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20192026
most citedSTAR: Simultaneous Transmission And Reflection for 360° Coverage by Intelligent Surfaces

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cs.IT2025

Sum Capacity Characterization of Pinching Antennas-assisted Multiple Access Channels

Guangji Chen, Qingqing Wu, Kangda Zhi +2

Pinching antenna system (PASS) has recently shown its promising ability to flexibly reconfigure wireless channels via dynamically adjusting the positions of pinching antennas over…

cs.IT2025

Multiport Network Modeling and Optimization for Reconfigurable Pinching-Antenna Systems

Zhaolin Wang, Jiaqi Xu, Chongjun Ouyang +2

A reconfigurable pinching-antenna system (PASS) is presented, endowing pinching antennas (PAs) with both amplitude- and phase-controllable radiation beyond conventional implementat…

cs.IT2025

Integrated Sensing and Communications for Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS)

Zheng Zhang, Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu +3

An integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) design for pinching antenna systems (PASS) is proposed, where the pinching antennas are deployed to establish reliable line-of-sight…

cs.IT2025★ 9 cited

Simultaneously Transmitting And Reflecting Surfaces (STARS) for Multi-Functional 6G

Xidong Mu, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting surface (STARS) empowered multi-functional 6G wireless networks are investigated. Starting with the communication functionality, various…

cs.IT2025

Pinching-Antenna System (PASS)-enabled Multicast Communications

Xidong Mu, Guangyu Zhu, Yuanwei Liu

Pinching-antenna system (PASS) is a novel flexible-antenna technology, which employs long-spread waveguides to convey signals with negligible path loss and pinching antennas (PAs)…

cs.IT2025★ 3 cited

Modeling and Beamforming Optimization for Pinching-Antenna Systems

Zhaolin Wang, Chongjun Ouyang, Xidong Mu +2

The Pinching-Antenna SyStem (PASS) is a revolutionary flexible antenna technology designed to enhance wireless communication by establishing strong line-of-sight (LoS) links, reduc…

cs.IT2024

STAR-RIS Assisted SWIPT Systems: Active or Passive?

Guangyu Zhu, Xidong Mu, Li Guo +2

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system is investiga…

cs.IT2024★ 1 cited

Enhancing User Fairness in Wireless Powered Communication Networks with STAR-RIS

Guangyu Zhu, Xidong Mu, Li Guo +2

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted wireless powered communication network (WPCN) is proposed, where two energy-limi…

cs.IT2024

Enabling Distributed Generative Artificial Intelligence in 6G: Mobile Edge Generation

Ruikang Zhong, Xidong Mu, Mona Jaber +1

Mobile edge generation (MEG) is an emerging technology that allows the network to meet the challenging traffic load expectations posed by the rise of generative artificial intellig…

cs.IT2024

A Primer on Near-Field Communications for Next-Generation Multiple Access

Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang, Yan Chen +2

Multiple-antenna technologies are advancing toward the development of extremely large aperture arrays and the utilization of extremely high frequencies, driving the progress of nex…

cs.IT2024★ 41 cited

Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting Surfaces for Ubiquitous Next Generation Multiple Access in 6G and Beyond

Xidong Mu, Jiaqi Xu, Zhaolin Wang +1

The ultimate goal of next generation multiple access (NGMA) is to support massive terminals and facilitate multiple functionalities over the limited radio resources of wireless net…

cs.IT2024

Performance Bounds of Near-Field Sensing with Circular Arrays

Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu

The performance bounds of near-field sensing are studied for circular arrays, focusing on the impact of bandwidth and array size. The closed-form Cramer-Rao bound (CRBs) for angle…

cs.IT2024★ 9 cited

Performance Analysis of Near-Field Sensing in Wideband MIMO Systems

Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu

The performance of near-field sensing (NISE) in a legacy wideband multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system is an…

cs.IT2024★ 1 cited

Robust Resource Allocation for STAR-RIS Assisted SWIPT Systems

Guangyu Zhu, Xidong Mu, Li Guo +2

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) system is proposed.…

cs.IT2024

Coexisting Passive RIS and Active Relay Assisted NOMA Systems

Ao Huang, Li Guo, Xidong Mu +2

A novel coexisting passive reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) and active decode-and-forward (DF) relay assisted non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmission framework i…

cs.IT2024

STAR-RIS Assisted Downlink Active and Uplink Backscatter Communications with NOMA

Ao Huang, Xidong Mu, Li Guo

A simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted downlink (DL) active and uplink (UL) backscatter communication (BackCom) framewo…

cs.IT2024

Hybrid Active-Passive RIS Transmitter Enabled Energy-Efficient Multi-User Communications

Ao Huang, Xidong Mu, Li Guo +1

A novel hybrid active-passive reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) transmitter enabled downlink multi-user communication system is investigated. Specifically, RISs are exploite…

cs.IT2024

Semantic Communication-assisted Physical Layer Security over Fading Wiretap Channels

Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu

A novel semantic communication (SC)-assisted secrecy transmission framework is proposed. In particular, the legitimate transmitter (Tx) sends the superimposed semantic and bit stre…

cs.IT2023★ 138 cited

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Near-field Communications for 6G: Opportunities and Challenges

Xidong Mu, Jiaqi Xu, Yuanwei Liu +1

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided near-field communications is investigated. First, the necessity of investigating RIS-aided near-field communications and the advantag…

cs.IT2023

Near-Field Integrated Sensing, Positioning, and Communication: A Downlink and Uplink Framework

Haochen Li, Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu +2

A near-field integrated sensing, positioning, and communication (ISPAC) framework is proposed, where a base station (BS) simultaneously serves multiple communication users and carr…

cs.IT2023★ 31 cited

Rethinking Integrated Sensing and Communication: When Near Field Meets Wideband

Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu

This article revisits integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems that operate in the near-field region of large antenna arrays while utilizing large bandwidths. The articl…

cs.IT2023★ 49 cited

Near-Field Velocity Sensing and Predictive Beamforming

Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu

The novel concept of near-field velocity sensing is proposed. In contrast to far-field velocity sensing, near-field velocity sensing enables the simultaneous estimation of both rad…

cs.IT2023

STARS for Integrated Sensing and Communications: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Directions

Zheng Zhang, Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu +2

This article discusses the employment of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting surface (STARS) for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks. First, two fundamental…

cs.IT2023★ 38 cited

TTD Configurations for Near-Field Beamforming: Parallel, Serial, or Hybrid?

Zhaolin Wang, Xidong Mu, Yuanwei Liu +1

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…