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Movable antenna (MA) has been recognized as a promising technology to improve communication performance in future wireless networks such as 6G. To unleash its potential, this paper proposes a novel architecture, namely extremely large-scale…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Min Fu , Lipeng Zhu , Rui Zhang

In 21-cm experimental cosmology, accurate characterization of a radio telescope's antenna beam response is essential to measure the 21-cm signal. Computational electromagnetic (CEM) simulations estimate the antenna beam pattern and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-30 Joshua J. Hibbard , Bang D. Nhan , David Rapetti , Jack O. Burns

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMAs) are an emerging hybrid-MIMO technology distinguished by an ultrathin form factor, low cost, and low power consumption. In real-world DMA prototypes, mutual coupling (MC) between meta-elements is generally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-20 Jean Tapie , Bruno Sokal , André L. F. de Almeida , Philipp del Hougne

The exploration of extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs) using high-frequency spectrum has led to a paradigm shift in electromagnetic radiation field, transitioning from the common use case of far-field propagation to near-field…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Zhenyao He , Wei Xu , Zhaohui Yang , Hong Shen , Ningning Fu , Yongming Huang , Zhaoyang Zhang , Xiaohu You

Modern wireless systems are envisioned to employ antenna architectures that not only transmit and receive electromagnetic (EM) waves, but also intentionally reflect and possibly transform incident EM waves. In this paper, we propose a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Torben Kölle , Alexander Stutz-Tirri , Christoph Studer

Multi-target detection and communication with extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) operating at high frequencies necessitate generating multiple beams. However, conventional algorithms are slow and computationally intensive. For…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-30 Diluka Galappaththige , Shayan Zargari , Chintha Tellambura , Geoffrey Ye Li

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications are the focus of considerable interest in recent years. While the theoretical gains of massive MIMO have been established, implementing MIMO systems with large-scale antenna…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-02 Nir Shlezinger , Or Dicker , Yonina C. Eldar , Insang Yoo , Mohammadreza F. Imani , David R. Smith

The next generations of wireless networks are envisioned to integrate communications, sensing, and computing into a unified platform, demanding ultra-high data rates, submillisecond latency, and unprecedented energy efficiency. However,…

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMA) provide low-power beamforming through reconfigurable radiative slots. Each slot has a tunable component that consumes low power compared to typical analog components like phase shifters. This makes DMAs a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Joseph M. Carlson , Nitish V. Deshpande , Miguel Rodrigo Castellanos , Robert W. Heath

This paper presents an end-to-end deep learning framework for electromagnetically reconfigurable antenna (ERA)-aided user localization with active sensing, where ERAs provide additional electromagnetic reconfigurability to diversify the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Ruizhi Zhang , Yuchen Zhang , Ying Zhang

The fusion of metasurface antennas and computational imaging facilitates the design of microwave imaging systems which require no lenses, phase shifters or moving parts. The technique involves the generation of appropriately designed…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-12-15 Toufiq M. Hossain , Andrey E. Miroshnichenko , David A. Powell

This paper proposes a novel pilot scheme for multi-user uplink channel estimation in extra-large-scale massive MIMO (XL-MIMO) systems with extremely large aperture arrays (ELAA). The large aperture of ELAA introduces spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Yumeng Zhang , Huayan Guo , Vincent Lau

Reconfigurable antenna systems (RASs), such as fluid antennas and movable antennas, are poised to play a pivotal role in sixth-generation (6G) systems by dynamically adapting the antenna elements for system performance enhancement. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-27 Chen Xu , Xianghao Yu

Metasurfaces, with their ability to control electromagnetic waves, hold immense potential in optical device design, especially for applications requiring precise control over dispersion. This work introduces an approach to dispersion…

We develop a simple and reliable analytical model that allows describing the electromagnetic response of all-dielectric metasurfaces consisting of a single-layer array of high-permittivity spherical particles. By combining Mie theory with a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2020-12-21 Alessio Monti , Andrea Alù , Alessandro Toscano , Filiberto Bilotti

In this paper, we propose a novel architecture for a lens antenna array (LAA) designed to work with a small number of antennas and enable angle-of-arrival (AoA) estimation for advanced 5G vehicle-to-everything (V2X) use cases that demand…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-30 Joo-Hyun Jo , Jae-Nam Shim , Chan-Byoung Chae , Dong Ku Kim , Robert W. Heath

Metasurfaces have emerged as transformative electromagnetic structures for wireless communications, enabling the real-time control over wave propagation, yielding potential for improved data rates, privacy, energy efficiency and even…

This study presents a tunable phase-modulated metasurface composed of periodically distributed piezoelectric patches with resonant-type shunt circuits. The fully coupled electromechanical model is established to study the transmission…

Applied Physics · Physics 2023-03-29 Zhenkun Lin , Serife Tol

Next-generation wireless networks are expected to utilize the limited radio frequency (RF) resources more efficiently with the aid of intelligent transceivers. To this end, we propose a promising transceiver architecture relying on stacked…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-17 Jiancheng An , Chau Yuen , Chao Xu , Hongbin Li , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Marco Di Renzo , Mérouane Debbah , Lajos Hanzo

Extremely large aperture arrays (ELAAs) benefit the dual functions of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems by enabling high-throughput data streams and high angular resolution with near-field spatial diversity. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Yuan Liu , Xuesong Cai , Dipankar Saha , M. R. Bhavani Shankar , Björn Ottersten