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Two critical approaches have emerged in the literature for the successful realization of 6G wireless networks: the coexistence of multiple waveforms and the adoption of non-orthogonal multiple access. These strategies hold transformative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-27 Kenza Abela , Shaima Abidrabbu , Ayoub Ammar Boudjelal , Huseyin Arslan

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a multi-carrier modulation technique which is very much popular in new wireless networks of IEEE standard, digital television, audio broadcasting and 4G mobile communications. The main…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-09-30 Ankit Chadha , Neha Satam , Beena Ballal

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is the dominant waveform in modern wireless systems, but suffers performance degradation in high-mobility environments due to Doppler-induced inter-carrier interference and unreliable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-17 S. Ashwin Hebbar , Sravan Kumar Ankireddy , Harshithanjani Athi , Brandon Nguyen , Pramod Viswanath , Hyeji Kim

The provision of both wireless and wired services in the optical access domain will be an important function for future passive optical networks (PON). With the emergence of 5th generation (5G) mobile communications, a move toward a dense…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-07 Colm Browning , Arman Farhang , Arsalan Saljoghei , Nicola Marchetti , Vidak Vujicic , Linda Doyle , Liam Barry

We present a novel physical-layer secure communications scheme based on a chirp-permuted variant of the affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) waveform recently proposed for sixth-generation (6G) systems, which ensures that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Hyeon Seok Rou , Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas de Abreu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is widely regarded as a key enabling technology for 6G wireless networks. While extensive research has explored the coexistence of sensing and communication functionalities, the use of orthogonal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Huacheng Zeng , Kunzhe Song , Geo Jie Zhou , Ruxin Lin

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a chirp-based multicarrier waveform that was recently proposed for communication over doubly dispersive channels. Given its chirp nature, AFDM is expected to have superior sensing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-15 Ebrahim Bedeer

According to the recent 3GPP decisions on 6G air interface, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based waveforms are the primary candidates for future integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-12 Jialiang Zhu , Hamza Haif , Abdelali Arous , Huseyin Arslan , Arman Farhang

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) has recently been applied in wireless communication systems due to its high data rate transmission capability with high bandwidth efficiency and its robustness to multi-path delay. Fading is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-01 Farhana Enam , Md. Arif Rabbani , Md. Ashraful Islam , Sohag Sarker

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a promising modulation radio access scheme for next generation wireless communication systems because of its inherent immunity to multipath interference due to a low symbol rate, the use…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-04-10 Md. Munjure Mowla , Md. Yeakub Ali , Abdulla Al Suman

Recently, a two-dimension (2D) modulation waveform of orthogonal time-frequency-space (OTFS) has been a popular 6G candidate to replace existing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). The extensive OTFS researches help to make…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-30 Yihua Ma , Zhifeng Yuan , Yu Xin , Jiang Hua , Guanghui Yu , Jin Xu , Liujun Hu

Channel models are crucial for theoretical analysis, performance evaluation, and deployment of wireless communication systems. Traditional channel sounding systems are insufficient for handling the dynamic changes of channels in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-23 Yu Zhou , Chao Zou , Nanhao Zhou , Yanqun Tang , Xiaoying Zhang , Haoran Yin , Xiaoran Liu , Ruisi He , Pan Tang , Weijie Yuan , Yong Zeng

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has emerged as a promising modulation scheme for doubly selective channels, but its canonical continuous-time realization, referred to herein as piecewise continuous AFDM (PC-AFDM), has been…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-13 Yewen Cao , Yulin Shao

Due to its attractive properties, generalized frequency division multiplexing (GFDM) is recently being discussed as a candidate waveform for the fifth generation of wireless communication systems (5G). GFDM is introduced as a generalized…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-20 Arman Farhang , Nicola Marchetti , Linda E. Doyle

Sixth generation (6G) physical layer (PHY) is evolving beyond the legacy orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)-based waveforms. In this paper, we compare the bit error rate (BER) performance of three beyond-OFDM waveforms,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Baidyanath Mandal , Aniruddha Chandra , Rastislav Roka , Jarosław Wojtun , Jan Kelner , Cezary Ziołkowski

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has garnered significant attention due to its superior performance in high-mobility scenarios, coupled with multiple waveform parameters that provide greater degrees of freedom for system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Ping Wang , Zulin Wang , Yuanhan Ni , Qu Luo , Yuanfang Ma , Xiaosi Tian , Pei Xiao

In this letter, we study interleave frequency division multiplexing (IFDM) for multicarrier modulation in static multipath and mobile time-varying channels, which outperforms orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), orthogonal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Yuhao Chi , Lei Liu , Yao Ge , Xuehui Chen , Ying Li , Zhaoyang Zhang

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is a critical enabler for emerging 6G applications, and at its core lies in the dual-functional waveform design. While orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has been a popular basic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-21 Zonghui Yang , Shijian Gao , Xiang Cheng , Liuqing Yang

This article introduces an energy and spectral efficient multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) transmission scheme designed for the future sixth generation (6G) wireless communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-10 Sen Wang , Tianxiong Wang , Shulun Zhao , Zhen Feng , Guangyi Liu , Chunfeng Cui , Chih-Lin I , Jiangzhou Wang

In the 6G era, space-air-Ground integrated networks (SAGIN) are anticipated to deliver global coverage, necessitating support for a diverse array of emerging applications in high-mobility, hostile environments. Under such conditions,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Weijie Yuan , Shuangyang Li , Zhiqiang Wei , Yuanhao Cui , Jiamo Jiang , Haijun Zhang , Pingzhi Fan