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 …

Toward beamfocusing-aided near-field communications: Research advances, potential, and challenges

J An, C Yuen, L Dai, M Di Renzo, M Debbah… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
Next-generation mobile networks promise to support high throughput, massive connectivity,
and improved energy efficiency. To achieve these ambitious goals, extremely large-scale …

Near-field communications: Research advances, potential, and challenges

J An, C Yuen, L Dai, M Di Renzo… - IEEE Wireless …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To support high throughput and massive connectivity, next-generation mobile networks are
expected to utilize extremely large-scale antenna arrays. This would result in wireless …

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 …

6G Fresnel Spot Beamfocusing using Large-Scale Metasurfaces: A Distributed DRL-Based Approach

M Monemi, MA Fallah, M Rasti… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel approach to smart spot-beamforming (SBF) in the Fresnel zone
leveraging extremely large-scale programmable metasurfaces (ELPMs). A smart SBF …

Realization of Wireless Power and Information Coexistence Through Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: A Practical Approach With Experimental Validation

NM Tran, MM Amri, JH Park, DI Kim… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To enable high-tech lifestyles in the near future, trillions of connected low-power internet of
things (IoT) devices should perpetually operate to meet the high-demand requirements of …

Variable beamwidth near field codebook design for communications aided by a large scale RIS

X Tian, N Gonzalez-Prelcic… - GLOBECOM 2023-2023 …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-aided communication at millimeter wave
frequencies will likely require a large size RIS to achieve the expected link budget in outdoor …

A mini-review of signal processing techniques for RIS-assisted near field THz communication

V Sharma, N Garg, S Sharma, V Bhatia - Frontiers in Signal …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Reflecting Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are reshaping the landscape of wireless
communications, particularly in the terahertz (THz) frequency bands, offering promising …

A Near Field Low Time Complexity Beam Training Scheme Based on Spatial Orthogonal Decomposition

X Liu, Q Wu, R Wang, J Wu - arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.09659, 2023 - arxiv.org
With the application of high-frequency communication and extremely large MIMO (XL-
MIMO), the near-field effect has become increasingly apparent. The near-field beam design …