massive MIMO (XL-MIMO) systems with extremely large aperture arrays (ELAA). The large aperture of ELAA introduces spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Yumeng Zhang , Huayan Guo , Vincent Lau

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

Massive MIMO is a new technique for wireless communications that claims to offer very high system throughput and energy efficiency in multi-user scenarios. The cost is to add a very large number of antennas at the base station. Theoretical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-23 Àlex Oliveras Martínez , Elisabeth De Carvalho , Jesper Ødum Nielsen

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

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

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) for 5G is evolving into the extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) to increase the spectrum efficiency by orders of magnitude for 6G communications. ELAA introduces spherical-wave-based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-31 Zidong Wu , Mingyao Cui , Linglong Dai

The recent trends of densification and centralized signal processing in radio access networks suggest that future networks may comprise ubiquitous antennas coordinated to form a network-wide gigantic array, referred to as the ubiquitous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-01 Kaibin Huang , Jiayi Chen , Vincent K. N. Lau

In the evolving landscape of sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are incorporating an unprecedented number of antenna elements, advancing towards Extremely large-scale…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Yuan Gao , Xinyu Guo , Han Li , Jianbo Du , Shugong Xu

The idea of ultra-wideband (UWB) communications for short ranges (up to a few tens of meters) has been around for nearly three decades. However, despite significant efforts by the industry, UWB deployment has not yet reached its predicted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Brian Nelson , Hussein Moradi , Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny

Most wireless communication systems operate in the far-field region of antennas and antenna arrays, where waves are planar and beams have infinite depth. When antenna arrays become electrically large, it is possible that the receiver is in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Alva Kosasih , Emil Björnson

Mitigating intercell interference by employing fractional frequency reuse algorithms is one of the important approaches to improving user performance in 5G and Beyond 5G cellular network systems, which typically have a high density of Base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Bach Hung Luu , Samuel Harry Gardner , Sinh Cong Lam , Trong Minh Hoang

The upper mid-band (or FR3, spanning 6-24 GHz) is a crucial frequency range for next-generation mobile networks, offering a favorable balance between coverage and spectrum efficiency. From another perspective, the systems operating in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-05 Ali Rasteh , Raghavendra Palayam Hari , Hao Guo , Marco Mezzavilla , Sundeep Rangan

This paper investigates the design of channel estimation and 3D localization algorithms in a challenging scenario, where a sub-connected planar extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) communicates with multi-antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-24 Kangda Zhi , Tianyu Yang , Songyan Xue , Giuseppe Caire

Modern radio communication is faced with a problem about how to distribute restricted frequency to users in a certain space. Since our task is to minimize the number of repeaters, a natural idea is enlarging coverage area. However, coverage…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-12-08 Yi Bao , Chao Wang , Ming Chen

Movable antenna (MA)-enabled near-field (NF) communications offer significant potential for 6G, yet existing designs often neglect the practical constraints of hybrid beamforming (HBF) for extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO). Conversely,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Xiangqian Xu , Songjie Yang , Arumugam Nallanathan

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a promising technology for wireless communications, thanks to its potential capability to engineer the radio environment. However, in practice, such an envisaged benefit is attainable only when the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-14 Chao Feng , Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

The emergence of 6G networks enables simultaneous near-field and far-field communications through extremely large antenna arrays and high carrier frequencies. While these regimes enhance spatial multiplexing and link capacity, their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-13 Humera Hameed , Waqas Aman , Muhammad Mahboob Ur Rahman , Ali Arshad Nasir

Future wireless networks will utilize extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) over high-frequency bands, which, however, produce near-field spherical wavefronts and spatial wideband effects. To exploit and mitigate these, this paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Jiasi Zhou , Chintha Tellambura