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Movable antenna (MA) is a promising technology for improving the performance of wireless communication systems by providing new degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) in antenna position optimization. However, existing works on MA systems have mostly…

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We present the concept, theoretical model and experimental implementation of a full-duplex nonreciprocal-beam-steering transmissive phase-gradient metasurface. Such a metasurface is realized by exploiting the unique properties of the…

Applied Physics · Physics 2020-07-15 Sajjad Taravati , George V. Eleftheriades

This article presents an overview and analysis of spatial-to-spectral harmonic-modulated arrays (SHAs). Compared to traditional analog or digital beamforming arrays, SHAs enable concurrent multi-beamforming without requiring substantial…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Jose Guajardo , Ali Niknejad

Joint phase-time arrays (JPTA) is a new mmWave radio frequency front-end architecture constructed with appending time-delay elements to phase shifters for analog beamforming. JPTA allows the mmWave base station (BS) to form multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Jianhua Mo , Ahmad AlAmmouri , Shenggang Dong , Younghan Nam , Won-Suk Choi , Gary Xu , Jianzhong , Zhan

Time-modulated arrays (TMA) transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms achieve physical layer security by allowing the signal to reach the legitimate destination undistorted, while making the signal appear…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-13 Zhihao Tao , Zhaoyi Xu , Athina Petropulu

Spatially structured beams have emerged as a promising technology for enhancing spectrum efficiency (SE) in sixth-generation (6G) networks. However, structured beam schemes based on fixed-position antennas (FPAs) fail to fully exploit the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Hongyun Jin , Wenchi Cheng , Jingqing Wang

Time-modulated arrays (TMAs) transmitting information bearing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals can achieve directional modulation. By turning its antennas on and off in a periodic fashion, the TMA can be configured…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-04 Zhihao Tao , Athina Petropulu

A novel grating modulation technique for laser arrays is proposed and demonstrated. This method modifies the initial phase within each grating period, applying a total phase shift that increments in an arithmetic progression, ensuring equal…

The passive electronically scanned array (PESA) is widely used due to its simple structure and low cost. {Its antenna weights have unit modulus and thus, only the weights phases can be controlled. PESA has limited degrees of freedom for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-18 Zhaoyi Xu , Athina P. Petropulu

High-frequency bands such as millimeter-wave and terahertz require narrow beams due to path loss and shadowing. Beam alignment (BA) methods allow the transceivers to adjust the directions of these beams efficiently by exploiting the channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Ozlem Yildiz , Abbas Khalili , Elza Erkip

To overcome the high path-loss and the intense shadowing in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications, effective beamforming schemes are required which incorporate narrow beams with high beamforming gains. The mmWave channel consists of a few…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Nariman Torkzaban , Mohammad A. , Khojastepour , John S. Baras

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMAs) beamform through low-powered components that enable reconfiguration of each radiating element. Previous research on a single-user multiple-input-single-output (MISO) system with a dynamic metasurface…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-03 Nitish Vikas Deshpande , Joseph Carlson , Miguel R. Castellanos , Robert W. Heath

Pulse position modulation (PPM) is a popular signal modulation technique which creates M-ary data by means of the position of a pulse within a time interval. While PPM and its variations have great advantages in many contexts, this type of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-08-20 Yuichiro Fujiwara

Millimeter-scale implants using ultrasound for power and communication have been proposed for a range of deep-tissue applications, including neural recording and stimulation. However, published implementations have shown high sensitivity to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-02 Braeden C. Benedict , Mohammad Meraj Ghanbari , Rikky Muller

Grating lobes arise from the periodic nature of element spacing in the optical phased array. Essentially, the phased array performs the Spatial Fourier Transform on light; the steering capability of the main lobe is governed by phase shift…

Applied Physics · Physics 2024-02-20 Bowen Yu , Dachuan Wu , Yasha Yi

In this paper, if the time-modulated array (TMA)-enabled directional modulation (DM) communication system can be cracked is investigated and the answer is YES! We first demonstrate that the scrambling data received at the eavesdropper can…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-17 Zhihao Tao , Zhaoyi Xu , Athina Petropulu

Beamforming makes possible a focused communication method. It is extensively employed in many disciplines involving electromagnetic waves, including arrayed ultrasonic, optical, and high-speed wireless communication. Conventional beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-31 Shiyi Xia , Mingyang Zhao , Qian Ma , Xunnan Zhang , Ling Yang , Yazhi Pi , Hyunchul Chung , Ad Reniers , A. M. J. Koonen , Zizheng Cao

In this paper, we investigate the beam alignment problem in millimeter-wave (mmWave) distributed antenna systems where a home base station communicates with multiple users through a number of distributed remote radio units (RRUs).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-09 Zhiqiang Wei , Min Qiu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Jinhong Yuan

Millimeter-wave communications rely on beamforming gain from both transmitters and receivers to compensate for severe propagation loss. To achieve adequate gain, beam training is required to identify propagation directions. The main…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-06 Han Yan , Veljko Boljanovic , Danijela Cabric

In the recent papers [1-4] including above paper time modulated frequency diverse arrays (FDAs) have been presented to obtain time invariant spatial patterns. The presented FDAs in [1-3] have the feature of time-invariant spatial focusing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-03 Mahdi Fartookzadeh