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This paper presents a phase-difference-based scheme for three-dimensional (3D) line-of-sight (LoS) user localization using a uniform planar array (UPA), applicable to both near-field and far-field regimes under the exact spherical-wave…

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Channel estimation is one of the key challenges for the deployment of extremely large-scale reconfigurable intelligent surface (XL-RIS) assisted multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In this paper, we study the channel estimation…

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One of the most relevant challenges in future 6G wireless networks is how to support a massive spatial multiplexing of a large number of user terminals. Recently, extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs), also referred to as extra-large MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Adrian Agustin , Xavier Mestre

In this paper, the problems of simultaneously detecting and localizing multiple targets are considered for noncoherent multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar with widely separated antennas. By assuming a prior knowledge of target…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-09 Wei Yi , Tao Zhou , Mingchi Xie , Yue Ai , Rick S. Blum

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is the development trend of future wireless communications. However, the extremely large-scale antenna array could bring inevitable nearfield and dual-wideband effects that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Jie Xu , Li You , George C. Alexandropoulos , Xinping Yi , Wenjin Wang , Xiqi Gao

The localization of multiple signal sources using sensor arrays has been a long-standing research challenge. While numerous solutions have been developed, signal space methods like MUSIC and ESPRIT have gained widespread popularity. As…

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To address the need for high-precision localization of climbing robots in complex high-altitude environments, this paper proposes a multi-sensor fusion system that overcomes the limitations of single-sensor approaches. Firstly, the…

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The next-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to provide not only seamless and high data-rate communications, but also ubiquitous sensing services. By providing vast spatial degrees of freedom (DoFs), ultra-massive multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-22 Ruoxiao Cao , Hengtao He , Xianghao Yu , Shenghui Song , Kaibin Huang , Jun Zhang , Yi Gong , Khaled B. Letaief

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multipleoutput (XL-MIMO) is believed to be a cornerstone of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. XL-MIMO uses more antennas to both achieve unprecedented spatial degrees of freedom (DoFs) and exploit…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-16 Hao Lei , Jiayi Zhang , Zhe Wang , Huahua Xiao , Bo Ai , Emil Björnson

Massive multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) promises significant gains in spectral efficiency compared to traditional, small-scale MIMO technology. Linear equalization algorithms, such as zero forcing (ZF) or minimum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-12 Charles Jeon , Kaipeng Li , Joseph R. Cavallaro , Christoph Studer

Extremely large-scale reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (XL-RISs) have emerged as a promising technology for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. However, the exceedingly large aperture of XL-RISs renders the RIS-user links likely to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Erkang Dong , Taihao Zhang , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Jiangzhou Wang

We consider multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radar systems with widely-spaced antennas. Such antenna configuration facilitates capturing the inherent diversity gain due to independent signal dispersion by the target scatterers. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-28 Ali Tajer , Guido H. Jajamovich , Xiaodong Wang , George V. Moustakides

Extremely Large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) systems operating in Near-Field (NF) introduce new degrees of freedom for accurate source localisation, but make dense arrays impractical. Sparse or distributed arrays can reduce hardware complexity…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-03 Baptiste Sambon , Gilles Monnoyer , Luc Vandendorpe , Claude Oestges

The large beamforming gain used to operate at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies requires obtaining channel information to configure hybrid antenna arrays. Previously proposed wideband channel estimation strategies, however, assume…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-06 Javier Rodriguez-Fernandez , Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic

Accurate beam alignment is a critical challenge in XL-MIMO systems, especially in the near-field regime, where conventional far-field assumptions no longer hold. Although 2D grid-based codebooks in the polar domain are widely accepted for…

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Localizing near-field sources considering practical arrays is important in wireless communications. Array-based apertures exhibit mutual coupling between the array elements, which can significantly degrade the performance of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-30 Zohreh Ebadi , Amir Masoud Molaei , Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi , Simon Cotton , Anvar Tukmanov , Okan Yurduseven

Massive MIMO is a variant of multiuser MIMO, where the number of antennas $M$ at the base-station is large, and generally much larger than the number of spatially multiplexed data streams to/from the users. It has been observed that in many…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

The large bandwidth combined with ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (UM-MIMO) arrays enables terahertz (THz) systems to achieve terabits-per-second throughput. The THz systems are expected to operate in the near, intermediate, as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Simon Tarboush , Anum Ali , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Movable antenna (MA) introduces a new degree of freedom for future wireless communication systems by enabling the adaptive adjustment of antenna positions. Its large-range movement renders wireless channels transmission into the near-field…

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