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Large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with high spectrum and energy efficiency is a very promising key technology for future 5G wireless communications. For large-scale MIMO systems, accurate channel state information (CSI)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-30 Zhen Gao , Linglong Dai , Zhaocheng Wang

Future cellular networks are intended to have the ability to sense the environment by utilizing reflections of transmitted signals. Multi-dimensional sensing brings along the crucial advantage of being able to resort to multiple domains to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-23 Marcus Henninger , Silvio Mandelli , Maximilian Arnold , Stephan ten Brink

This paper introduces a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to support parameter estimation in machine-type communications (MTC). We focus on a network where single-antenna sensors transmit spatially correlated measurements to a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-28 Sergi Liesegang , Antonio Pascual-Iserte , Olga Muñoz

The integration of electromagnetic metasurfaces into wireless communications enables intelligent control of the propagation environment. Recently, flexible intelligent metasurfaces (FIMs) have evolved beyond conventional reconfigurable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Ling He , Vaibhav Kumar , Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Miaowen Wen , Le-Nam Tran , Marwa Chafii

In frequency division duplex (FDD) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication systems, the acquisition of downlink channel state information (CSI) is essential for maximizing spatial resource utilization and improving…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-16 Yiran Guo , Wei Chen , Bo Ai

This work investigates a robust resource allocation framework for a downlink multi-user communication system integrating movable antennas (MAs) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) under the rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Muhammad Asif , Asim Ihsan , Zhongliang Wang , Manzoor Ahmed , Xingwang Li , Arumugam Nallanathan , Symeon Chatzinotas

In this paper, we propose a distributed flexible coupler antenna (FCA) array to enhance communication performance with low hardware cost. At each FCA, there is one fixed-position active antenna and multiple passive couplers that can move…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Xiaodan Shao , Chuangye Shan , Weihua Zhuang , Xuemin Shen

Direction-of-Arrival (DOA) estimation in sensor arrays faces limitations under demanding conditions, including low signal-to-noise ratio, single-snapshot scenarios, coherent sources, and unknown source counts. Conventional beamforming…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Xuyao Deng , Yong Dou , Kele Xu

Utilization of directional antennas is a promising solution for efficient spectrum sensing and accurate source localization and tracking. Spectrum sensors equipped with directional antennas should constantly scan the space in order to track…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-23 Mohsen Joneidi , Hassan Yazdani , Azadeh Vosoughi , Nazanin Rahnavard

Unlike fixed-position arrays with static observation entropy, the scalable fluid antenna system (S-FAS) can dynamically adjust its aperture to form different observation spaces with configuration-dependent entropy budgets. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-02 Tuo Wu , Kai-Kit Wong , Jie Tang , Ye Tian , Baiyang Liu , Maged Elkashlan , Kin-Fai Tong , Hing Cheung So , Matthew C. Valenti , Fumiyuki Adachi , Kwai-Man Luk

This letter presents a flexible rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) framework for near-field (NF) integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). The spatial beams configured to meet the communication rate requirements of NF users are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Jiasi Zhou , Cong Zhou , Cheng Zeng , Chintha Tellambura

Fluid antenna systems (FAS) enable unprecedented spatial diversity within a compact form factor by flexibly switching among high-density antenna ports. To activate this capability, channel state information (CSI) over the ports is required,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Zhentian Zhang , Hao Jiang , Kai-Kit Wong , Hyundong Shin , Ross Murch

Flexible intelligent metasurface (FIM) has recently received considerable interest due to its advantage in realizing a better channel condition by dynamically morphing its surface shape. An FIM consists of multiple elements deposited on a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Jinyue Jiang , Jiancheng An , Lu Gan , Naofal Al-Dhahir , Arumugam Nallanathan , Zhu Han

Wideband spectrum sensing detects the unused spectrum holes for dynamic spectrum access (DSA). Too high sampling rate is the main problem. Compressive sensing (CS) can reconstruct sparse signal with much fewer randomized samples than…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-04-16 Yipeng Liu , Qun Wan

In this paper, we describe a general algorithmic framework for solving linear signal or feature fusion optimization problems in a distributed setting, for example in a wireless sensor network (WSN). These problems require linearly combining…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-12 Cem Ates Musluoglu , Alexander Bertrand

We propose a novel paradigm for spectrum sensing in cognitive radio networks that provides diversity and capacity benefits using a single antenna at the Secondary User (SU) receiver. The proposed scheme is based on a reconfigurable antenna:…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-03-05 Ahmed M. Alaa , Mahmoud H. Ismail , Hazim Tawfik

Massive MIMO is a promising technique for future 5G communications due to its high spectrum and energy efficiency. To realize its potential performance gain, accurate channel estimation is essential. However, due to massive number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Zhen Gao , Linglong Dai , Wei Dai , Byonghyo Shim , Zhaocheng Wang

In frequency-division duplex (FDD) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, the growing number of base station antennas leads to prohibitive feedback overhead for downlink channel state information (CSI). To address this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-25 Yifan Ma , Hengtao He , Shenghui Song , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

This paper proposes a novel fluid antenna system (FAS)-enabled architecture to improve energy efficiency (EE) without sacrificing capacity. Specifically, we integrate FAS into cell-free massive MIMO systems to counteract low-resolution…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-28 Jun Qian , Ross Murch , Khaled B. Letaief

Movable antenna (MA) has emerged as a promising technology to enhance wireless communication performance by exploiting the new degree of freedom (DoF) via antenna position optimization. In this letter, we investigate the MA-enhanced wide…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-01 Dong Wang , Weidong Mei , Zhi Chen , Boyu Ning