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Assume that a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system is designed from scratch to uniformly cover a given area with maximal energy efficiency (EE). What are the optimal number of antennas, active users, and transmit power?…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-22 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti , Jakob Hoydis , Mérouane Debbah

Reconfigurable antennas (RAs) are a promising technology to enhance the capacity and coverage of wireless communication systems. However, RA systems have two major challenges: (i) High computational complexity of mode selection, and (ii)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Fariba Armandoust , Ehsan Tohidi , Martin Kasparick , Li Wang , Ahmet Hasim Gokceoglu , Slawomir Stanczak

This paper investigates a movable antenna (MA)-enabled wireless-powered communication network (WPCN), where multiple wireless devices (WDs) first harvest energy from the downlink (DL) signal broadcast by a hybrid access point (HAP) and then…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-15 Ying Gao , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen

The movable antenna (MA) is a promising technology to exploit more spatial degrees of freedom for enhancing wireless system performance. However, the MA-aided system introduces the non-convex antenna distance constraints, which poses…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-12 Yichen Jin , Qingfeng Lin , Yang Li , Yik-Chung Wu

Recently, several advanced multi-antenna radio communications technologies have emerged to meet the increased capacity demands in wireless multi-user networks. Despite their great potential, the extent of these techniques' practical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-16 Konstantinos Ntougias , Dimitrios Ntaikos , Constantinos B. Papadias

Movable antennas (MAs) show great promise for enhancing the sensing capabilities of future sixth-generation (6G) networks. With the growing prevalence of near-field propagation at ultra-high frequencies, this paper focuses on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Yushen Wang , Weidong Mei , Xin Wei , Boyu Ning , Zhi Chen

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is emerging as a pivotal technology for next-generation wireless networks. However, existing ISAC systems are based on fixed-position antennas (FPAs), which inevitably incur a loss in performance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-14 Jingze Ding , Zijian Zhou , Xiaodan Shao , Bingli Jiao , Rui Zhang

Six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA) is an effective solution for enhancing wireless network capacity through the adjustment of both 3D positions and 3D rotations of distributed antennas/antenna surfaces. Although freely…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Xiaoming Shi , Xiaodan Shao , Rui Zhang

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

A pioneering secure transmission scheme is proposed, which harnesses movable antennas (MAs) to optimize antenna positions for augmenting the physical layer security. Particularly, an MA-enabled secure wireless system is considered, where a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-22 Zhenqiao Cheng , Nanxi Li , Jianchi Zhu , Xiaoming She , Chongjun Ouyang , Peng Chen

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key technology for future 6G networks. Most existing studies focus on monostatic and/or bistatic setups with limited coverage and capabilities. Networked ISAC systems with distributed base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Yuan Guo , Wen Chen , Qingqing Wu , Yang Liu , Qiong Wu , Kunlun Wang , Jun Li , Lexi Xu

Through adaptive antenna repositioning, the movable antenna (MA) technology enables on-demand reconfiguration of wireless channels, thereby creating an additional spatial degree of freedom in improving communication performance. This paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Guojie Hu , Qingqing Wu , Lipeng Zhu , Kui Xu , Guoxin Li , Tong-Xing Zheng

Movable antenna (MA) technology exhibits great promise for enhancing the sensing capabilities of future sixth-generation (6G) networks due to its capability to alter antenna array geometry. With the growing prevalence of near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Yushen Wang , Weidong Mei , Xin Wei , Ya Fei Wu , Zhi Chen , Boyu Ning

Movable antenna (MA) is a promising technology for improving the performance of wireless communication systems by providing new degrees-of-freedom (DoFs) in antenna position optimization. However, existing works on MA systems have mostly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-20 Liujia Yao , Changsheng You , Chao Zhou , Beixiong Zheng , Weidong Mei

This article considers the performance of wireless communication systems that utilize reconfigurable or pattern-dynamic antennas. The focus is on finite-state channels with memory and performance is assessed in terms of real-time behavior.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-29 Santhosh Kumar , Jean-Francois Chamberland , Gregory H. Huff

Low-Power Wide-Area Networks operating in the unlicensed bands are being deployed to connect a rapidly growing number of Internet-of-Things devices. While the unlicensed sub-GHz band offers favorable propagation for long-range connections,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-04 Gilles Callebaut , Sara Gunnarsson , Andrea P. Guevara , Fredrik Tufvesson , Sofie Pollin , Liesbet Van der Perre , Anders J Johansson

The rapid proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications imposes stringent requirements on continuous and reliable communication coverage in low-altitude airspace. Conventional cellular systems built upon fixed-position…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Kan Yu , Kaixuan Li , Yujia Zhao , Dingyou Ma , Qixun Zhang , Zhiyong Feng

The proliferation of large multi-antenna configurations operating in high frequency bands has recently challenged the conventional far-field, rich-scattering paradigm of wireless channels. Extra large antenna arrays must usually work in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Adrian Agustin , Xavier Mestre

In this letter, we consider a new type of flexible-antenna system, termed pinching-antenna, where multiple low-cost pinching antennas, realized by activating small dielectric particles on a dielectric waveguide, are jointly used to serve a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Yanqing Xu , Zhiguo Ding , George K. Karagiannidis

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems exploit the spatial diversity achieved with an array of many antennas to perform spatial multiplexing of many users. Similar performance can be achieved using fewer antennas if movable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-07 Amna Irshad , Alva Kosasih , Vitaly Petrov , Emil Björnson