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NOMA (non-orthogonal multiple access) will be seen as a promising technology for enhancing spectrum efficiency in future cellular networks. The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Amplify-and-Forward (AF) relaying as a moving access point…

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With the explosive growth of data and wireless devices, federated learning (FL) over wireless medium has emerged as a promising technology for large-scale distributed intelligent systems. Yet, the urgent demand for ubiquitous intelligence…

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Free space optical communication techniques have been the subject of numerous investigations in recent years, with multiple missions expected to fly in the near future. Existing methods require high pointing accuracies, drastically driving…

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Wireless communication systems to date primarily rely on the orthogonality of resources to facilitate the design and implementation, from user access to data transmission. Emerging applications and scenarios in the sixth generation (6G)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-21 Wei Chen , Yuanwei Liu , Hamid Jafarkhani , Yonina C. Eldar , Peiying Zhu , Khaled B Letaief

Localization is expected to play a significant role in future wireless networks as positioning and situational awareness, navigation and tracking, are integral parts of 6G usage scenarios. Nevertheless, in many cases localization requires…

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We propose a novel resource efficient analog over-the-air (OTA) computation framework to address the demanding requirements of the uplink (UL) fronthaul between the access points (APs) and the central processing unit (CPU) in cell-free…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-15 Zakir Hussain Shaik , Sai Subramanyam Thoota , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

Aerial communication is gradually taking an assertive role within common societal behaviors by means of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-altitude platforms (HAPs), and fixed-wing aircrafts (FWAs). Such devices can assist general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Francesco Devoti , Placido Mursia , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Xavier Costa-Perez

The vision and requirements of the sixth generation (6G) mobile communication systems are expected to adopt freespace optical communication (FSO) and wireless power transfer (WPT). The laser-based WPT or wireless information transfer (WIT)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-21 Mingliang Xiong , Qingwen Liu , Mingqing Liu , Xin Wang , Hao Deng

The cross-domain oceanic connectivity ranging from underwater to the sky has become increasingly indispensable for a plethora of data-consuming maritime applications, such as maritime meteorological monitoring and offshore exploration.…

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This paper develops a comprehensive analytical framework for modeling and performance evaluation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-to-ground quantum communication links, incorporating key physical impairments such as beam divergence,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-26 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Mazen Hasna , Saif Al-Kuwari , Khalid Qaraqe

Non-fixed flexible antenna architectures, such as fluid antenna system (FAS), movable antenna (MA), and pinching antenna, have garnered significant interest in recent years. In this paper, we propose a new rotatable antenna (RA) model to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Beixiong Zheng , Qingjie Wu , Tiantian Ma , Rui Zhang

The recent evolution of ambient backscattering technology has the potential to provide long-range and low-power wireless communications. In this work, we study the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted backscatter networks where the UAV…

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This paper studies the potential improvement in the achievable data rate available to ground users by integrating satellite, airborne, and terrestrial networks. The goal is to establish dynamic wireless services in remote or…

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Although a significant number satellites are deemed essential for facilitating diverse applications of satellite networks, aerial platforms are emerging as excellent alternatives for enabling reliable communications with fewer satellites.…

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In this paper, a multi-user multi-hop hybrid FSO / RF system is presented. This structure is consisted of two main parts. The main motivation of presenting this structure is communication in long-range impassable links or some specific…

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In wireless communication systems, mmWave beam tracking is a critical task that affects both sensing and communications, as it is related to the knowledge of the wireless channel. We consider a setup in which a Base Station (BS) needs to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-28 Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio , Carles Navarro Manchón , Ramoni Adeogun , Petar Popovski

This paper overviews point-to-point (P2P) links for integrated satellite-aerial networks, which are envisioned to be among the key enablers of the sixth-generation (6G) of wireless networks vision. The paper first outlines the unique…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-14 Nasir Saeed , Heba Almorad , Hayssam Dahrouj , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Jeff S. Shamma , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In 6th generation wireless communication technology, it is important to utilize space resources efficiently. Recently, holographic multiple-input multiple-output (HMIMO) and meta-surface technology have attracted attention as technologies…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-02 Ju Yong Lee , Seung-Won Keum , Sang Min Oh , Dang-Oh Kim , Dong-Ho Cho

We consider a drone-based communication network, where several drones hover above an area and serve as mobile remote radio heads for a large number of mobile users. We assume that the drones employ free space optical (FSO) links for…

In order to overcome the inherent latency in multi-user unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks with orthogonal multiple access (OMA). In this paper, we investigate the UAV enabled uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) network, where…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-27 Jinhui Lu , Yuntian Wang , Tingting Liu , Zhihong Zhuang , Xiaobo Zhou , Feng Shu , Zhu Han