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The spectral efficiency of wireless networks can be made nearly infinitely large by deploying many antennas, but the deployment of very many antennas requires new topologies beyond the compact and discrete antenna arrays used by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-29 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti

When the users in a MIMO broadcast channel experience different spatial transmit correlation matrices, a class of gains is produced that is denoted transmit correlation diversity. This idea was conceived for channels in which transmit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-21 Fan Zhang , Khac-Hoang Ngo , Sheng Yang , Aria Nosratinia

The Fluid Antenna System (FAS), which enables flexible Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communications, introduces new spatial degrees of freedom for next-generation wireless networks. Unlike traditional MIMO, FAS involves joint port…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-18 Chao Wang , Kai-Kit Wong , Zan Li , Liang Jin , Chan-Byoung Chae

Holographic MIMO is a spatially-constrained MIMO system with a massive number of antennas, possibly thought of, in its ultimate form, as a spatially-continuous electromagnetic aperture. Accurate and tractable channel modeling is critical to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Andrea Pizzo , Thomas Marzetta , Luca Sanguinetti

This paper studies the uplink spectral efficiency (SE) achieved by two single-antenna user equipments (UEs) communicating with a Large Intelligent Surface (LIS), defined as a planar array consisting of $N$ antennas that each has area $A$.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-30 Andrea de Jesus Torres , Luca Sanguinetti , Emil Björnson

This paper proposes a practical method for the definition of communication modes when antennas operate in the near-field region, by realizing ad-hoc beams exploiting the focusing capability of large antennas. The beamspace modeling proposed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-07 Nicolò Decarli , Davide Dardari

This paper proposes a communication model for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems based on large intelligent surfaces (LIS), where the LIS is modeled as a collection of tightly packed antenna elements. The LIS system is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Robin Jess Williams , Pablo Ramírez-Espinosa , Elisabeth de Carvalho , Thomas L. Marzetta

Advancements in high-frequency communication technologies using millimeter waves (mmWave), Tera- Hertz (THz), and optical wireless frequency bands are key for extending wireless connectivity beyond 5G. These technologies offer a broader…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-07-30 Mohsen Abedi , Alexis A. Dowhuszko , Mehdi Sookhak , Risto Wichman

Approximate expressions for the spatial correlation of cylindrical and uniform rectangular arrays (URA) are derived using measured distributions of angles of departure (AOD) for both the azimuth and zenith domains. We examine massive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-04 Callum T. Neil , Mansoor Shafi , Peter J. Smith , Pawel A. Dmochowski

We consider a multi-cell Massive MIMO system in a line-of-sight (LoS) propagation environment, for which each user is served by one base station, with no cooperation among the base stations. Each base station knows the channel between its…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-14 Hong Yang , Hien Quoc Ngo , Erik G. Larsson

Using millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands is expected to provide high data rates through large licensed and unlicensed spectrum. Due to large path loss and sparse scattering propagation properties, proper beam alignment is important in mmWave…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Hyeongtaek Lee , Sucheol Kim , Junil Choi

Traditional point-to-point line-of-sight channels have rank 1, irrespective of the number of antennas and array geometries, due to far-field propagation conditions. By contrast, recent papers in the holographic multiple-input…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-31 Amna Irshad , Emil Björnson

Extremely large aperture arrays operating in the near-field regime unlock additional spatial resources, which can be exploited to simultaneously serve multiple users even when they share the same angular direction. This work investigates…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Son T. Duong , Tho Le-Ngoc

This paper proposes a monostatic wideband system for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) at millimeter-wave frequencies, based on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM). The system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-23 Tommaso Bacchielli , Lorenzo Pucci , Andrea Giorgetti

In this paper, we consider the downlink of a massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) single user transmission system operating in the millimeter wave outdoor narrowband channel environment. We propose a novel receive spatial…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-23 Ahmed Raafat , Adrian Agustin , Josep Vidal

The secrecy degrees of freedom (SDoF) of the Gaussian multiple-input and single-output (MISO) wiretap channel is studied under the assumption that delayed channel state information (CSI) is available at the transmitter and each receiver…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-08-09 Sheng Yang , Pablo Piantanida , Mari Kobayashi , Shlomo Shamai

In this letter, we consider transceivers with spatially-constrained antenna apertures of rectangular symmetry, and aim to improve of spatial degrees of freedom (DoF) and channel capacity leveraging evanescent waves for information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Ran Ji , Shuo Chen , Chongwen Huang , Wei E. I. Sha , Zhaoyang Zhang , Chau Yuen , Mérouane Debbah

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are cellular networks where the base stations (BSs) are equipped with unconventionally many antennas. Such large antenna arrays offer huge spatial degrees-of-freedom for transmission…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-20 Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Mérouane Debbah

Most wireless communication systems operate in the far-field region of antennas and antenna arrays, where waves are planar and beams have infinite depth. When antenna arrays become electrically large, it is possible that the receiver is in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Alva Kosasih , Emil Björnson

We investigate the secure degrees of freedom (SDoF) of a two-transmitter Gaussian multiple access channel with multiple antennas at the transmitters, the legitimate receiver with the existence of an unknown number of eavesdroppers each with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-01 Mohamed Amir , Tamer Khattab , Tarek Elfouly , Amr Mohamed