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Reconfigurable distributed antenna and reflecting surface (RDARS) is a new architecture for the sixth-generation (6G) millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. In RDARS-aided mmWave systems, the active and passive beamforming design and…

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The key obstacle to achieving the full potential of the millimeter wave (mmWave) band has been the poor propagation characteristics of wireless signals in this band. One approach to overcome this issue is to use antennas that can support…

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Towards the upcoming 6G wireless networks, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been identified as one of the typical usage scenarios. To further enhance the performance of ISAC, increasing the number of antennas as well as array…

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Movable antenna (MA) is an emerging technology that utilizes localized antenna movement to achieve better channel conditions for enhancing communication performance. In this paper, we study the MA-enhanced multicast transmission from a base…

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The Six-Dimensional Movable Antenna (6DMA) system has emerged as a promising technology to enhance wireless capacity by fully exploiting spatial degrees of freedom. However, applying 6DMA to high-mobility Internet of Vehicles (IoV)…

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In this work, a novel soft continuum robot-inspired antenna array is proposed, featuring tentacle-like structures with multiple antenna elements. The proposed array achieves reconfigurability through continuous deformation of its geometry,…

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In this paper, a novel continuous-aperture array (CAPA)-based wireless communication architecture is proposed, which relies on an electrically large aperture with a continuous current distribution. First, an existing prototype of CAPA is…

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With the development of 6G technologies, traditional uniform linear arrays (ULAs) and uniform planar arrays (UPAs) can hardly meet the demands of three-dimensional (3D) full-space coverage and high angular resolution. Spherical antenna…

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Movable antenna (MA) is an emerging technology which enables a local movement of the antenna in the transmitter/receiver region for improving the channel condition and communication performance. In this paper, we study the deployment of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Zhenyu Xiao , Xiangyu Pi , Lipeng Zhu , Xiang-Gen Xia , Rui Zhang

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) and movable antenna (MA)/fluid antenna (FA) techniques have both received increasing attention in the realm of wireless communications due to their ability to reconfigure and improve wireless channel…

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This letter investigates a short-packet downlink transmission system using non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) enhanced via movable antenna (MA). We focuses on maximizing the effective throughput for a core user while ensuring reliable…

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Multibeam analog arrays have been proposed for millimeter-wave joint communication and sensing (JCAS). We study multibeam planar arrays for JCAS, providing time division duplex communication and full-duplex sensing with steerable beams. In…

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We consider a multi-user (MU) full-duplex (FD) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system, in which the base station transceiver is equipped with transmit and receive position reconfigurable antennas (PRAs) to mitigate both…

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Distributed space antennas using electromagnetic formation flight (EMFF) are a promising architecture for large-aperture, long-life space communication systems. Their feasible aperture, however, is governed by coupled constraints on antenna…

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Contemporary wireless communication systems rely on Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) techniques. In such systems, each Access Point (AP) is equipped with multiple antenna elements and serves multiple devices…

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This paper proposes a novel multi-antenna architecture, termed ray antenna array (RAA), which practically enables flexible beamforming and also enhances wireless communication performance for high frequency systems in a cost-effective…

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Six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA) has emerged as a promising new technology for future wireless networks, which can adaptively adjust the three-dimensional (3D) positions and 3D rotations of antennas/antenna arrays for performance…

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In future 6G communication systems, large-scale antenna arrays promise enhanced signal strength and spatial resolution, but they also increase the complexity of beam training. Moreover, as antenna counts grow and carrier wavelengths shrink,…

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