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This article focuses on the application of artificial intelligence (AI) in non-orthogonal multiple-access (NOMA), which aims to achieve automated, adaptive, and high-efficiency multi-user communications towards next generation multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-14 Xiaoxia Xu , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Qimei Chen , Hao Jiang , Zhiguo Ding

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NoMA) as an efficient way of radio resource sharing can root back to the network information theory. For generations of wireless communication systems design, orthogonal multiple access (OMA) schemes in time,…

Future wireless networks will utilize extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) over high-frequency bands, which, however, produce near-field spherical wavefronts and spatial wideband effects. To exploit and mitigate these, this paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Jiasi Zhou , Chintha Tellambura

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

Supporting immense throughput and ubiquitous connectivity holds paramount importance for future wireless networks. To this end, this letter focuses on how the spatial beams configured for legacy near-field (NF) users can be leveraged to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Jiasi Zhou , Cong Zhou , Yijie Mao , Chintha Tellambura

Large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) holds great promise for the fifth-generation (5G) and future communication systems. In near-field scenarios, the spherical wavefront model is commonly utilized to accurately depict the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Hao Jiang , Wangqi Shi , Xiao Chen , Qiuming Zhu , Zhen Chen

The far-field channel model has historically been used in wireless communications due to the simplicity of mathematical modeling and convenience for algorithm design. With the need for high data rates, low latency, and ubiquitous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Hui Chen , Musa Furkan Keskin , Adham Sakhnini , Nicoló Decarli , Sofie Pollin , Davide Dardari , Henk Wymeersch

Driven by the ever-increasing requirements of ultra-high spectral efficiency, ultra-low latency, and massive connectivity, the forefront of wireless research calls for the design of advanced next generation multiple access schemes to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Lu Lv , Dongyang Xu , Rose Qingyang Hu , Yinghui Ye , Long Yang , Xianfu Lei , Xianbin Wang , Dong In Kim , Arumugam Nallanathan

Revolutionary sixth-generation wireless communications technologies and applications, notably digital twin networks (DTN), connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs), space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGINs), zero-touch networks, industry…

Near-field technologies enable contactless payments, building access, automotive keyless entry, and supply chain tracking. Existing approaches face fundamental trade-offs: magnetic-based methods (NFC/NFMI) achieve low power but are limited…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-09 Samyadip Sarkar , Arunashish Datta , Sihun Kim , Amir Mokhtarpour , Shweta Katakdhond , Shovan Maity , Shreyas Sen

The "near-field" propagation modeling of wireless channels is necessary to support sixth-generation (6G) technologies, such as intelligent reflecting surface (IRS), that are enabled by large aperture antennas and higher frequency carriers.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Navneet Agrawal , Ehsan Tohidi , Renato L. G. Cavalcante , Sławomir Stańczak

Movable antenna (MA)-enabled near-field (NF) communications offer significant potential for 6G, yet existing designs often neglect the practical constraints of hybrid beamforming (HBF) for extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO). Conversely,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Xiangqian Xu , Songjie Yang , Arumugam Nallanathan

With the increase of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) array size and carrier frequency, near-field MIMO communications will become crucial in 6G wireless networks. Due to the increase of MIMO near-field range, the research of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-23 Haiyang Miao , Jianhua Zhang , Pan Tang , Heng Wang , Lei Tian , Guangyi Liu

The evolution of wireless communication toward next-generation networks introduces unprecedented demands on data rates, latency, and connectivity. To meet these requirements, two key trends have emerged: the use of higher communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Yuhang Chen , Heyin Shen , Chong Han

This letter considers a legacy massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network, in which spatial beams have been preconfigured for near-field users, and proposes to use the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) principle to serve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-19 Zhiguo Ding , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

This paper investigates practical 5G strategies for power-balanced non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). By allowing multiple users to share the same time and frequency, NOMA can scale up the number of served users and increase spectral…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-25 Haoyuan Pan , Lu Lu , Soung Chang Liew

A novel near-field transmission framework is proposed for dynamic metasurface antenna (DMA)-enabled non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks. The base station (BS) exploits the hybrid beamforming to communicate with multiple near…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-11 Zheng Zhang , Yuanwei Liu , Zhaolin Wang , Jian Chen , Dong In Kim

The envisioned wireless networks of the future entail the provisioning of massive numbers of connections, heterogeneous data traffic, ultra-high spectral efficiency, and low latency services. This vision is spurring research activities…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-13 Xuelin Cao , Bo Yang , Chongwen Huang , George C. Alexandropoulos , Chau Yuen , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor , Lajos Hanzo

Next generation wireless networks require massive uplink connections as well as high spectral efficiency. It is well known that, theoretically, it is not possible to achieve the sum capacity of multi-user communications with orthogonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Hyunsoo Kim , Yeon-Geun Lim , Chan-Byoung Chae , Daesik Hong

This letter investigates a short-packet downlink transmission system using non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) enhanced via movable antenna (MA). We focuses on maximizing the effective throughput for a core user while ensuring reliable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-12 Xinyuan He , Wen Chen , Qingqing Wu , Xusheng Zhu , Nan Cheng