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Extremely large-scale multiple-input multipleoutput (XL-MIMO) is believed to be a cornerstone of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. XL-MIMO uses more antennas to both achieve unprecedented spatial degrees of freedom (DoFs) and exploit…

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To advance integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in sixth-generation (6G) extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) networks, a low-complexity compressed sensing (CS)-based dictionary design is proposed for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Ruiyun Zhang , Zhaolin Wang , Zhiqing Wei , Yuanwei Liu , Zehui Xiong , Zhiyong Feng

The advent of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology has provided new opportunities for capacity improvement via strategic antenna deployment, especially when the near-field effect is pronounced due to antenna…

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Environment-aware 6G wireless networks demand the deep integration of multimodal and wireless data. However, most existing datasets are confined to 2D terrestrial far-field scenarios, lacking the 3D spatial context and near-field…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-22 Mengyuan Li , Qianfan Lu , Jiachen Tian , Hongjun Hu , Yu Han , Xiao Li , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin

The interplay between large antenna apertures and high carrier frequencies in future wireless systems gives rise to near-field communications, where the curvature of spherical wavefronts renders traditional far-field beamforming models…

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Conventional far-field multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels are limited to a single spatial degree of freedom (DoF) under a line-of-sight (LoS) condition. In contrast, the radiative near field (NF) supports multiple spatial DoF,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-26 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Ahmed Nasser , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

6G networks will be required to support higher data rates, improved energy efficiency, lower latency, and more diverse users compared with 5G systems. To meet these requirements, electrically extremely large-scale antenna arrays are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-13 Haiyang Zhang , Nir Shlezinger , Francesco Guidi , Davide Dardari , Yonina C. Eldar

Near-field multi-antenna wireless communication has attracted growing research interest in recent years. Despite this development, most of the current literature on antennas and reflecting structures relies on simplified models, whose…

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This paper presents a novel method for classifying radio frequency (RF) devices from their transmission signals. Given a collection of signals from identical devices, we accurately classify both the distance of the transmission and the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-13 Ryan M. Dreifuerst , Andrew Graff , Sidharth Kumar , Clive Unger , Dylan Bray

Near field mmWave sensing is poised to play a key role in future wireless systems, enabling environment-aware, embodied, and application adaptive operation under stringent form-factor and hardware constraints. However, achieving high…

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6G communication will greatly benefit from using extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) and new mid-band spectrums (7-24 GHz). These techniques require a thorough exploration of the challenges and potentials of the associated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-13 Wei Fan , Zhiqiang Yuan , Yejian Lyu , Jianhua Zhang , Gert Pedersen , Jonathan Borrill , Fengchun Zhang

This paper examines the number of communication modes, that is, the degrees of freedom (DoF) in a wireless line-of-sight channel comprising a small continuous linear intelligent antenna array in the near field of a large one. The framework…

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This study aims to identify the advantages and disadvantages of several mechanisms for service differentiation in mobile terminals of a wireless LAN to establish a more better and more optimal. At the end of the analysis of available…

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Extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) envisioned for 6G enable high-resolution sensing. However, the ELAAs worked in extremely high frequency will push operation into the near-field region, where spherical wavefronts invalidate…

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This paper, based on recent research, articulates the opportunities and challenges posed by an emerging area of study known as ``mediumband wireless communication'', which refers to digital radio-frequency (RF) wireless communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Dushyantha A Basnayaka

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a transformative paradigm, enabling situationally aware and perceptive next-generation wireless networks through the co-design of shared network resources. With the adoption of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication represents one of the main innovations of the next generation of wireless technologies, allowing users to reach unprecedented data rates. To overcome the high path loss at mmWave frequencies, these…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-12 Mattia Lecci , Tommaso Zugno , Silvia Zampato , Michele Zorzi

Recent research has demonstrated the importance of boundary effects on the overall connection probability of wireless networks, but has largely focused on convex domains. We consider two generic scenarios of practical importance to wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-06 Mohammud Z. Bocus , Carl P. Dettmann , Justin P. Coon , Mohammed R. Rahman

As Extremely large-scale array (XL-array) technology advances and carrier frequency rises, the near-field effects in communication are intensifying. In near-field conditions, channels exhibit a diffusion phenomenon in the angular domain,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-18 Hongbo Xing , Yuxiang Zhang , Jianhua Zhang , Huixin Xu , Guangyi Liu , Qixing Wang

Covert communication in wireless networks ensures that transmissions remain undetectable to adversaries, making it a potential enabler for privacy and security in sensitive applications. However, to meet the high performance and…

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