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Massive MIMO is a variant of multiuser MIMO, where the number of antennas $M$ at the base-station is large, and generally much larger than the number of spatially multiplexed data streams to/from the users. It has been observed that in many…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

Large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) holds great promise for the fifth-generation (5G) and future communication systems. In near-field scenarios, the spherical wavefront model is commonly utilized to accurately depict the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Hao Jiang , Wangqi Shi , Xiao Chen , Qiuming Zhu , Zhen Chen

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a key enabler for sixth-generation (6G) communications. However, near-field channel estimation is particularly challenging due to spherical-wave propagation and spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Qingxia Feng , Pan Fang , Meng Hua , Chunguo Li , Yongming Huang , Luxi Yang

This paper considers near-field multiuser communications based on sparse arrays (SAs). First, for the uniform SAs (USAs), we analyze the beam gains of channel steering vectors, which shows that increasing the antenna spacings can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-14 Kangjian Chen , Chenhao Qi , Geoffrey Ye Li , Octavia A. Dobre

Modern MIMO communication systems are almost exclusively designed under the assumption of locally plane wavefronts over antenna arrays. This is known as the far-field approximation and is soundly justified at sub-6-GHz frequencies at most…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-28 Giacomo Bacci , Luca Sanguinetti , Emil Björnson

Extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) is promising as one of the key ingredients for the sixth generation (6G) of wireless communications. The electromagnetic propagation of spherical wavefronts introduces an additional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Xu Shi , Xuehan Wang , Jingbo Tan , Jintao Wang

This paper investigates joint channel estimation and positioning in near-field sparse extra-large multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. To achieve cooperative gains between…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-29 Zhongnian Li , Chao Zheng , Jian Xiao , Ji Wang , Gongpu Wang , Ming Zeng , Octavia A. Dobre

Future sixth-generation (6G) systems are expected to leverage extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) technology, which significantly expands the range of the near-field region. The spherical wavefront characteristics…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Shicong Liu , Xianghao Yu , Zhen Gao , Jie Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Shuguang Cui

Noncoherent communication systems have regained interest due to the growing demand for high-mobility and low-latency applications. Most existing studies using large antenna arrays rely on the far-field approximation, which assumes locally…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-26 Aniol Martí , Luca Sanguinetti , Meritxell Lamarca , Jaume Riba

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is expected to be an important technology in future sixth generation (6G) networks. Compared with conventional single-polarized XL-MIMO, where signals are transmitted and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Shuhao Zeng , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor

Extremely large-scale massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) has shown considerable potential in future mobile communications. However, the use of extremely large aperture arrays has led to near-field and spatial non-stationary…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-15 Yu Han , Shi Jin , Chao-Kai Wen , Xiaoli Ma

Holographic multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) communications introduce innovative antenna array configurations, such as dense arrays and volumetric arrays, which offer notable advantages over conventional planar arrays with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-09 Shuai S. A. Yuan , Li Wei , Xiaoming Chen , Chongwen Huang , Wei E. I. Sha

Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a promising technique to achieve ultra-high spectral efficiency for future 6G communications. The mixed line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) XL-MIMO near-field…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-18 Ming Ye , Xiao Liang , Cunhua Pan , Yinfei Xu , Ming Jiang , Chunguo Li

This paper focuses on new communication paradigms arising in massive multiple-input-multiple-output systems where the antenna array at the base station is of extremely large dimension (xMaMIMO). Due to the extreme dimension of the array,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-05 Abolfazl Amiri , Marko Angjelichinoski , Elisabeth de Carvalho , Robert W. Heath

Accurate channel estimation is essential for reliable communication in sub-THz extremely large (XL) MIMO systems. Deploying XL-MIMO in high-frequency bands not only increases the number of antennas, but also fundamentally alters channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Wen-Xuan Long , Marco Moretti , Michele Morelli , Luca Sanguinetti , Rui Chen

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems are pivotal to next-generation wireless communications, where dynamic RF chain architectures offer enhanced performance. However, efficient precoding in such systems…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-25 Jiayi Lu , Jiayi Zhang , Hao Lei , Huahua Xiao , Bo Ai , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems operating at sub-THz carrier frequencies represent a promising solution to meet the demands of next-generation wireless applications. This work focuses on sparse channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-13 Vidya Bhasker Shukla , Italo Atzeni

In the sixth-generation (6G), the extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is considered a promising enabling technology. With the further expansion of array element number and frequency bands, near-field effects will…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Haiyang Miao , Jianhua Zhang , Pan Tang , Lei Tian , Weirang Zuo , Qi Wei , Guangyi Liu

Multiple-input multiple-output has been a key technology for wireless systems for decades. For typical MIMO communication systems, antenna array elements are usually separated by half of the carrier wavelength, thus termed as conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-06 Huizhi Wang , Chao Feng , Yong Zeng , Shi Jin , Chau Yuen , Bruno Clerckx , Rui Zhang

Mobile communication networks were designed to mainly support ubiquitous wireless communications, yet they are also expected to achieve radio sensing capabilities in the near future. However, most prior studies on radio sensing usually rely…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-13 Huizhi Wang , Zhiqiang Xiao , Yong Zeng