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This paper investigates wireless communications based on a new antenna array architecture, termed modular extremely large-scale array (XL-array), where an extremely large number of antenna elements are regularly arranged on a common…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-12 Xinrui Li , Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Future wireless networks, deploying thousands of antenna elements, may operate in the radiative near-field (NF), enabling spatial multiplexing across both angle and range domains. Sparse arrays have the potential to achieve comparable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-22 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Emil Björnson , Ahmed M. Eltawil

Movable-antenna (MA) arrays are envisioned as a promising technique for enhancing secrecy performance in wireless communications by leveraging additional spatial degrees of freedom. However, when the eavesdropper is located in the same…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Chu Li , Marjan Boloori , Eduard Jorswieck , Aydin Sezgin

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) has become a key technology for contemporary wireless communication systems. For typical MIMO systems, antenna arrays are separated by half of the signal wavelength, which are termed collocated arrays.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Huizhi Wang , Yong Zeng

In practical mobile communication engineering applications, surfaces of antenna array deployment regions are usually uneven. Therefore, massive multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) communication systems usually transmit wireless signals by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-19 Xiaohu Ge , Ran Zi , Haichao Wang , Jing Zhang , Minho Jo

Wireless communications with extremely large-scale array (XL-array) correspond to systems whose antenna sizes are so large that conventional modelling assumptions, such as uniform plane wave (UPW) impingement, are longer valid. This paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-28 Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng

This paper analyzes the spatial bandwidth of line-of-sight (LoS) channels in massive MIMO systems. For the linear large-scale antenna arrays (LSAA) of transceivers placed in random locations in 3D space, a simple but accurate closed-form…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-09 Zhen Wang , Yijin Pan , Jun-Bo Wang , Yijian Chen , Hongkang Yu

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,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-22 Ran Li , Ziyi Xu , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

This paper investigates how near-field beamfocusing can be achieved using a modular linear array (MLA), composed of multiple widely spaced uniform linear arrays (ULAs). The MLA architecture extends the aperture length of a standard ULA…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-09 Alva Kosasih , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson

This paper investigates the effect of various antenna array structures, i.e., uniform linear array (ULA), uniform rectangular array (URA), uniform circular array (UCA), and concentric circular array (CCA), on cluster index modulation (CIM)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-28 Mahmoud Raeisi , Asil Koc , Ibrahim Yildirim , Ertugrul Basar , Tho Le-Ngoc

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) radars transmit a set of sequences that exhibit small cross-correlation sidelobes, to enhance sensing performance by separating them at the matched filter outputs. The waveforms also require small…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-08 Ehsan Raei , Mohammad Alaee-Kerahroodi , Prabhu Babu , M. R. Bhavani Shankar

One of the most relevant challenges in future 6G wireless networks is how to support a massive spatial multiplexing of a large number of user terminals. Recently, extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs), also referred to as extra-large MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Adrian Agustin , Xavier Mestre

Near-field ultra-massive MIMO (U-MIMO) systems provide enhanced spatial resolution but present challenges for channel estimation, particularly when hybrid architectures are employed. Within this framework, dictionary-based channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Luca Antonelli , Antonio Alberto D Amico , Luca Sanguinetti

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Eduardo Noboro Tominaga , Onel Luis Alcaraz López , Tommy Svensson , Richard Demo Souza , Hirley Alves

This letter studies a new array architecture, termed as modular extremely large-scale array (XL-array), for which a large number of array elements are arranged in a modular manner. Each module consists of a moderate number of array elements…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Xinrui Li , Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

This paper investigates near-field XL-MIMO systems with sparse uniform planar arrays (UPAs). Based on the Green's function-based channel model, the paper derives closed-form expressions for the signal beam power when the distance coordinate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-16 Xianzhe Chen , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Jiangzhou Wang

The emergence of movable antenna (MA) technology provides a promising way to enhance wireless sensing and communication by introducing spatial degrees of freedom through dynamic array reconfiguration. In near-field localization, achieving…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-01 Yuxin Duan , Boyu Teng , Xiaojun Yuan , Rui Wang

In this paper, we investigate the near-field modelling and analyze the beam focusing pattern for modular extremely large-scale array (XL-array) communications. As modular XL-array is physically and electrically large in general, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-10 Xinrui Li , Zhenjun Dong , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

The performance of irregular phased array architectures is assessed in the context of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communications operating beyond 100 GHz. Realizing half-wavelength spaced planar phased arrays is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Yigit Ertugrul , Kamil Yavuz Kapusuz , Claude Desset , Sofie Pollin

Recent studies suggest that uniform circular arrays (UCAs) can extend the angular coverage of the radiative near field region. This work investigates whether such enhanced angular coverage translates into improved spatial multiplexing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil