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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…

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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 beam training techniques for near-field (NF) extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs). Existing NF beam training methods predominantly rely on beam focusing, where the base station (BS) transmits highly spatially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Ran Li , Ziyi Xu , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

6G wireless communication networks are expected to use extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) to support higher throughput, massive connectivity, and improved system performance. ELAAs would fundamentally alter wave characteristics,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Amjad Iqbal , Ala'a Al-Habashna , Gabriel Wainer , Gary Boudreau

Reconfigurable antennas (RAs) utilize the electromagnetic (EM) domain to provide dynamic control over antenna radiation patterns, which offers an effective way to enhance power efficiency in wireless links. Unlike conventional arrays with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Alireza Fadakar , Yuchen Zhang , Hui Chen , Musa Furkan Keskin , Henk Wymeersch , Andreas F. Molisch

High-frequency communication systems bring extremely large aperture arrays (ELAA) and large bandwidths, integrating localization and (bi-static) sensing functions without extra infrastructure. Such systems are likely to operate in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-27 Hui Chen , Pinjun Zheng , Yu Ge , Ahmed Elzanaty , Jiguang He , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Henk Wymeersch

This paper investigates the design of channel estimation and 3D localization algorithms in a challenging scenario, where a sub-connected planar extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) communicates with multi-antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-24 Kangda Zhi , Tianyu Yang , Songyan Xue , Giuseppe Caire

Movable antenna (MA) has been recognized as a promising technology to improve communication performance in future wireless networks such as 6G. To unleash its potential, this paper proposes a novel architecture, namely extremely large-scale…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Min Fu , Lipeng Zhu , Rui Zhang

This paper studies a near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system with extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA), in which a base station (BS) deployed with enormous number of antennas transmits wireless signals to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-25 Haocheng Hua , Jie Xu , Rui Zhang

This thesis presents a new methodology to analyze one-dimensional signals trough a new approach called Multi Layer Analysis, for short MLA. It also provides some new insights on the relationship between one-dimensional signals processed by…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2011-07-28 Luca Pinello

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Chongjia Sun , Ziwei Wan , Lipeng Zhu , Zhenyu Xiao , Zhen Gao , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we introduce a family of novel sparse array designs called the augmented ULAs (AULAs) for the localization of non-circular signals (NCS). Accurate direction of arrival (DOA) estimation and the ability to resolve multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Abdul Hayee Shaikh , Xiaoguang Liu

Future wireless networks, deploying thousands of antenna elements, may operate in the radiative near-field (NF), enabling spatial multiplexing across both angle and range domains. Sparse arrays have the potential to achieve comparable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-22 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Emil Björnson , Ahmed M. Eltawil

Shifting 6G-and-beyond wireless systems to higher frequency bands and the utilization of massive multiple-input multiple-output arrays will extend the near-field region, affecting beamforming and user localization schemes. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-04 Nima Mozaffarikhosravi , Prathapasinghe Dharmawansa , Italo Atzeni

The emergence of movable antenna (MA) technology provides a promising way to enhance wireless sensing and communication by introducing spatial degrees of freedom through dynamic array reconfiguration. In near-field localization, achieving…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-01 Yuxin Duan , Boyu Teng , Xiaojun Yuan , Rui Wang

In this paper, we study efficient \emph{mixed near-field and far-field} target localization methods in extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems Compared with existing works, we address two new challenges in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-12 Cong Zhou , Changsheng You , Chao Zhou , Hongqiang Cheng , Shuo Shi

The problem of multi-objective design of sparse MIMO arrays for better multitarget detection capabilities is considered. A novel approach for efficient utilization of the antenna design resources; namely, the number of available array…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-24 Suleyman Gokhun Tanyer , Paul Dent , Murtaza Ali , Curtis Davis , SenthinelKumar Rajagopal , Peter Driessen

Extremely large-scale arrays (XL-arrays) have emerged as a promising technology to achieve super-high spectral efficiency and spatial resolution in future wireless systems. The large aperture of XL-arrays means that spherical rather than…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-29 Changsheng You , Yunpu Zhang , Chenyu Wu , Yong Zeng , Beixiong Zheng , Li Chen , Linglong Dai , A. Lee Swindlehurst

This paper investigates wireless communications based on a new antenna array architecture, termed modular extremely large-scale array (XL-array), where an extremely large number of antenna elements are regularly arranged on a common…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-12 Xinrui Li , Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

We propose an efficient method for designing broad beams with spatially flat array factor and efficient power utilization for cell-specific coverage in communication systems equipped with large antenna arrays. To ensure full power…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-12 Maksym A. Girnyk , Sven O. Petersson