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The increasing demand for wireless data transfer has been the driving force behind the widespread adoption of Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology in 5G. The next-generation MIMO technology is now being developed to…

This paper proposes a new architecture for the low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite ground station aided by movable antenna (MA) array. Unlike conventional fixed-position antenna (FPA), the MA array can flexibly adjust antenna positions to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Jinming Wang , Lipeng Zhu , Shuai Han , He Sun , Rui Zhang

Hybrid analog-digital architectures are considered as promising candidates for implementing millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems since they enable a considerable reduction of the required number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-08 Vahid Jamali , Antonia M. Tulino , Georg Fischer , Ralf Müller , Robert Schober

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) communication aims to further boost the antenna size significantly than current massive MIMO systems, for which conventional far-field assumption with uniform plane wave (UPW)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng

Six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA) is a new and revolutionary technique that fully exploits the wireless channel spatial variations at the transmitter/receiver by flexibly adjusting the three-dimensional (3D) positions and/or 3D…

This work establishes a framework of near-field communication under different array geometries of extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO). We first formulate the near-field spatial non-stationary channel model which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Kangda Zhi , Yi Song , Tianyu Yang , Tuo Wu , Tengjiao Wang , Songyan Xue , Fangzhou Wu , Giuseppe Caire

This paper investigates a six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA)-aided cell-free multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. In this system, each distributed access point (AP) can flexibly adjust its array…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-09 Yichi Zhang , Yuchen Zhang , Wenyan Ma , Lipeng Zhu , Jianquan Wang , Wanbin Tang , Rui Zhang

Hybrid beamforming via large antenna arrays has shown a great potential for increasing data rate in cellular networks by delivering multiple data streams simultaneously. In this paper, several beamforming design algorithms are proposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Shahram Shahsavari , S. Amir Hosseini , Chris Ng , Elza Erkip

The vortex electromagnetic wave carried by multiple orthogonal orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes in the same frequency band can be applied to the field of wireless communications, which greatly increases the spectrum efficiency. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-19 Hongyun Jin , Wenchi Cheng , Wei Zhang

In this paper, we investigate the combination of non-orthogonal multiple access and millimeter-Wave communications (mmWave-NOMA). A downlink cellular system is considered, where an analog phased array is equipped at both the base station…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-08 Lipeng Zhu , Jun Zhang , Zhenyu Xiao , Xianbin Cao , Dapeng Oliver Wu , Xiang-Gen Xia

Cell-free networks leverage distributed access points (APs) to achieve macro-diversity, yet their performance is often constrained by large disparities in channel quality arising from user geometry and blockages. To address this, rotatable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Xingxiang Peng , Qingqing Wu , Ziyuan Zheng , Yanze Zhu , Wen Chen , Penghui Huang , Ying Gao , Honghao Wang

6DMA (six-dimensional movable antenna) is a new and revolutionizing technology that fully exploits the wireless channel spatial variation at the transmitter/receiver by flexibly adjusting the three-dimensional (3D) positions and 3D…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Xiaodan Shao , Rui Zhang

This study investigates subarray-level movable antenna (MA) architecture for multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) systems. Unlike conventional systems with fixed-position antennas (FPAs), the proposed scheme harnesses the additional positional degrees…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-22 Shanshan Zhang , Songjie Yang , Wenxuan Zhang , Youzhi Xiong , Siya Yao

Dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) systems offer high spectral, hardware and power efficiency, as such are prime candidates for 6G wireless systems. DFRC systems use the same waveform for simultaneously probing the surroundings and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-07 Zhaoyi Xu , Athina Petropulu

Massive MIMO has been the subject of intense interest in both academia and industry for the past few years. 3GPP standardization for cellular systems have adopted the principles of massive MIMO and categorized the use of large rectangular…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Reza Monir Vaghefi , Ramesh Chembil Palat , Giovanni Marzin , Kiran Basavaraju , Yiping Feng , Mihai Banu

Non-fixed flexible antenna architectures, such as fluid antenna system (FAS), movable antenna (MA), and pinching antenna, have garnered significant interest in recent years. In this paper, we propose a new rotatable antenna (RA) model to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Beixiong Zheng , Qingjie Wu , Tiantian Ma , Rui Zhang

Joint communications and sensing (JCAS) is potentially a hallmark technology for the sixth generation mobile network (6G). Most existing JCAS designs are based on digital arrays, analog arrays with tunable phase shifters, or hybrid arrays,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-03 Kai Wu , J. Andrew Zhang , Xiaojing Huang , Robert W. Heath , Y. Jay Guo

This paper investigates multi-mode and orbital angular momentum (OAM) mode data transmission techniques by a using a circular antenna array, operating at 28 GHz. The classical mode excitation of the latter is modified such that in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-02 Stylianos D. Assimonis , M. Ali Babar Abbasi , Vincent Fusco

With the deployment of large antenna arrays at high-frequency bands, future wireless communication systems are likely to operate in the radiative near-field. Unlike far-field beam steering, near-field beams can be focused on a spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-26 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Emil Björnson , Ahmed M. Eltawil

Due to the ultra-dense constellation, efficient beam coverage and interference mitigation are crucial to low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems, while the conventional directional antennas and fixed-position antenna (FPA)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-25 Lipeng Zhu , Xiangyu Pi , Wenyan Ma , Zhenyu Xiao , Rui Zhang