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Near Field Communication (NFC) is a perfect example of ubiquitous computing that is secured, short-ranged, low-powered contactless communication. High demand is predicted for NFC, especially with wearables, and the variety of applications…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-25 Muhammad Enayetur Rahman , Marwan Abdelatti , Manbir Singh Sodhi , Kunal Mankodiya

Movable antenna (MA) has been recognized as a promising technology for performance enhancement in wireless communication and sensing systems by exploiting the spatial degrees of freedom (DoFs) in flexible antenna movement. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-10 Zhenyu Xiao , Xiangyu Pi , Songqi Cao , Lipeng Zhu , Zhen Gao , Xiang-Gen Xia , Rui Zhang

In the context of extremely large-scale antenna arrays deployed in sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks, near-field (NF) communications have gained considerable attention. Unlike the planar waves formulated in the far-field,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-28 Liyang Lu , Ke Ma , Yue Wang , Zhaocheng Wang

The advent of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology has provided new opportunities for capacity improvement via strategic antenna deployment, especially when the near-field effect is pronounced due to antenna…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Shicong Liu , Xianghao Yu , Jie Xu , Rui Zhang

The vision of seamlessly integrating information transfer (IT) and microwave based power transfer (PT) in the same system has led to the emergence of a new research area, called wirelessly power communications (WPC). Extensive research has…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Kaibin Huang , Caijun Zhong , Guangxu Zhu

This paper explores the potential of near-field beamforming (NFBF) in integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems with extremely large-scale arrays (XL-arrays). The large-scale antenna arrays increase the possibility of having…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-15 Kaiqian Qu , Shuaishuai Guo , Nasir Saeed

Covert communication in wireless networks ensures that transmissions remain undetectable to adversaries, making it a potential enabler for privacy and security in sensitive applications. However, to meet the high performance and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Fatemeh Lotfi , Stefan Roth , Anas Chaaban , Aydin Sezgin

Extremely large antenna array (ELAA) is a common feature of several key candidate technologies for sixth-generation mobile networks (6G), such as ultra-massive multiple-input-multiple-output (UM-MIMO), cell-free massive MIMO, reconfigurable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Mingyao Cui , Zidong Wu , Yu Lu , Xiuhong Wei , Linglong Dai

Near-field (NF) multi-antenna wireless communication and sensing have attracted growing research interest in recent years. A core question in this area is how to determine whether a wireless system is operating in the NF or far-field (FF)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Alexander Stutz-Tirri , Ahmad Dkhan , Hadi Sarieddeen , Christoph Studer

The explosive growth of teletraffic, fueled by the convergence of cyber-physical systems and data-intensive applications, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), autonomous systems, and immersive communications, demands a multidisciplinary…

Movable antenna (MA) has been recognized as a promising technology to enhance the performance of wireless communication and sensing by enabling antenna movement. Such a significant paradigm shift from conventional fixed antennas (FAs) to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-26 Lipeng Zhu , Wenyan Ma , Weidong Mei , Yong Zeng , Qingqing Wu , Boyu Ning , Zhenyu Xiao , Xiaodan Shao , Jun Zhang , Rui Zhang

Future wireless networks are expected to deliver ultra-high throughput for supporting emerging applications. In such scenarios, conventional Nyquist signaling may falter. As a remedy, faster-than-Nyquist (FTN) signaling facilitates the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Shuangyang Li , Melda Yuksel , Tongyang Xu , Shinya Sugiura , Jinhong Yuan , Giuseppe Caire , Lajos Hanzo

This paper proposes a practical method for the definition of communication modes when antennas operate in the near-field region, by realizing ad-hoc beams exploiting the focusing capability of large antennas. The beamspace modeling proposed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-07 Nicolò Decarli , Davide Dardari

The exploration of extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs) using high-frequency spectrum has led to a paradigm shift in electromagnetic radiation field, transitioning from the common use case of far-field propagation to near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Zhenyao He , Wei Xu , Zhaohui Yang , Hong Shen , Ningning Fu , Yongming Huang , Zhaoyang Zhang , Xiaohu You

Large antenna arrays and high-frequency bands are two key features of future wireless communication systems. The combination of large-scale antennas with high transmission frequencies often results in the communicating devices operating in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-28 Haiyang Zhang , Nir Shlezinger , Francesco Guidi , Davide Dardari , Mohammadreza F. Imani , Yonina C. Eldar

The resolution is an important performance metric of near-field communication networks. In particular, the resolution of near field beamforming measures how effectively users can be distinguished in the distance-angle domain, which is one…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-25 Chenguang Rao , Zhiguo Ding , Octavia A. Dobre , Xuchu Dai

The interplay between large antenna apertures and high carrier frequencies in future wireless systems gives rise to near-field communications, where the curvature of spherical wavefronts renders traditional far-field beamforming models…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-02 Panagiotis Gavriilidis , George C. Alexandropoulos

This paper examines the number of communication modes, that is, the degrees of freedom (DoF) in a wireless line-of-sight channel comprising a small continuous linear intelligent antenna array in the near field of a large one. The framework…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Athanasios G. Kanatas , Harris K. Armeniakos , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Marco Di Renzo

Vision sensors lie in the heart of computer vision. In many computer vision applications, such as AR/VR, non-contacting near-field communication (NFC) with high throughput is required to transfer information to algorithms. In this work, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-07-13 F. Li , J. Du

Near-Field Communication (NFC) is a modern technology for short range communication with a variety of applications ranging from physical access control to contactless payments. These applications are often heralded as being more secure, as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Dennis Giese , Kevin Liu , Michael Sun , Tahin Syed , Linda Zhang