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While Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) has confirmed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) as the baseline waveform for sixth-generation (6G), its performance is severely compromised in the high-mobility scenarios…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Mauro Marchese , Dario Tagliaferri , Henk Wymeersch , Musa Furkan Keskin , Emanuele Viterbo , Pietro Savazzi

With the emergence of new applications (e.g., extended reality and haptics), which require to be simultaneously served not just with low latency and sufficient reliability, but also with high spectral efficiency, future networks (i.e., 6G)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-06 Jehad M. Hamamreh , Abdulwahab Hajar , Mohamedou Abewa

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), tailored as a superior multicarrier technique utilizing chirp signals for high-mobility communications, is envisioned as a promising candidate for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless network.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-24 Guangyao Liu , Tianqi Mao , Zhenyu Xiao , Miaowen Wen , Ruiqi Liu , Jingjing Zhao , Ertugrul Basar , Zhaocheng Wang , Sheng Chen

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

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is regarded as a key technology in next-generation (6G) mobile communication systems. Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a recently proposed waveform that achieves optimal diversity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Ali Bemani , Nassar Ksairi , Marios Kountouris

Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing (AFDM) is a brand new chirp-based multi-carrier (MC) waveform for high mobility communications, with promising advantages over Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and other MC waveforms.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-06 Rongyou Cao , Yuheng Zhong , Jiangbin Lyu , Deqing Wang , Liqun Fu

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a recently proposed communication waveform for time-varying channel scenarios. As a chirp-based multicarrier modulation technique it can not only satisfy the needs of multiple scenarios in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-01 Jiajun Zhu , Yanqun Tang , Xizhang Wei , Haoran Yin , Jinming Du , Zhengpeng Wang , Yuqinng Liu

Next-generation wireless networks require enhanced flexibility, efficiency, and reliability in physical layer waveform design to address the challenges posed by heterogeneous channel conditions and stringent quality-of-service demands. To…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-09 Xingyao Zhang , Haoran Yin , Yanqun Tang , Yao Ge , Yong Zeng , Miaowen Wen , Zilong Liu , Yong Liang Guan , Hüseyin Arslan , Giuseppe Caire

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

Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing (AFDM) has been proposed as an effective waveform for achieving the full diversity of doubly-dispersive (delay-Doppler) channels. While this property is closely related to range and velocity estimation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-07 Ali Bemani , Nassar Ksairi , Marios Kountouris

In the high-mobility scenarios of next-generation wireless communication systems (beyond 5G/6G), the performance of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) deteriorates drastically due to the loss of orthogonality between the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-01 Yu Zhou , Haoran Yin , Jiaojiao Xiong , Shiyu Song , Jiajun Zhu , Jinming Du , Haibo Chen , Yanqun Tang

As a candidate waveform for next-generation wireless communications, generalized frequency division multiplexing (GFDM) features several decent properties which make it promising. In this paper, we systematically overview the research about…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-21 Ching-Lun Tai , Tzu-Han Wang , Yu-Hua Huang

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

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

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a strong candidate for the sixth-generation wireless network thanks to its strong resilience to delay-Doppler spreads. In this letter, we investigate the error performance of coded AFDM…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Haoran Yin

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

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has recently emerged as a resilient waveform candidate for high-mobility next-generation wireless systems. However, current literature mostly focuses on discrete time (DT) models, often…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-06 Michele Mirabella , Hyeon Seok Rou , Pasquale Di Viesti , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu , Giorgio Matteo Vitetta

Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) and its static sinusoidal subcarriers have underpinned the 4G and 5G eras, delivering high spectral efficiency and resilience to multipath fading through an efficient multicarrier…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Hyeon Seok Rou , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu , Emil Björnson , Sunwoo Kim , Marios Kountouris

Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing (AFDM) is considered as a promising solution for next-generation wireless systems due to its satisfactory performance in high-mobility scenarios. By adjusting AFDM parameters to match the multi-path…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Jin Xu , Zijian Liang , Kai Niu

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