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most citedBeamforming Optimization for Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-based Communications

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eess.SP2026

Bridging Standardized Codebook and Site-Specific Beamforming: A Unified Limited-Feedback Framework

Cheng-Jie Zhao, Zhaolin Wang, Zongyao Zhao +1

A site-specific Type-II codebook design is proposed for downlink massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) limited-feedback beamforming. The key idea is to embed a learned site…

eess.SP2026

Cramér-Rao Bound Optimization for Near-Field ISAC with Extended Targets

Zongyao Zhao, Zhaolin Wang, Lincong Han +4

Near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) requires target models beyond the point-target abstraction when the target has a non-negligible spatial extent. In this lette…

eess.SP2026

Mutual Coupling-Aware Beamforming in Multi-User Continuous Aperture Array Systems

Junjie Ye, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu +3

A mutual coupling-aware beamforming design for continuous aperture array (CAPA)-aided multi-user systems is investigated. First, a transmit coupling kernel is characterized to expl…

eess.SP2026

1-bit Quantized Continuous Aperture Arrays

Kuranage Roche Rayan Ranasinghe, Getuar Rexhepi, Zhaolin Wang +1

Continuous aperture arrays (CAPAs) have emerged as a promising physical-layer paradigm for sixth generation (6G) systems, offering spatial degrees of freedom beyond those of conven…

eess.SP2026

Wideband Near-Field Sensing in ISAC: Unified Algorithm Design and Decoupled Effect Analysis

Ruiyun Zhang, Zhaolin Wang, Zhiqing Wei +3

To advance integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in sixth-generation (6G) extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) networks, a low-complexity compresse…

eess.SP2026

Extended-Target Classification and Localization for Near-Field ISAC

Zongyao Zhao, Zhaolin Wang, Lincong Han +3

Near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) enables object-level sensing from distance-dependent array responses, yet most existing near-field methods still rely on poin…

eess.SP2026

A Spatio-Temporal-Frequency Transformer Framework for Near-Field Target Recognition

Zongyao Zhao, Zhaolin Wang, Lincong Han +2

A target recognition framework relying on near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems is proposed. By exploiting the distance-dependent spatial signatures provid…

eess.SP2026

Exploiting Segmented Waveguide-Enabled Pinching-Antenna Systems (SWANs) for Uplink Tri-Hybrid Beamforming

Hao Jiang, Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang +4

A segmented waveguide-enabled pinching-antenna system (SWAN)-based tri-hybrid beamforming architecture is proposed for uplink multi-user MIMO communications, which jointly optimize…

eess.SP2026

Failure Detection for Pinching-Antenna Systems

Chongjun Ouyang, Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang +2

A signal processing-based framework is proposed for detecting random segment failures in segmented waveguide-enabled pinching-antenna systems. To decouple the passively combined up…

eess.SP2026

Generative Site-Specific Beamforming via Information-Maximizing Codebook

Cheng-Jie Zhao, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

A novel generative site-specific beamforming (GenSSBF) framework is proposed, which integrates a site-information-maximizing (SIM) codebook with a conditional flow matching (CFM)-b…

eess.SP2026

On the Maintainability of Pinching-Antenna Systems: A Failure-Repair Perspective

Chongjun Ouyang, Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang +2

The pinching-antenna system (PASS) enables wireless channel reconfiguration through optimized placement of pinching antennas along dielectric waveguides. In this article, a unified…

cs.IT2026

Generative Site-Specific Beamforming for Next-Generation Spatial Intelligence

Zhaolin Wang, Zihao Zhou, Cheng-Jie Zhao +1

This article proposes generative site-specific beamforming (GenSSBF) for next-generation spatial intelligence in wireless networks. Site-specific beamforming (SSBF) has emerged as…

eess.SP2026

Beam-Brainstorm: A Generative Site-Specific Beamforming Approach

Zihao Zhou, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

Accurately understanding the propagation environment is a fundamental challenge in site-specific beamforming (SSBF). This paper proposes a novel generative SSBF (GenSSBF) solution,…

eess.SP2025

Segmented Waveguide-Enabled Pinching-Antenna Systems (SWANs) for ISAC

Hao Jiang, Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang +4

A segmented waveguide-enabled pinching-antenna system (SWAN)-assisted integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) framework is proposed. Unlike conventional pinching antenna syste…

eess.SP2025

Optimal Waveform Design for Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-aided ISAC Systems

Junjie Ye, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu +3

A novel continuous-aperture-array (CAPA)-aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework is proposed. Specifically, an optimal continuous ISAC waveform is designed to f…

eess.SP2025

Tri-Hybrid Beamforming Design for Fully-Connected Pinching Antenna Systems

Cheng-Jie Zhao, Zhaolin Wang, Hyundong Shin +1

A novel fully-connected (FC) tri-hybrid beamforming (THB) architecture is proposed for pinching antenna systems (PASS). In contrast to conventional sub-connected (SC) PASS, the pro…

cs.IT2025

Integration of Navigation and Remote Sensing in LEO Satellite Constellations

Qi Wang, Xiaoming Chen, Qiao Qi +2

Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations are becoming a cornerstone of next-generation satellite networks, enabling worldwide high-precision navigation and high-quality remot…

eess.SP2025

Pinching-Antenna Assisted Sensing: A Bayesian Cramér-Rao Bound Perspective

Hao Jiang, Chongjun Ouyang, Zhaolin Wang +3

The fundamental sensing limit of pinching-antenna systems (PASS) is studied from a Bayesian Cramér-Rao bound (BCRB) perspective. Compared to conventional CRB, BCRB is independent o…

eess.SP2025

Towards Secure ISAC Beamforming: How Many Dedicated Sensing Beams Are Required?

Fanghao Xia, Zesong Fei, Xinyi Wang +4

In this paper, sensing-assisted secure communication in a multi-user multi-eavesdropper integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system is investigated. Confidential communicati…

eess.SP2025

Joint DOA and Attitude Sensing Based on Tri-Polarized Continuous Aperture Array

Haonan Si, Zhaolin Wang, Xiansheng Guo +2

This paper investigates joint direction-of-arrival (DOA) and attitude sensing using tri-polarized continuous aperture arrays (CAPAs). By employing electromagnetic (EM) information…

eess.SP2025

Spectral and Energy Efficiency Tradeoff for Pinching-Antenna Systems

Zihao Zhou, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

The joint transmit and pinching beamforming design for spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) tradeoff in pinching-antenna systems (PASS) is proposed, under practical…

eess.SP2025

Uplink and Downlink Communications in Segmented Waveguide-Enabled Pinching-Antenna Systems (SWANs)

Chongjun Ouyang, Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang +2

A segmented waveguide-enabled pinching-antenna system (SWAN) is proposed, in which a segmented waveguide composed of multiple short dielectric waveguide segments is employed to rad…

eess.SP2025

Pinching Antenna System (PASS) Enhanced Covert Communications: Against Warden via Sensing

Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu +2

A sensing-aided covert communication network empowered by pinching antenna systems (PASS) is proposed in this work. Unlike conventional fixed-position MIMO arrays, PASS dynamically…

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…