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20242026
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11 papers

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Statistical Channel Model for FSO Systems Assisted by a UAV-Mounted IRS

Ferdaous Tarhouni, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Laura Cottatellucci +2

Integrating optical intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) into aerial platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has been proposed to relax the line-of-sight (LoS) constr…

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Closed-form Model for Radiation Pattern of Pinching Antennas

Muhammad Zubair, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Robert Schober

In this article, we develop an analytical radiation-pattern model for pinching-antenna systems (PASS) based on a two-dimensional dielectric slab waveguide. The model is derived in…

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Clustered Movable Pinching Antennas: Realizing Beamforming Gains and Target Diversity in ISAC Systems with Look-Angle-Dependent RCS

Ata Khalili, Brikena Kaziu, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou +1

We investigate a novel integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system enabled by pinching antennas (PAs), which are dynamically activated along a dielectric waveguide. Unlike p…

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Generalized Pinching-Antenna Systems: A Tutorial on Principles, Design Strategies, and Future Directions

Yanqing Xu, Jingjing Cui, Yongxu Zhu +8

Pinching-antenna systems have emerged as a novel and transformative flexible-antenna architecture for next-generation wireless networks. They offer unprecedented flexibility and sp…

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A Survey of Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS)

Yuanwei Liu, Hao Jiang, Xu Gan +10

The pinching-antenna system (PASS), recently proposed as a flexible-antenna technology, has been regarded as a promising solution for several challenges in next-generation wireless…

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Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS): A Tutorial

Yuanwei Liu, Hao Jiang, Xiaoxia Xu +8

Pinching antenna systems (PASS) present a breakthrough among the flexible-antenna technologies, and distinguish themselves by facilitating large-scale antenna reconfiguration, line…