Near-Field User Localization and Channel Estimation for XL-MIMO Systems: Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Outlooks

H Lei, J Zhang, Z Wang, B Ai… - IEEE Wireless …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is believed to be a
cornerstone of sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. XL-MIMO uses more antennas to …

Unifying Far-Field and Near-Field Wireless Communications in 6G MIMO

Y Chen, X Guo, Z Wang, C Yuen - IEEE Wireless …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a unified channel representation across the far-field and near-field
contexts in the wavenumber domain. Specifically, we commence by re-examining three …

Subarray-Aware Beam-Split Pattern Detection for Near-Field XL-MIMO Channel Estimation

J Lu, J Zhang, H Lei, H Xiao, Z Lu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this correspondence, we investigate the uplink channel estimation for mmWave extremely
large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) communication system. Our primary …