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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…

The standard development of 5G wireless communication culminated between 2017 and 2019, followed by the worldwide deployment of 5G networks, which is expected to result in very high data rate for enhanced mobile broadband, support…

Near-field focusing (NFF) forms the basis for several applications of large intelligent surface (LIS) in sub-10 GHz bands, including wireless communications, wireless power transfer, positioning, and sensing. In this two-part paper, Part I…

Multiple access technology played an important role in wireless communication in the last decades: it increases the capacity of the channel and allows different users to access the system simultaneously. However, the conventional multiple…

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In the past few years, the demand for high data rate services has increased dramatically. The congestion in the radio frequency (RF) spectrum (3 kHz ~ 300 GHz) is expected to limit the growth of future wireless systems unless new parts of…

Along with AIGC shines in CV and NLP, its potential in the wireless domain has also emerged in recent years. Yet, existing RF-oriented generative solutions are ill-suited for generating high-quality, time-series RF data due to limited…

The advent of the sixth-generation (6G) networks presents another round of revolution for the mobile communication landscape, promising an immersive experience, robust reliability, minimal latency, extreme connectivity, ubiquitous coverage,…

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