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Next-generation networks require intelligent and robust channel conditions to support ultra-high data rates, seamless connectivity, and large-scale device deployments in dynamic environments. While flexible antenna technologies such as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Enzhi Zhou , Yue Xiao , Ziyue Liu , Sotiris A. Tegos , Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis , George K. Karagiannidis

Pinching-antenna systems have recently been proposed as a new candidate for flexible-antenna systems, not only inheriting the reconfiguration capability but also offering a unique feature: establishing line-of-sight links to mitigate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-21 Ximing Xie , Fang Fang , Zhiguo Ding , Xianbin Wang

Federated learning (FL) over wireless networks is fundamentally constrained by unreliable communication links, particularly when uplink channels suffer from blockage, fading, or weak line-of-sight (LoS) conditions. Pinching-antenna systems…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Saba Asaad , Hina Tabassum , Ping Wang

Pinching antenna systems (PASS) present a breakthrough among the flexible-antenna technologies, and distinguish themselves by facilitating large-scale antenna reconfiguration, line-of-sight creation, scalable implementation, and near-field…

Recently, the study on pinching-antenna technique has attracted significant attention. However, most relevant literature focuses on a single-cell scenario, where the effect from the interfering pinching-antennas on waveguides connected to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Yanshi Sun , Zhiguo Ding , George K. Karagiannidis

The evolution toward the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks has flexible reconfigurable antenna architectures capable of adapting their radiation characteristics to the surrounding environment. At the center-stage, while waveguide…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-05 Kaidi Wang , Zhiguo Ding , Lajos Hanzo

A wireless sensing architecture via pinching antenna systems is proposed. Compared to conventional wireless systems, PASS offers flexible antenna deployment and improved probing performance for wireless sensing by leveraging dielectric…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-22 Zhaolin Wang , Chongjun Ouyang , Yuanwei Liu , Arumugam Nallanathan

This letter investigates multi-mode pinching antenna systems (PASS), where signals of multiple orthogonal modes can be transmitted within a dielectric waveguide and radiated by pinching antennas (PAs). This enables mode-domain multiplexing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-10 Xiaoxia Xu , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Arumugam Nallanathan

Pinching antennas is a novel flexible-antenna technology, which can be realized by employing small dielectric particles on a waveguide. The aim of this letter is to characterize the array gain achieved by pinching-antenna systems (PASS). A…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Chongjun Ouyang , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu , Zhiguo Ding

This paper considers a power-splitting (PS)-based simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system employing a reconfigurable pinching antenna (PA) under probabilistic line-of-sight (LoS) blockage. We formulate a joint…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-04 Ruihong Jiang , Ruichen Zhang , Yanqing Xu , Huimin Hu , Yang Lu , Dusit Niyato

Pinching-antenna systems (PASs) have been proposed as a flexible antenna technology to fulfill the stringent requirements of high data rate and large-scale equipment deployment in future wireless networks. The principle of PA involves…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Haoran Pang , Miaowen Wen , Fei Ji , Jun Li , Yiwei Tao

In this paper, we investigate an uplink communication scenario in which multiple users communicate with an access point (AP) employing non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). A pinching antenna, which can be activated at an arbitrary point…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Ming Zeng , Ji Wang , Xingwang Li , Gongpu Wang , Octavia A. Dobre , Zhiguo Ding

Recently, a novel flexible-antenna technology, called pinching antennas, has attracted growing academic interest. By inserting discrete dielectric materials, pinching antennas can be activated at arbitrary points along waveguides, allowing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Weihao Mao , Yang Lu , Yanqing Xu , Bo Ai , Octavia A. Dobre , Dusit Niyato

The Pinching-Antenna SyStem (PASS) is a revolutionary flexible antenna technology designed to enhance wireless communication by establishing strong line-of-sight (LoS) links, reducing free-space path loss and enabling antenna array…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Zhaolin Wang , Chongjun Ouyang , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Zhiguo Ding

A Pinching-Antenna SyStem (PASS)-assisted convert communication framework is proposed. PASS utilizes dielectric waveguides with freely positioned pinching antennas (PAs) to establish strong line-of-sight links. Capitalizing on this high…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Hao Jiang , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu

Pinching-antenna system (PASS) is a novel flexible-antenna technology, which employs long-spread waveguides to convey signals with negligible path loss and pinching antennas (PAs) with adjustable positions to radiate signals from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Xidong Mu , Guangyu Zhu , Yuanwei Liu

Pinching-antenna systems (PASS) represent an innovative advancement in flexible-antenna technologies, aimed at significantly improving wireless communications by ensuring reliable line-of-sight connections and dynamic antenna array…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-27 Jingjing Zhao , Haowen Song , Xidong Mu , Kaiquan Cai , Yanbo Zhu , Yuanwei Liu

Pinching antennas have been recently proposed as a promising flexible-antenna technology, which can be implemented by attaching low-cost pinching elements to dielectric waveguides. This work explores the potential of employing pinching…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Ali Bereyhi , Saba Asaad , Chongjun Ouyang , Zhiguo Ding , H. Vincent Poor

Pinching antenna systems have attracted much attention recently owing to its capability to maintain reliable line-of-sight (LoS) communication in high-frequency bands. By guiding signals through a waveguide and emitting them via a movable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Hao Feng , Ming Zeng , Xingwang Li , Wenwu Xie , Nian Xia , Octavia A. Dobre

Pinching-antenna systems (PASSs) are a recent flexible-antenna technology that is realized by attaching simple components, referred to as pinching elements, to dielectric waveguides. This work explores the potential of deploying PASS for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-06 Ali Bereyhi , Chongjun Ouyang , Saba Asaad , Zhiguo Ding , H. Vincent Poor