Evolution of RAN Architectures Towards 6G: Motivation, Development, and Enabling Technologies

J Chen, X Liang, J Xue, Y Sun, H Zhou… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this survey paper, we first provide insights on the evolution of radio access networks
(RANs) through investigating the existing paradigms and future trends towards 6G. We then …

Handover-Free Multi-Connectivity Mobility Management for Downlink FD-RAN: A Hierarchical DRL Based Approach

T Zhang, J Xue, Y Xu, L Jiao, J Chen… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Seamless connectivity and on-demand service provision are considered as the fundamental
capabilities in next-generation mobile networks (6G). However, current configuration of …

Cost-Effective Deployment for Fully-Decoupled RAN: A Techno-economic Approach

J Zhao, J Chen, B Cheng, B Qian… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the advent of the Internet of Everything, the forthcoming 6G networks will necessitate an
extensive deployment of base stations to achieve comprehensive network coverage. This …

Broadband Continuous Integer-and Fractional-Order Multimode OAM Beam Generator via a Metasurface

R Li, M Huang, Y Zou, R Zhu, B Zheng, T Qiu… - ACS …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Orbital angular momentum (OAM) waves have attracted significant attention for many
applications, such as super-resolution imaging, image edge enhancement, and multiplexing …

FlexSARCloak: A Flexible SAR Cloak Driven by Task-Oriented Learning

H Lu, C Luo, Z Pei, P Zhu, Y Dong… - … Applied Materials & …, 2025 - ACS Publications
Invisibility─ the remarkable ability to render objects imperceptible─ has long been a
persistent dream of humankind. However, traditional cloaking materials are typically rigid …

Flexible Base Station Sleeping and Resource Cooperation Enabled Green Fully-Decoupled RAN

Y Sun, K Yu, Y Xu, H Zhou - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.05517, 2023 - arxiv.org
Base station (BS) sleeping, a promising technique to address the growing energy
consumption in wireless communication networks, encounters challenges such as coverage …

Time-varying metasurface driven broadband radar jamming and deceptions

W Zhou, S Zhu, Z Zhang, R Zhu, B Chen, J Zhao… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Conventional radar jamming and deception systems typically necessitate the custom design
of complex circuits and algorithms to transmit an additional radio signal toward a detector …

Accelerating Multi-UAV Collaborative Sensing Data Collection: A Hybrid TDMA-NOMA-Cooperative Transmission in Cell-Free MIMO Networks

E Park, J Kim, SH Park, O Simeone… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work investigates a collaborative sensing and data collection system in which multiple
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) sense an area of interest and transmit images to a cloud …

Multi-Connectivity Mobility Management in Downlink FD-RAN: A Learning Based Approach

T Zhang, J Xue, J Zhao, J Chen… - 2023 IEEE 34th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a fully-decoupled radio access network (FD-RAN), where base stations (BSs)
are physically decoupled into control BSs, uplink BSs and downlink BSs, and multi …

Towards Handover-Free Mobility Management in FD-RAN: Architecture, Challenges, and Solutions

T Zhang, Y Xu, J Zhao, J Xue, J Chen, H Zhou… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The forthcoming sixth-generation (6G) mobile networks are envisioned to provide seamless
high rate services under the scenario of high user mobility, which cannot be adequately …