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Communication in a Fractional World: MIMO MC-OTFS Precoder Prediction

Signal Processing 2025-10-29 v1

Abstract

As 6G technologies advance, international bodies and regulatory agencies are intensifying efforts to extend seamless connectivity especially for high-mobility scenarios such as Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks (\textit{MANETs}) types such as Vehicular Ad-Hoc Networks (\textit{VANETs}) and Flying Ad-Hoc Networks (\textit{FANETs}). For these environments to be considered for long term adoption and use they must support Multiple-Input-Multiple- (MIMO) technology, rapidly fluctuating channel conditions in these environments place a heavy burden on traditional time-frequency CSI feedback schemes required for MIMO precoding. This motivates a shift toward delay-Doppler representations like those employed by Orthogonal Time-Frequency Space(OTFS) modulation, which offers greater stability under mobility. We derive an expression for the variation over time in the OTFS I/O relationship. We then use this to create a physics informed complex exponential basis expansion model prediction framework that maximizes the usefulness of outdated Channel State Information (CSI) in the presence of integer and fractional delay-Doppler channels and facilitates high mobility MIMO communication.

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@article{arxiv.2510.23832,
  title  = {Communication in a Fractional World: MIMO MC-OTFS Precoder Prediction},
  author = {Evan Allen and Karim Said and Robert Calderbank and Lingjia Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.23832},
  year   = {2025}
}
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