8 papers
Index Modulation Aided Phase-Rotated AFDM for Efficient Integrated Sensing and Communication: Framework, Optimization and Performance Analysis
Shiqi Cui, Zeping Sui, Tianqi Mao +7
Affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM) has emerged as a competitive waveform for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in high-mobility scenarios, but its data-depende…
Continuous Quantum Aperture: Beamforming with a Single-Vapor-Cell Rydberg Receiver
Mingyao Cui, Qunsong Zeng, Minze Chen +6
Beamforming is conventionally understood as a collective property of many discrete antenna elements in both communication and radar fields, which links angular selectivity to array…
Low-Altitude Agentic Networks for Optical Wireless Communication and Sensing: An Oceanic Scenario
Tianqi Mao, Jiayue Liu, Zeping Sui +4
The cross-domain oceanic connectivity ranging from underwater to the sky has become increasingly indispensable for a plethora of data-consuming maritime applications, such as marit…
Vision-Intelligence-Enabled Beam Tracking for Cross-Interface Optical Wireless Communication between Underwater and Low-Altitude Platforms
Jiayue Liu, Tianqi Mao, Leyu Cao +4
The rapid expansion of oceanic applications such as underwater surveillance and mineral exploration is driving the need for real-time wireless backhaul of massive observational dat…
NEFT: A Unified Transformer Framework for Efficient Near-Field CSI Feedback in XL-MIMO Systems
Tianqi Mao, Haiyang Li, Shufeng Tan +8
Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems, operating in the near-field region due to their massive antenna arrays, are key enablers of next-generation…
Chirp Delay-Doppler Domain Modulation: A New Paradigm of Integrated Sensing and Communication for Autonomous Vehicles
Zhuoran Li, Shufeng Tan, Zhen Gao +5
Autonomous driving is reshaping the way humans travel, with millimeter wave (mmWave) radar playing a crucial role in this transformation to enabe vehicle-to-everything (V2X). Altho…
Toward Near-Space Communication Network in the 6G and Beyond Era
Xinhua Liu, Zhen Gao, Ziwei Wan +6
Near-space communication network (NS-ComNet), as an indispensable component of sixth-generation (6G) and beyond mobile communication systems and the space-air-ground-sea integrated…
Reinforcement-Learning-Enabled Beam Alignment for Water-Air Direct Optical Wireless Communications
Jiayue Liu, Tianqi Mao, Dongxuan He +4
The escalating interests on underwater exploration/reconnaissance applications have motivated high-rate data transmission from underwater to airborne relaying platforms, especially…