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Multi-user Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Multiple Output Multiple Output (MIMO) have been widely adopted to enhance the system throughput and combat the detrimental effects of wireless channels. Recently,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-18 Yi Xu , Shiwen Mao , Xin Su

Two signal multiplexing schemes for optical fiber communication are considered: Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and nonlinear frequency-division multiplexing (NFDM), based on the nonlinear Fourier transform (NFT). Achievable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Mansoor I. Yousefi , Xianhe Yangzhang

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) has been widely applied in current communication systems. The artificial intelligence (AI)-aided OFDM receivers are currently brought to the forefront to replace and improve the traditional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Peiwen Jiang , Tianqi Wang , Bin Han , Xuanxuan Gao , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li

Orthogonal time frequency space modulation (OTFS) has been recently proposed to achieve time and frequency diversity, especially in linear time-variant (LTV) channels with large Doppler frequencies. The idea is based on the precoding of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-11 Ahmad Nimr , Marwa Chafii , Maximilian Matthe , Gerhard Fettweis

The white paper focuses on several candidate technologies that could play a crucial role in the development of 6G systems. Two of the key technologies explored in detail are Orthogonal Time Frequency Division Multiplexing (OTFDM) waveform…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-31 Spandan Bisoyi , Murali Mohan Pasupuleti , Kiran Kuchi , Koteswara Rao , Harish Kumar , Pavan Reddy M. , Smriti Kumari , Sai Dhiraj Amuru

This study proposes an index modulation (IM) technique for affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) signals and examines its communication and sensing performance toward integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. The power…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Murat Temiz , Christos Masouros

We consider application of the discrete Fourier transform-spread orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (DFT-spread OFDM) technique to high-speed fiber optic communications. The DFT-spread OFDM is a form of single-carrier technique that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-03-01 Fanggang Wang , Xiaodong Wang

We extend the idea of end-to-end learning of communications systems through deep neural network (NN)-based autoencoders to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with cyclic prefix (CP). Our implementation has the same benefits…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-16 Alexander Felix , Sebastian Cammerer , Sebastian Dörner , Jakob Hoydis , Stephan ten Brink

The recently proposed multi-chirp waveform, affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), is regarded as a prospective candidate for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) due to its robust performance in high-mobility scenarios and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-14 Yirui Luo , Yong Liang Guan , Yao Ge , Chau Yuen

Deep learning models for channel estimation in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) systems often suffer from performance degradation under fast-fading channels and low-SNR scenarios. To address these limitations, we introduce…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Berkay Guler , Hamid Jafarkhani

High-quality recordings of radio frequency (RF) emissions from commercial communication hardware in realistic environments are often needed to develop and assess spectrum-sharing technologies and practices, e.g., for training and testing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-21 Jack Sklar , Adam Wunderlich

5G cellular communications promise to deliver the gigabit experience to mobile users, with a capacity increase of up to three orders of magnitude with respect to current LTE systems. There is widespread agreement that such an ambitious goal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-23 Paolo Banelli , Stefano Buzzi , Giulio Colavolpe , Andrea Modenini , Fredrik Rusek , Alessandro Ugolini

The sixth generation (6G) systems will likely employ orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) waveform for performing the joint task of sensing and communication. In this paper, we design an OFDM system for integrated sensing and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Philipp Geuer

We propose a multicarrier chirp-division multiplexing (MCDM) system in which orthogonal chirp waveforms are utilized as frequency subcarriers. Orthogonal characteristics of chirp subcarriers are analyzed in respect to cross-correlation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-18 Song-Wen Huang , Dimitris A. Pados

We consider two uniploar OFDM techniques for optical wireless communications: asymmetric clipped optical OFDM (ACO-OFDM) and Flip-OFDM. Both techniques can be used to compensate multipath distortion effects in optical wireless channels.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Nirmal Fernando , Yi Hong , Emanuele Viterbo

In this paper, we propose a semantic-aware waveform design framework for AI-native 6G networks that jointly optimizes physical layer resource usage and semantic communication efficiency and robustness, while explicitly accounting for the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Nour Hello , Mohamed Amine Hamoura , Francois Rivet , Emilio Calvanese Strinati

Asymmetrically clipped optical orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (ACO-OFDM) is a technique that sacrifices spectral efficiency in order to transmit an orthogonally frequency-division multiplexed signal over a unipolar channel, such…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-10 Arthur James Lowery

Across the world, there is growing interest in new waveforms, Zak-OTFS in particular, and over-the-air implementations are starting to appear. The choice between OFDM and Zak-OTFS is not so much a choice between waveforms as it is an…

Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) is a promising chirp-assisted multicarrier waveform for future high mobility communications. A significant challenge in MIMO-AFDM systems is the multi-user interference (MUI), which can be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Jun Zhu , Yin Xu , Dazhi He , Haoyang Li , Yunfeng Guan , Wenjun Zhang

Across the world, there is growing interest in new waveforms, Zak-OTFS in particular, and over-the-air implementations are starting to appear. The choice between OFDM and Zak-OTFS is not so much a choice between waveforms as it is an…