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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…

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Near-field sensing with extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) in practical 6G systems is expected to operate over broad bandwidths, where delay, Doppler, and spatial effects become tightly coupled across frequency. The purpose of…

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Extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) is a promising technique for future 6G communications. The sharp increase in the number of antennas causes electromagnetic propagation to change from far-field to near-field. Due to the near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-25 Yu Lu , Zijian Zhang , Linglong Dai

Next-generation wireless networks will rely on mmWave/sub-THz spectrum and extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs). This will push their operation into the near field where far-field beam management degrades and beam training becomes more…

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Extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs) can provide higher spectral efficiency. However, the use of narrower beams for data transmission significantly increases the overhead associated with beam training. In this letter, we propose a novel…

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With the deployment of large antenna arrays at high-frequency bands, future wireless communication systems are likely to operate in the radiative near-field. Unlike far-field beam steering, near-field beams can be focused on a spatial…

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To meet the requirements for high data rates and ubiquitous connectivity in 6G networks, higher frequencies and larger array apertures are employed to enhance spatial resolution and spectral efficiency. This evolution leads to an expansion…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 Shupei Zhang , Boya Di , Lingyang Song

In this study, we focus on the training process and inference improvements of deep neural networks (DNNs), specifically Autoencoders (AEs) and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), using Random Fourier Transformation (RFT). We further explore…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-26 Ata Akbari Asanjan , Milad Memarzadeh , Bryan Matthews , Nikunj Oza

Accurate channel estimation is critical to fully exploit the beamforming gains when communicating with extremely large aperture arrays. The propagation distances between the user and receiver, which potentially has thousands of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-01 Alva Kosasih , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems are capable of improving spectral efficiency by employing far more antennas than conventional massive MIMO at the base station (BS). However, beam training in multiuser…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Wang Liu , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Jiangzhou Wang , Robert Schober , Lajos Hanzo

The interplay between large antenna apertures and high frequencies in future generations of wireless networks will give rise to near-field communications. In this paper, we focus on the hybrid analog and digital beamforming architecture of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Panagiotis Gavriilidis , George C. Alexandropoulos

In this paper, we investigate the millimeter-wave (mmWave) near-field beam training problem to find the correct beam direction. In order to address the high complexity and low identification accuracy of existing beam training techniques, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Yuan Xu , Li Wei , Chongwen Huang , Chen Zhu , Zhaohui Yang , Jun Yang , Jiguang He , Zhaoyang Zhang , Mérouane Debbah

Employing large antenna arrays and utilizing large bandwidth have the potential of bringing very high data rates to future wireless communication systems. However, this brings the system into the near-field regime and also makes the…

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The challenging propagation environment, combined with the hardware limitations of mmWave systems, gives rise to the need for accurate initial access beam alignment strategies with low latency and high achievable beamforming gain. Much of…

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Extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) envisioned for 6G enable high-resolution sensing. However, the ELAAs worked in extremely high frequency will push operation into the near-field region, where spherical wavefronts invalidate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-01 Tong Wei , Kumar Vijay Mishra , Bhavani Shankar M. R. , Björn Ottersten

Extremely large antenna array (ELAA) not only effectively enhances system communication performance but also improves the sensing capabilities of communication systems, making it one of the key enabling technologies in 6G wireless networks.…

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Extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) technologies consisting of ultra-massive multiple-input-multiple-output (UM-MIMO) or reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), are emerging to meet the demand of wireless systems in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Yiqin Wang , Shu Sun , Chong Han

This work establishes a framework of near-field communication under different array geometries of extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO). We first formulate the near-field spatial non-stationary channel model which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Kangda Zhi , Yi Song , Tianyu Yang , Tuo Wu , Tengjiao Wang , Songyan Xue , Fangzhou Wu , Giuseppe Caire

With the emergence of AI technologies in next-generation communication systems, machine learning plays a pivotal role due to its ability to address high-dimensional, non-stationary optimization problems within dynamic environments while…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-04 Nancy Nayak , Kin K. Leung , Lajos Hanzo

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