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Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing (AFDM) has been proposed as an effective waveform for achieving the full diversity of doubly-dispersive (delay-Doppler) channels. While this property is closely related to range and velocity estimation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Ali Bemani , Nassar Ksairi , Marios Kountouris

In this study, we propose a framework for chirp-based communications by exploiting discrete Fourier transform-spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM). We show that a well-designed frequency-domain spectral shaping…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-24 Alphan Sahin , Nozhan Hosseini , Hosseinali Jamal , Safi Shams Muhtasimul Hoque , David W. Matolak

We propose a multicarrier chirp-division multiplexing (MCDM) system in which orthogonal chirp waveforms are utilized as frequency subcarriers. Orthogonal characteristics of chirp subcarriers are analyzed in respect to cross-correlation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-18 Song-Wen Huang , Dimitris A. Pados

This paper proposes a novel non-orthogonal affine frequency division multiplexing (nAFDM) waveform for reliable high-mobility communications with enhanced spectral efficiency (SE). The key idea is to introduce a bandwidth compression factor…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Qin Yi , Zilong Liu , Leila Musavian , Zeping Sui

We present a novel physical-layer secure communications scheme based on a chirp-permuted variant of the affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) waveform recently proposed for sixth-generation (6G) systems, which ensures that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Hyeon Seok Rou , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu

The recent proposed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) employing a multi-chirp waveform has shown its reliability and robustness in doubly selective fading channels. In the existing embedded pilot-aided channel estimation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-17 Kai Zheng , Miaowen Wen , Tianqi Mao , Lixia Xiao , Zhaocheng Wang

The next generation of wireless communication technology is anticipated to address the communication reliability challenges encountered in high-speed mobile communication scenarios. An Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) system has been…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Lifan Wu , Shan Luo , Dongxiao Song , Fan Yang , Rongping Lin

The impact of both multiplicative and additive hardware impairments (HWIs) on multiple-input multiple-output affine frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-AFDM) systems is investigated. For small-scale MIMO-AFDM systems, a tight bit error…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-29 Zeping Sui , Zilong Liu , Leila Musavian , Yong Liang Guan , Lie-Liang Yang , Lajos Hanzo

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) requires the development of a waveform capable of efficiently supporting both communication and sensing functionalities. This paper proposes a novel waveform that combines the benefits of both the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Pankaj Kumar , Mohammed El-Hajjar , Ibrahim A. Hemadeh , Yasser Mestrah , Suraj Srivastava , Aditya K. Jagannatham , Lajos Hanzo

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has emerged as a promising integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) waveform due to its intrinsic chirp signalling nature. Nevertheless, practical AFDM-based ISAC still faces two key…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-27 Lingsheng Meng , Yong Liang Guan , Zilong Liu , Yirui Luo , Pingzhi Fan

The recently developed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) can achieve full diversity in doubly selective channels, providing a comprehensive sparse representation of the delay-Doppler domain channel. Thus, accurate channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-02 Yu Zhou , Haoran Yin , Nanhao Zhou , Yanqun Tang , Xiaoying Zhang , Weijie Yuan

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a strong candidate for the sixth-generation wireless network thanks to its strong resilience to delay-Doppler spreads. In this letter, we investigate the error performance of coded AFDM…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Haoran Yin

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is an emerging waveform candidate for future sixth generation (6G) systems offering a range of promising features, such as enhanced robustness in heterogeneous and high-mobility environments, as…

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is an emerging multicarrier waveform that offers a potential solution for achieving reliable communications over time-varying channels. This paper proposes two maximum-likelihood (ML) estimators…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Yuankun Tang , Anjie Zhang , Miaowen Wen , Yu Huang , Fei Ji , Jinming Wen

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with index modulation (OFDM-IM) is a novel multicarrier transmission technique which has been proposed as an alternative to classical OFDM. The main idea of OFDM-IM is the use of the indices of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-22 Ertugrul Basar

This paper considers an affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM)-based integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system, where the AFDM waveform is used to simultaneously carry communications information and sense targets. To…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-30 Yuanhan Ni , Zulin Wang , Peng Yuan , Qin Huang

On the heels of orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation, the recently discovered affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a promising waveform for the sixth-generation wireless network. In this paper, we study the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Haoran Yin , Xizhang Wei , Yanqun Tang , Kai Yang

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), an emerging multi-carrier modulation scheme, has garnered significant attention due to its resilience to Doppler shifts and capability to achieve full diversity in doubly dispersive channels.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-17 Taohe Chen , Yin Xu , Tianyao Ma , Aimin Tang , Qu Luo , Dazhi He , Wenjun Zhang

This paper introduces a secure affine frequency division multiplexing (SE-AFDM) for wireless communication systems to enhance communication security. Besides configuring the parameter c1 to obtain communication reliability under doubly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Ping Wang , Zulin Wang , Yuanfang Ma , Xiaosi Tian , Yuanhan Ni

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is regarded as a key technology in next-generation (6G) mobile communication systems. Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a recently proposed waveform that achieves optimal diversity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Ali Bemani , Nassar Ksairi , Marios Kountouris