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Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is an emerging waveform candidate for future sixth generation (6G) systems offering a range of promising features, such as enhanced robustness in heterogeneous and high-mobility environments, as…

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a promising chirp-assisted multicarrier waveform for future high mobility communications. A significant challenge in MIMO-AFDM systems is the multi-user interference (MUI), which can be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Jun Zhu , Yin Xu , Dazhi He , Haoyang Li , Yunfeng Guan , Wenjun Zhang

Channel estimation is one of the most important parts in current mobile communication systems. Among the huge contributions in channel estimation studies, the discrete Fourier transform (DFT)-based channel estimation has attracted lots of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-29 H. Yu , C. Yang

This paper addresses channel estimation for linear time-varying (LTV) wireless propagation links under the assumption of double sparsity i.e., sparsity in both the delay and the Doppler domains. Affine frequency division multiplexing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-06 Wissal Benzine , Ali Bemani , Nassar Ksairi , Dirk Slock

This paper proposes a spectrum-efficient nonorthogonal affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) waveform for reliable high-mobility communications in the upcoming sixth-generation (6G) mobile systems. Our core idea is to introduce a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-24 Yu Zhang , Qin Yi , Leila Musavian , Tongyang Xu , Zilong Liu

This paper considers an affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM)-based integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system, where the AFDM waveform is used to simultaneously carry communications information and sense targets. To…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-30 Yuanhan Ni , Zulin Wang , Peng Yuan , Qin Huang

Filter bank multi carrier (FBMC) is considered a competitive waveform candidate for 5G that can replace orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). However, channel estimation (CE) is a big challenge in FBMC because it suffers from…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-27 Radwa A. Roshdy , Mohamed A. Aboul-Dahab , Mohamed M. Fouad

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is regarded as a key technology in next-generation (6G) mobile communication systems. Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a recently proposed waveform that achieves optimal diversity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Ali Bemani , Nassar Ksairi , Marios Kountouris

Large scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system is considered one of promising technologies for realizing next-generation wireless communication system (5G) to increasing the degrees of freedom in space and enhancing the link…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-24 Guan Gui , Li Xu

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) and orthogonal AFDM access (O-AFDMA) are promising techniques based on chirp signals, which are able to suppress the performance deterioration caused by Doppler shifts in high-mobility…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Yiwei Tao , Miaowen Wen , Yao Ge , Tianqi Mao , Lixia Xiao , Jun Li

This paper presents a dual-domain low-complexity expectation propagation (EP) detection framework for affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) systems. By analyzing the structural properties of the effective channel matrices in both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Qin Yi , Ping Yang , Zilong Liu , Zeping Sui , Yue Xiao , Gang Wu

Waveform evaluation for sixth generation (6G) networks has largely relied on sparse and quasi-stationary channel models that enabled mathematical tractability, diversity gains, and Doppler robustness. However, such models obscure the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Hamza Haif , Abdelali Arous , Huseyin Arslan

Cell-free massive-multiple-input-multiple-output (CFmMIMO) is a key enabler for sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks, where distributed access points (APs) jointly serve user equipments (UEs). In commonly adopted channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-02 Andreas Angelou , Marc Moonen

The recently proposed affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a new transmission waveform that has shown excellent performance in high-mobility environments, making it a sensible option for the next-generation wireless networks. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Mi Qian , Fei Ji , Yao Ge , Miaowen Wen , Yong Liang Guan

For an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system over a doubly selective (DS) channel, a large number of pilot subcarriers are needed to estimate the numerous channel parameters, resulting in low spectral efficiency. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Qibo Qin , Lin Gui , Bo Gong , Xiang Ren , Wen Chen

We propose the affine filter bank modulation (AFBM) waveform for enhanced integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in sixth generation (6G), designed by drawing on concepts from classical filter bank multicarrier modulation (FBMC)…

This paper investigates the near-field (NF) channel estimation (CE) for extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems. Considering the pronounced NF effects in XL-MIMO communications, we first establish a joint…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Zhenzhou Jin , Li You , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Xiang-Gen Xia , Xiqi Gao

In this paper, a new single-carrier waveform, called chirped discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM), is proposed for the sixth generation of communications. As the initial study on this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-20 Yujie Liu , Yong Liang Guan , David González G. , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Generalized spatial modulation-aided affine frequency division multiplexing (GSM-AFDM) is conceived for reliable multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications over doubly selective channels. \textcolor{black}{We commence by proposing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-18 Zeping Sui , Zilong Liu , Leila Musavian , Lie-Liang Yang , Lajos Hanzo

In this letter, we study interleave frequency division multiplexing (IFDM) for multicarrier modulation in static multipath and mobile time-varying channels, which outperforms orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), orthogonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Yuhao Chi , Lei Liu , Yao Ge , Xuehui Chen , Ying Li , Zhaoyang Zhang