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We present Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing (AFDM), a new chirp-based multicarrier transceiver scheme for high mobility communications in next-generation wireless systems. AFDM is based on discrete affine Fourier transform (DAFT), a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-26 Ali Bemani , Nassar Ksairi , Marios Kountouris

The next generation of wireless communication technology is anticipated to address the communication reliability challenges encountered in high-speed mobile communication scenarios. An Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) system has been…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Lifan Wu , Shan Luo , Dongxiao Song , Fan Yang , Rongping Lin

We present a novel physical-layer secure communications scheme based on a chirp-permuted variant of the affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) waveform recently proposed for sixth-generation (6G) systems, which ensures that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Hyeon Seok Rou , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu

Future wireless communication systems must simultaneously address multiple challenges to ensure accurate data detection, deliver high Quality of Service (QoS), adding enable a high data transmission with low system design. Additionally,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Amina Darghouthi , Abdelhakim Khlifi , Belgacem Chibani

Discrete affine Fourier transform spread affine frequency division multiplexing (DAFT-s-AFDM) is a promising waveform for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) due to its low peak-to-average power ratio, robustness to Doppler shifts,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-20 Shiqi Cui , Tianqi Mao , Fan Zhang , Zeping Sui , Christos Masouros , Zhaocheng Wang

Waveform design has served as a cornerstone for each generation of mobile communication systems. The future sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks are expected to employ larger-scale antenna arrays and exploit higher-frequency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-14 Zhiqiang Xiao , Xianda Liu , Yong Zeng , J. Andrew Zhang , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

High-mobility scenarios will be a critical part of 6G systems. Since the widely deployed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform suffers from subcarrier orthogonality loss under severe Doppler spread, delay-Doppler domain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Yiyan Ma , Bo Ai , Jinhong Yuan , Shuangyang Li , Qingqing Cheng , Zhenguo Shi , Weijie Yuan , Zhiqiang Wei , Akram Shafie , Guoyu Ma , Yunlong Lu , Mi Yang , Zhangdui Zhong

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

The sixth generation (6G) of mobile communications and beyond is expected to enable advanced functionalities, such as integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), while involving diverse terminal/user equipment types from terrestrial to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Yujie Liu , Yong Liang Guan , David González G. , Halim Yanikomeroglu

This paper proposes an integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system based on affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) waveform. To this end, a metric set is designed according to not only the maximum tolerable delay/Doppler, but…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-03 Yuanhan Ni , Peng Yuan , Qin Huang , Fan Liu , Zulin Wang

The rapid evolution of the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) landscape has prompted the International Telecommunications Union Working Party 5D (ITU WP5D) to outline the framework for IMT-2030 and beyond. This next-generation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-16 Koteswara Rao Gudimitla , Sibgath Ali Khan M , Kiran Kuchi

This paper proposes a novel non-orthogonal affine frequency division multiplexing (nAFDM) waveform for reliable high-mobility communications with enhanced spectral efficiency (SE). The key idea is to introduce a bandwidth compression factor…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Qin Yi , Zilong Liu , Leila Musavian , Zeping Sui

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has emerged as a promising waveform for high-mobility communications. However, its equalization remains a practical challenge under general physical channels with off-grid delay and Doppler…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Cheng Shen , Chenyang Zhang , Jinhong Yuan

5G is envisioned to improve major key performance indicators (KPIs), such as peak data rate, spectral efficiency, power consumption, complexity, connection density, latency, and mobility. This chapter aims to provide a complete picture of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-19 Ali Fatih Demir , M. Elkourdi , M. Ibrahim , H. Arslan

Spectral efficiency is a key design issue for all wireless communication systems. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a very well-known technique for efficient data transmission over many carriers overlapped in frequency.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-03-28 R. G. Clegg , S. Isam , I. Kanaris , I. Darwazeh

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is widely regarded as a key enabling technology for 6G wireless networks. While extensive research has explored the coexistence of sensing and communication functionalities, the use of orthogonal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Huacheng Zeng , Kunzhe Song , Geo Jie Zhou , Ruxin Lin

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), a promising multicarrier technique utilizing chirp signals, has been envisioned as an effective solution for high-mobility communication scenarios. In this paper, we develop a multiple-mode…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-18 Guangyao Liu , Tianqi Mao , Yanqun Tang , Jingjing Zhao , Zhenyu Xiao

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is a critical enabler for emerging 6G applications, and at its core lies in the dual-functional waveform design. While orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has been a popular basic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Zonghui Yang , Shijian Gao , Xiang Cheng , Liuqing Yang

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

In this paper, we introduce the concept of a mother waveform to address key challenges in 5th generation (5G) and 6th generation (6G) networks, including spectral efficiency, backward compatibility, enhanced flexibility, and the integration…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-20 Ayoub Ammar Boudjelal , Rania Yasmine Bir , Huseyin Arslan