On the road to 6G: Visions, requirements, key technologies, and testbeds

CX Wang, X You, X Gao, X Zhu, Z Li… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fifth generation (5G) mobile communication systems have entered the stage of commercial
deployment, providing users with new services, improved user experiences as well as a host …

Integrated sensing and communications: Toward dual-functional wireless networks for 6G and beyond

F Liu, Y Cui, C Masouros, J Xu, TX Han… - IEEE journal on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the standardization of 5G solidifies, researchers are speculating what 6G will be. The
integration of sensing functionality is emerging as a key feature of the 6G Radio Access …

Near-field communications: A tutorial review

Y Liu, Z Wang, J Xu, C Ouyang, X Mu… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large-scale antenna arrays, tremendously high frequencies, and new types of
antennas are three clear trends in multi-antenna technology for supporting the sixth …

A survey on millimeter-wave beamforming enabled UAV communications and networking

Z Xiao, L Zhu, Y Liu, P Yi, R Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found widespread commercial, civilian, and military
applications. Wireless communication has always been one of the core technologies for …

Weighted sum-rate maximization for reconfigurable intelligent surface aided wireless networks

H Guo, YC Liang, J Chen… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) is a promising solution to build a programmable
wireless environment via steering the incident signal in fully customizable ways with …

Beam focusing for near-field multiuser MIMO communications

H Zhang, N Shlezinger, F Guidi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large antenna arrays and high-frequency bands are two key features of future wireless
communication systems. The combination of large-scale antennas with high transmission …

Robust and secure wireless communications via intelligent reflecting surfaces

X Yu, D Xu, Y Sun, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are employed to enhance the physical
layer security in a challenging radio environment. In particular, a multi-antenna access point …

Multicell MIMO communications relying on intelligent reflecting surfaces

C Pan, H Ren, K Wang, W Xu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) constitute a disruptive wireless communication
technique capable of creating a controllable propagation environment. In this paper, we …

Multiple access for near-field communications: SDMA or LDMA?

Z Wu, L Dai - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Spatial division multiple access (SDMA) is essential to improve the spectrum efficiency for
multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications. The classical SDMA for …

A comprehensive survey on millimeter wave communications for fifth-generation wireless networks: Feasibility and challenges

AN Uwaechia, NM Mahyuddin - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks will almost certainly operate in the high-bandwidth,
underutilized millimeter-wave (mmWave) frequency spectrum, which offers the potentiality of …