A tutorial on extremely large-scale MIMO for 6G: Fundamentals, signal processing, and applications

Z Wang, J Zhang, H Du, D Niyato, S Cui… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO), which offers vast spatial
degrees of freedom, has emerged as a potentially pivotal enabling technology for the sixth …

A tutorial on near-field XL-MIMO communications towards 6G

H Lu, Y Zeng, C You, Y Han, J Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a promising technology for
the sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks. By significantly boosting the …

Physical layer security in near-field communications

Z Zhang, Y Liu, Z Wang, X Mu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A near-field secure transmission framework is proposed. Employing the hybrid beamforming
architecture, a multi-antenna base station (BS) transmits confidential information to a multi …

Near-field communications: A comprehensive survey

Y Liu, C Ouyang, Z Wang, J Xu, X Mu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Multiple-antenna technologies are evolving towards large-scale aperture sizes, extremely
high frequencies, and innovative antenna types. This evolution is giving rise to the …

TTD configurations for near-field beamforming: Parallel, serial, or hybrid?

Z Wang, X Mu, Y Liu, R Schober - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
True-time delayers (TTDs) are popular components for hybrid beamforming architectures to
combat the spatial-wideband effect in wideband near-field communications. In this paper, a …

Near-field communications: A degree-of-freedom perspective

C Ouyang, Y Liu, X Zhang, L Hanzo - arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.00362, 2023 - arxiv.org
Multiple-antenna technologies are advancing towards large-scale aperture sizes and
extremely high frequencies, leading to the emergence of near-field communications (NFC) …

Next Generation Advanced Transceiver Technologies for 6G

C You, Y Cai, Y Liu, M Di Renzo, TM Duman… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
To accommodate new applications such as extended reality, fully autonomous vehicular
networks and the metaverse, next generation wireless networks are going to be subject to …

Analytical Framework for Effective Degrees of Freedom in Near-Field XL-MIMO

Z Wang, J Zhang, W Yi, H Du, D Niyato, B Ai… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In this paper, we develop an effective degrees of freedom (EDoF) performance analysis
framework specifically tailored for near-field XL-MIMO systems. We explore five …

Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-Based Wireless Communications: Capacity Characterization

B Zhao, C Ouyang, X Zhang, Y Liu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.15056, 2024 - arxiv.org
The capacity limits of continuous-aperture array (CAPA)-based wireless communications are
characterized. To this end, an analytically tractable transmission framework is established …

Channel Capacity of Near-Field Multiuser Communications

B Zhao, C Ouyang, X Zhang, Y Liu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.05387, 2024 - arxiv.org
The channel capacity of near-field (NF) communications is characterized by considering
three types of multiuser channels: i) multiple access channel (MAC), ii) broadcast channel …