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In this paper, channel estimation problem for extremely large-scale multi-input multi-output (XL-MIMO) systems is investigated with the considerations of the spherical wavefront effect and the spatially non-stationary (SnS) property. Due to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Anzheng Tang , Jun-Bo Wang , Yijin Pan , Wence Zhang , Yijian Chen , Hongkang Yu , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) at millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) bands plays an important role in supporting extreme high beamforming gain as well as ultra-wideband spectrum resources.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-19 Mingyao Cui , Linglong Dai

Accurate channel state information (CSI) acquisition for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems is essential for future mobile communication networks. Channel fingerprint (CF), also referred to as channel knowledge map, is a…

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The deployment of extremely large-scale array (ELAA) brings higher spectral efficiency and spatial degree of freedom, but triggers issues on near-field channel estimation. Existing near-field channel estimation schemes primarily exploit…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-19 Zhiming Zhu , Shu Xu , Jiexin Zhang , Chunguo Li , Yongming Huang , Luxi Yang

This paper investigates semi-blind channel estimation for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. To this end, we first estimate a subspace based on all received symbols (pilot and payload) to provide additional information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-22 Franz Weißer , Nurettin Turan , Dominik Semmler , Fares Ben Jazia , Wolfgang Utschick

The upper mid-band balances coverage and capacity for the future cellular systems and also embraces XL-MIMO systems, offering enhanced spectral and energy efficiency. However, these benefits are significantly degraded under mobility due to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-13 Hongwei Hou , Yafei Wang , Xinping Yi , Wenjin Wang , Dirk T. M. Slock , Shi Jin

Accurate channel state information (CSI) is required for coherent detection in time-variant multiple-input multipleoutput (MIMO) communication systems using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) modulation. One of low-complexity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-02-07 Guan Gui , Wei Peng , Fumiyuki Adachi

Channel estimation is a critical task in extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems for 6G wireless communications. A hybrid-field channel model effectively characterizes the mixed far-field and near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Dehui Yang , Feng Xi , Yanxian Zhu

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has recently emerged as an excellent backward-compatible 6G waveform. In this paper, we study matched filtering (MF) assisted channel estimation (CE) for AFDM systems in complex doubly selective…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-18 Xiangjun Li , Zilong Liu , Zhengchun Zhou , Pingzhi Fan

The great potentials of massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) in Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode can be fully exploited when the downlink Channel State Information (CSI) is available at base stations. However, the accurate CSI…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Jiajia Guo , Tong Chen , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li , Xin Wang , Xiaolin Hou

In large scale dynamic wireless networks, the amount of overhead caused by channel estimation (CE) is becoming one of the main performance bottlenecks. This is due to the large number users whose channels should be estimated, the user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Mohanad Obeed , Yasser Al-Eryani , Anas Chaaban

Near-field (NF) line-of-sight (LoS) MIMO systems enable efficient channel state information (CSI) acquisition and precoding by exploiting known antenna geometries at both the base station (BS) and user equipment (UE). This paper introduces…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-08 Shima Eslami , Bikshapathi Gouda , Antti Tölli

Future sixth-generation (6G) systems are expected to leverage extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) technology, which significantly expands the range of the near-field region. While accurate channel estimation is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Shicong Liu , Xianghao Yu , Zhen Gao , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Efficient channel state information (CSI) feedback is critical for 6G extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems to mitigate channel interference. However, the massive antenna scale imposes a severe burden on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-13 Yuhang Ma , Nan Ma , Jianqiao Chen , Wenkai Liu

Diffusion model (DM)-based channel estimation, which generates channel samples via a posteriori sampling stepwise with denoising process, has shown potential in high-precision channel state information (CSI) acquisition. However, slow…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Wenkai Liu , Nan Ma , Jianqiao Chen , Xiaoxuan Qi , Yuhang Ma

In this paper, we investigate the channel estimation problem for extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems with a hybrid analog-digital architecture, implemented within a decentralized baseband processing (DBP)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Anzheng Tang , Jun-Bo Wang , Yijin Pan , Cheng Zeng , Yijian Chen , Hongkang Yu , Ming Xiao , Rodrigo C. de Lamare , Jiangzhou Wang

In this work, we investigate the joint visibility region (VR) detection and channel estimation (CE) problem for extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems considering both the spherical wavefront effect and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Anzheng Tang , Jun-bo Wang , Yijin Pan , Wence Zhang , Yijian Chen , Xiaodan Zhang , Hongkang Yu , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Strong generative models can accurately learn channel distributions. This could save recurring costs for physical measurements of the channel. Moreover, the resulting differentiable channel model supports training neural encoders by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Muah Kim , Rick Fritschek , Rafael F. Schaefer

We propose GRAM-DIFF, a Gram-matrix-guided diffusion framework for semi-blind multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel estimation. Recent diffusion-based estimators leverage learned generative priors to improve pilot-based channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Xinyuan Wang , Krishna Narayanan

Massive random access is an important technology for achieving ultra-massive connectivity in next-generation wireless communication systems. It aims to address key challenges during the initial access phase, including active user detection…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-09 Keke Ying , Zhen Gao , Sheng Chen , Tony Q. S. Quek , H. Vincent Poor