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Fluid antennas (FAs) is a promising technology for introducing flexibility and reconfigurability in wireless networks. Recent research efforts have highlighted the potential gains that can be achieved in comparison to conventional antennas.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-03 Constantinos Psomas , Peter J. Smith , Himal A. Suraweera , Ioannis Krikidis

A continuous aperture array (CAPA)-based secure communication system is investigated, where a base station equipped with a CAPA transmits signals to a legitimate user under the existence of an eavesdropper. For improving the secrecy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-16 Jingjing Zhao , Haowen Song , Xidong Mu , Kaiquan Cai , Yanbo Zhu , Yuanwei Liu

Movable antenna (MA) is a promising technology to exploit the spatial variation of wireless channel for performance enhancement, by dynamically varying the antenna position within a certain region. However, for multi-antenna communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

A continuous-aperture array (CAPA)-based secure transmission framework is proposed to enhance physical layer security. Continuous current distributions, or beamformers, are designed to maximize the secrecy transmission rate under a power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Boqun Zhao , Chongjun Ouyang , Xingqi Zhang , Yuanwei Liu

This paper proposes a novel multiple-access framework, termed the phased ultra massive antenna array (PUMA), which exploits the distinctive spatial flexibility of fluid antenna systems (FAS) at the user equipment (UE). Building upon fluid…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Hanjiang Hong , Kai-Kit Wong , Xusheng Zhu , Chenguang Rao , Dazhi He , Hyundong Shin

To meet the stringent requirements of next-generation wireless networks, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology is expected to become massive and pervasive. Unfortunately, this could pose scalability issues in terms of complexity,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Davide Dardari

In this paper, we develop a functional weighted minimum mean-squared error (WMMSE) algorithm for downlink beamforming in multiuser continuous aperture array (CAPA) systems where both the base station (BS) and users are equipped with CAPAs.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-19 Shiyong Chen , Shengqian Han , Jia Guo

The phenomenon of mutual coupling in continuous aperture arrays (CAPAs) is studied. First, a general physical model for the phenomenon that accounts for both polarization and surface dissipation losses is developed. Then, the unipolarized…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Zhaolin Wang , Kuranage Roche Rayan Ranasinghe , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu , Yuanwei Liu

Conventional multi-beam forming with fixed-position antenna (FPA) arrays needs to trade-off between maximizing the beamforming gain over desired directions and minimizing the interference power over undesired directions. In this letter, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-08 Wenyan Ma , Lipeng Zhu , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we propose a new multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system with movable antennas (MAs) to exploit the antenna position optimization for enhancing the capacity. Different from conventional MIMO systems with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Wenyan Ma , Lipeng Zhu , Rui Zhang

Many frequency selective surface (FSS) structures are based on the use of a single periodic array of slot/apertures in a conducting sheet embedded in a layered medium. However, it is well known that stacking several conducting sheets and…

Recently, movable antenna (MA) array becomes a promising technology for improving the communication quality in wireless communication systems. In this letter, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled multi-user multi-input-single-output…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-24 Wenchao Liu , Xuhui Zhang , Huijun Xing , Jinke Ren , Yanyan Shen , Shuguang Cui

In continuous aperture arrays (CAPAs), careful consideration of the underlying physics is essential, among which electromagnetic (EM) mutual coupling plays a critical role in beamforming performance. Building on a physically consistent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Geonhee Lee , Kwonyeol Park , Hyeongjun Park , Jinwoo An , Junil Choi

For decades, advances in electronics were directly driven by the scaling of CMOS transistors according to Moore's law. However, both the CMOS scaling and the classical computer architecture are approaching fundamental and practical limits,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2017-07-21 Mohammed A. Zidan , YeonJoo Jeong , Jong Hong Shin , Chao Du , Zhengya Zhang , Wei D. Lu

In this paper, we investigate frequency-selective dynamic scattering array (DSA), a versatile antenna structure capable of performing joint wave-based computing and radiation by transitioning signal processing tasks from the digital domain…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-12 Davide Dardari

Compact Ultramassive Antenna Array (CUMA) is a pioneering paradigm that leverages the flexibility of the Fluid Antenna System (FAS) to enable a simple multiple access scheme for massive connectivity without the need for precoding, power…

Following recent advances in flexible electronics and programmable metasurfaces, flexible intelligent metasurfaces (FIMs) have emerged as a promising enabling technology for next-generation wireless networks. A FIM is a morphable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Ahmed Magbool , Vaibhav Kumar , Marco Di Renzo , Mark F. Flanagan

A novel continuous-aperture-array (CAPA)-aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework is proposed. Specifically, an optimal continuous ISAC waveform is designed to form a directive beampattern for multi-target sensing while…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-26 Junjie Ye , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu , Peichang Zhang , Lei Huang , Arumugam Nallanathan

Flexible-geometry arrays based on movable antennas have shown considerable potential for improving wireless communication performance. In this letter, we investigate a multiuser multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) downlink secure…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-13 Xiangyu Dong , Ran Yang , Songjie Yang , Weidong Mei , Lipeng Zhu , Yue Xiu , Zhongpei Zhang

Movable antenna (MA) has gained increasing attention in the field of wireless communications due to its exceptional capability to proactively reconfigure wireless channels via localized antenna movements. In this paper, we investigate the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-16 Nianzu Li , Peiran Wu , Lipeng Zhu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng