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Target localization based on frequency diverse array (FDA) radar has lately garnered significant research interest. A linear frequency offset (FO) across FDA antennas yields a range-angle dependent beampattern that allows for joint…
A full multi--dimensional characterization of the angle of arrival (AoA) has immediate applications to the efficient operation of modern wireless communication systems. In this work, we develop a compressed sensing based method to extract…
The monopulse technique is characterized by its high accuracy in angle estimation and simplicity in engineering implementation. However, in the complex electromagnetic environment, the presence of the mainlobe jamming (MLJ) greatly degrades…
Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMAs) are emerging as a promising technology to enable energy-efficient, large array-based multi-antenna systems. This paper presents a simple channel estimation scheme for the downlink of a multiple-input…
Movable antenna (MA) is a promising technology to improve wireless communication performance by varying the antenna position in a given finite area at the transceivers to create more favorable channel conditions. In this paper, we…
Communications between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play an important role in deploying aerial networks. Although some studies reveal that drone-based air-to-air (A2A) channels are relatively clear and thus can be modeled as free-space…
This paper proposes a novel towed movable antenna (ToMA) array architecture to enhance the physical layer security of airborne communication systems. Unlike conventional onboard arrays with fixed-position antennas (FPAs), the ToMA array…
This paper investigates a multiple antenna system with non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) for the exchange of air traffic management data between commercial aircraft pilots and ground-based air traffic controllers. While NOMA techniques…
Colocated multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology has been widely used in automotive radars as it provides accurate angular estimation of the objects with relatively small number of transmitting and receiving antennas. Since the…
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This paper proposes a hardware-software co-design approach to efficiently optimize beamforming and port selection in fluid antenna systems (FASs). To begin with, a fluid-antenna (FA)-enabled downlink multi-cell multiple-input…
This article presents a radio frequency system that can be used to perform precise vertical landings of drones. The system is based on the three-way phase shift detection of a signal transmitted from the landing point. The antenna system is…
A novel over-the-air computation (AirComp) framework empowered by movable antennas (MAs) is proposed to significantly enhance computation accuracy. Within this framework, the joint optimization of transmit power control, antenna…
The problem of beam alignment (BA) in a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system operating at millimeter wave (mmWaves) carrier frequencies is considered in this paper. Two estimation algorithms are proposed, in…
Over-the-air computation (AirComp) enables fast data aggregation for edge intelligence applications. However the performance of AirComp can be severely degraded by channel misalignments. Pinching antenna systems (PASS) have recently emerged…
This paper studies the collision avoidance problem for autonomous multiple fixedwing UAVs in the complex integrated airspace. By studying and combining the online path planning method, the distributed model predictive control algorithm, and…
Movable antenna (MA) is a new technology with great potential to improve communication performance by enabling local movement of antennas for pursuing better channel conditions. In particular, the acquisition of complete channel state…
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