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In this paper, we design robust beamforming to guarantee the physical layer security for a multiuser beam division multiple access (BDMA) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system, when the channel estimation errors are taken…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Fengchao Zhu , Feifei Gao , Hai Lin , Shi Jin , Junhui Zhao

The smart morphing wing aircraft (SMWA) is a highly adaptable platform that can be widely used for intelligent warfare due to its real-time variable structure. The flexible conformal array (FCA) is a vital detection component of SMWA, when…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-25 Yizhen Jia , Hui Chen , Wen-Qin Wang , Jie Cheng

Movable antennas (MAs) enhance flexibility in beamforming gain and interference suppression by adjusting position within certain areas of the transceivers. In this paper, we propose an MA-assisted integrated sensing and communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Chengjun Jiang , Chensi Zhang , Chongwen Huang , Jianhua Ge , Dusit Niyato , Chau Yuen

In this paper, sensing-assisted secure communication in a multi-user multi-eavesdropper integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system is investigated. Confidential communication signals and dedicated sensing signals are jointly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-07 Fanghao Xia , Zesong Fei , Xinyi Wang , Nanchi Su , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu , Jie Xu

To overcome the limited payload of lightweight vehicles such as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and the aerodynamic constraints on the onboard radar, a compact nonuniform conformal array is proposed in order to achieve a wide beamscanning…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-18 Yuanyan Su , Icaro V. Soares , Siegfred Daquioag Balon , Jun Cao , Denys Nikolayev , Anja K. Skrivervik

A parasitic reconfigurable antenna array is a low-power approach for beamforming using passive tunable elements. Prior work on reconfigurable antennas in communication theory is based on ideal radiation pattern abstractions. It does not…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Nitish Vikas Deshpande , Miguel Rodrigo Castellanos , Saeed R. Khosravirad , Jinfeng Du , Harish Viswanathan , Robert W. Heath

In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks, directional modulation (DM) is adopted to improve the secrecy rate (SR) performance. Alice, a ground base station, behaves as a control center, and Bob is a UAV of flying along a linear flight…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Feng Shu , Zaoyu Lu , Jinyong Lin , Linlin Sun , Xiaobo Zhou , Tingting Liu , Shuo Zhang , Wenlong Cai , Jinhui Lu , Jin Wang

This letter investigates the artificial noise aided beamforming design for secure simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) in a two-tier downlink heterogeneous network, where one femtocell is overlaid with one macrocell…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Bin Li , Zesong Fei , Zheng Chu

In this paper, we study a secure integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system where one multi-antenna base station (BS) simultaneously communicates with one single-antenna user and senses the location parameter of a target which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Kaiyue Hou , Shuowen Zhang

In this paper, a full-duplex unmanned aerial vehicle (FD-UAV) relay is employed to increase the communication capacity of millimeter-wave (mmWave) networks. Large antenna arrays are equipped at the source node (SN), destination node (DN),…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-24 Lipeng Zhu , Jun Zhang , Zhenyu Xiao , Xianbin Cao , Xiang-Gen Xia , Robert Schober

This paper addresses the optimization challenges in dual-functional radar-communication (DFRC) systems with a focus on array selection and beamforming in dynamic and heterogeneous operational contexts. We propose a novel array selection…

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This paper proposes a hybrid quantum optimization framework for large-scale antenna-array beamforming with jointly optimized discrete phases and continuous amplitudes. The method combines quantum-inspired search with classical gradient…

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Movable antennas offer new potential for wireless communication by introducing degrees of freedom in antenna positioning, which has recently been explored for improving sum rates. In this paper, we aim to fully leverage the capabilities of…

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Reconfigurable antennas (RAs) have emerged as a promising technology for future wireless networks, offering additional flexibility for wireless communications. Among existing designs, rotatable antennas are particularly effective in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Chao Zhang , Hu Zhou , Ruizhe Long , Ying-Chang Liang , Boon-Hee Soong

Transmit beamforming is a versatile technique for signal transmission from an array of $N$ antennas to one or multiple users [1]. In wireless communications, the goal is to increase the signal power at the intended user and reduce…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-22 Emil Björnson , Mats Bengtsson , Björn Ottersten

Cooperating radios can extend their communication range by adjusting their signals to ensure coherent combining at a destination radio. This technique is called distributed transmit beamforming. Beamforming (BF) relies on the BF radios…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-27 Samer Hanna , Danijela Cabric

Future wireless communication systems are expected to explore spectral bands typically used by radar systems, in order to overcome spectrum congestion of traditional communication bands. Since in many applications radar and communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-26 Xiang Liu , Tianyao Huang , Nir Shlezinger , Yimin Liu , Jie Zhou , Yonina C. Eldar

In this paper, we investigate the beamforming performances of holographic surfaces implemented as lossless antenna arrays with less than half-wavelength spacing. We first develop a method to quantify the mutual coupling effect among the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-10 Peng Wang , Majid Nasiri Khormuji , Branislav M. Popovic

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,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Elio Faddoul , Andreas Nicolaides , Konstantinos Ntougias , Ioannis Krikidis

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMA) provide low-power beamforming through reconfigurable radiative slots. Each slot has a tunable component that consumes low power compared to typical analog components like phase shifters. This makes DMAs a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Joseph M. Carlson , Nitish V. Deshpande , Miguel Rodrigo Castellanos , Robert W. Heath