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Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-20 Di Wu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Channel knowledge map (CKM) has been recently proposed to enable environment-aware communications by utilizing historical or simulation generated wireless channel data. This paper studies the construction of one particular type of CKM,…

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Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided communication is a promising technology for beyond 5G (B5G) systems, to reconfigure the radio environment proactively. However, IRS-aided communication in practice requires efficient channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Dingyang Ding , Di Wu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Channel knowledge map (CKM) is viewed as a digital twin of wireless channels, providing location-specific channel knowledge for environment-aware communications. A fundamental problem in CKM-assisted communications is how to construct the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Wenjun Jiang , Xiaojun Yuan , Boyu Teng , Hao Wang , Jing Qian

This paper introduces a novel channel knowledge map (CKM)-assisted dual-domain tracking and predictive beamforming scheme for high-mobility wireless networks. The central premise is that the CKM integrates both the coordinate and beam…

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Channel knowledge map (CKM) emerges as a promising framework to acquire location-specific channel information without consuming wireless resources, creating new horizons for advanced wireless network design and optimization. Despite its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Xu Shi , Haohan Wang , Yashuai Cao , Hengyu Zhang , Sufang Yang , Jintao Wang

Accurate and efficient acquisition of wireless channel state information (CSI) is crucial to enhance the communication performance of wireless systems. However, with the continuous densification of wireless links, increased channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-09 Yuelong Qiu , Di Wu , Yong Zeng , Yanqun Tang , Nan Cheng , Chenhao Qi

Channel knowledge map (CKM) has emerged as a crucial technology for next-generation communication, enabling the construction of high-fidelity mappings between spatial environments and channel parameters via electromagnetic information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-23 Haohan Wang , Xu Shi , Hengyu Zhang , Yashuai Cao , Jintao Wang

Channel knowledge map (CKM) has emerged as a promising technique to leverage prior propagation knowledge in low-altitude wireless networks (LAWNs), yet state-of-the-art grid-based CKM construction methods struggle to support efficient LAWN…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-11 Le Zhao , Zesong Fei , Wenge Shi , Xinyi Wang , Jingxuan Huang , Jihao Luo , Yong Zeng

Channel knowledge map (CKM) provides certain levels of channel state information (CSI) for an area of interest, serving as a critical enabler for environment-aware communications by reducing the overhead of frequent CSI acquisition.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-30 Yancheng Wang , Wei Guo , Chuan Huang , Guanying Chen , Ye Zhang , Shuguang Cui

Channel knowledge map (CKM) is a promising paradigm for environment-aware communications by establishing a deterministic mapping between physical locations and channel parameters. Existing CKM construction methods focus on quasi-static…

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Channel knowledge maps (CKMs) provide a site-specific, location-indexed knowledge base that supports environment-aware communications and sensing in 6G networks. In practical deployments, CKM observations are often noisy and irregular due…

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Channel knowledge map (CKM) is a promising technique that enables environment-aware wireless networks by utilizing location-specific channel prior information to improve communication and sensing performance. A fundamental problem for CKM…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-20 Shen Fu , Zijian Wu , Di Wu , Yong Zeng

As one of the key usage scenarios for the sixth generation (6G) wireless networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) provides an efficient framework to achieve simultaneous wireless sensing and communication. However, traditional…

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In the sixth generation (6G) wireless communication networks, the device density, antenna number, and the complexity of communication scenarios will significantly increase, which brings great challenges for system design and network…

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This paper investigates the construction of channel knowledge map (CKM) from sparse channel measurements. Dif ferent from conventional two-/three-dimensional (2D/3D) CKM approaches assuming fixed base station configurations, we present a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-31 Juncong Zhou , Chao Hu , Guanlin Wu , Zixiang Ren , Han Hu , Juyong Zhang , Rui Zhang , Jie Xu

Sixth generation (6G) systems require environment-aware communication, driven by native artificial intelligence (AI) and integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). Radio maps (RMs), providing spatially continuous channel information, are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Honggang Jia , Xiucheng Wang , Nan Cheng , Ruijin Sun , Changle Li

We propose channel charting (CC), a novel framework in which a multi-antenna network element learns a chart of the radio geometry in its surrounding area. The channel chart captures the local spatial geometry of the area so that points that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-23 Christoph Studer , Saïd Medjkouh , Emre Gönültaş , Tom Goldstein , Olav Tirkkonen

Channel knowledge map (CKM) is a novel approach for achieving environment-aware communication and sensing. This paper presents an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)-based CKM prototype system, demonstrating the mutualistic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Chaoyue Zhang , Zhiwen Zhou , Xiaoli Xu , Yong Zeng , Zaichen Zhang , Shi Jin

Accurate channel state information (CSI) is critical to the performance of wireless communication systems, especially with the increasing scale and complexity introduced by 5G and future 6G technologies. While artificial intelligence (AI)…

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