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In Zak-OTFS (orthogonal time frequency space) modulation the carrier waveform is a pulse in the delay-Doppler (DD) domain, formally a quasi-periodic localized function with specific periods along delay and Doppler. When the channel delay…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-21 Saif Khan Mohammed , Amit Kumar Pathak , Muhammad Ubadah , Ronny Hadani , Ananthanarayanan Chockalingam , Robert Calderbank

In this paper, we propose a frequency synchronization scheme for multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) uplink with a large-scale uniform linear array (ULA) at base station (BS) by exploiting the angle information of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Weile Zhang , Feifei Gao , Shi Jin , Hai Lin

The principle of orthogonal time-frequency-space (OTFS) signaling is firstly analyzed, followed by explaining that OTFS embeds another signaling scheme referred to as orthogonal short-time Fourier (OSTF). Then, the relationship among OTFS,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-26 Lie-Liang Yang

We consider the problem of degradation in performance of multi-carrier multi-user massive MIMO systems when channel induced Doppler spread is high. Recently, Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) modulation has been shown to be robust to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Brijesh Chander Pandey , Saif Khan Mohammed , P. Raviteja , Yi Hong , Emanuele Viterbo

Zak-OTFS (orthogonal time frequency space) modulation is a communication framework that parameterizes the wireless channel in the delay-Doppler (DD) domain, where the parameters map directly to physical attributes of the scatterers that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-21 Nishant Mehrotra , Sandesh Rao Mattu , Robert Calderbank

Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) is a $\text{2-D}$ modulation technique that has the potential to overcome the challenges faced by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) in high Doppler environments. The performance of OTFS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Kuntal Deka , Anna Thomas , Sanjeev Sharma

In the 6G era, space-air-Ground integrated networks (SAGIN) are anticipated to deliver global coverage, necessitating support for a diverse array of emerging applications in high-mobility, hostile environments. Under such conditions,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Weijie Yuan , Shuangyang Li , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanhao Cui , Jiamo Jiang , Haijun Zhang , Pingzhi Fan

Reflecting Surfaces (RSs) are being lately envisioned as an energy efficient solution capable of enhancing the signal coverage in cases where obstacles block the direct communication from Base Stations (BSs), especially at high frequency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-04 Kun Chen-Hu , George C. Alexandropoulos , Ana García Armada

Across the world, there is growing interest in new waveforms, Zak-OTFS in particular, and over-the-air implementations are starting to appear. The choice between OFDM and Zak-OTFS is not so much a choice between waveforms as it is an…

We provide a performance evaluation of orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation in cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) systems. By leveraging the inherent sparsity of the delay-Doppler (DD) representation of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Polynomial-cancellation-coded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (PCC-OFDM) is a form of OFDM that has waveforms which are very well localized in both the time and frequency domains and so it is ideally suited for use in the 5G…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-12 Gayathri Kongara , Lei Yang , Cuiwei He , Jean Armstrong

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are envisioned to provide a global coverage for the intelligent digital society of the near future, ranging from traditional terrestrial to non-terrestrial networks, where reliable communications…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-04 Zhiqiang Wei , Weijie Yuan , Shuangyang Li , Jinhong Yuan , Ganesh Bharatula , Ronny Hadani , Lajos Hanzo

According to the recent 3GPP decisions on 6G air interface, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based waveforms are the primary candidates for future integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-12 Jialiang Zhu , Hamza Haif , Abdelali Arous , Huseyin Arslan , Arman Farhang

Waveforms with ideal ambiguity functions are fundamental to integrated sensing and communication, to active sensing (radar), and to uplink multiple access. We describe a general method of constructing waveforms using the discrete Zak…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-01 Nishant Mehrotra , Sandesh Rao Mattu , Robert Calderbank

In this paper, we propose time and frequency synchronization techniques for the uplink of multiuser orthogonal time frequency space (MU-OTFS) in high-mobility scenarios. We introduce a spectrally efficient and practical pilot pattern where…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-23 Mohsen Bayat , Sanoopkumar P. S. , Arman Farhang

The Orthogonal-Time-Frequency-Space (OTFS) signaling is known to be resilient to doubly-dispersive channels, which impacts high mobility scenarios. On the other hand, the Orthogonal-Frequency-Division-Multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms enjoy the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-20 I. Zakir Ahmed , Hamid R. Sadjadpour

In this paper, we perform a comparative study of common wireless communication waveforms, namely the single carrier (SC), orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM), and orthogonal time-frequency-space (OTFS) modulation in a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Fabian Göttsch , Shuangyang Li , Lorenzo Miretti , Giuseppe Caire , Sławomir Stańczak

In this paper, we propose a multi-user downlink system for two users based on the orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation scheme. The design leverages the generalized singular value decomposition (GSVD) of the channels between the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-18 Omid Abbassi Aghd , Oussama Ben Haj Belkacem , Dou Hu , João Guerreiro , Nuno Souto , Michal Szczachor , Rui Dinis

We consider a downlink (DL) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system, where different users have different mobility profiles. To support this system, we categorize the users into two disjoint groups according to their mobility…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-29 Ruoxi Chong , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Simon L. Cotton , Michail Matthaiou

This tutorial derives the mathematical foundations of what it means for a carrier waveform to be predictable and non-selective. We focus on Zak-OTFS, where each carrier waveform is a pulse in the delay-Doppler (DD) domain, formally a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Sandesh Rao Mattu , Nishant Mehrotra , Venkatesh Khammammetti , Robert Calderbank