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

39 citations · 66 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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23 papers

cs.IT2026

Center-Fed Pinching Antenna System for Uplink Environment Sensing

Cong Yu, Xu Gan, Bo Ai +3

A center-fed pinching antenna system (C-PASS)-enabled uplink environment sensing framework is proposed. Through the center-fed framework, doubled degrees of freedom is achieved com…

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

Exploiting Self-Sustainable Information-Bearing RIS in Underlay CR-NOMA Networks

Zeyang Sun, Shuai Han, Chenyu Wu +2

Information-bearing reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (IB-RIS) provide a promising solution to self-sustainable and green communications by harvesting ambient radio frequency ene…

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

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…

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

Subspace Fitting Approach for Wideband Near-Field Localization

Ruiyun Zhang, Zhaolin Wang, Zhiqing Wei +3

Two subspace fitting approaches are proposed for wideband near-field localization. Unlike in conventional far-field systems, where distance and angle can be estimated separately, s…

eess.SP2025

DOA Estimation via Continuous Aperture Arrays: MUSIC and CRLB

Haonan Si, Zhaolin Wang, Xiansheng Guo +2

Direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation using continuous aperture array (CAPA) is studied. Compared to the conventional spatially discrete array (SPDA), CAPA significantly enhances t…

eess.SP2025

Near-Field Sensing Enabled Predictive Beamforming: Fundamentals, Framework, and Opportunities

Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang, Yue Liu +3

The article proposes a novel near-field predictive beamforming framework for high-mobility wireless networks. Specifically, due to the spherical waves and non-uniform Doppler frequ…

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…

eess.SP2025

Pinching-Antenna System (PASS) Enhanced Covert Communications

Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

A Pinching-Antenna SyStem (PASS)-assisted convert communication framework is proposed. PASS utilizes dielectric waveguides with freely positioned pinching antennas (PAs) to establi…

cs.IT2025

Beamforming Design for Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-Based MIMO Systems

Zhaolin Wang, Chongjun Ouyang, Yuanwei Liu

An efficient beamforming design is proposed for continuous aperture array (CAPA)-based point-to-point multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In contrast to conventional spa…

eess.SP2025★ 5 cited

Near-Field Motion Parameter Estimation: A Variational Bayesian Approach

Chunwei Meng, Zhaolin Wang, Zhiqing Wei +2

A near-field motion parameter estimation method is proposed. In contract to far-field sensing systems, the near-field sensing system leverages spherical-wave characteristics to ena…

eess.SP2025

Joint Beamforming and Position Optimization for Fluid RIS-aided ISAC Systems

Junjie Ye, Peichang Zhang, Xiao-Peng Li +2

A fluid reconfigurable intelligent surface (fRIS)-aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system is proposed to enhance multi-target sensing and multi-user communication.…

cs.IT2024★ 22 cited

Optimal Beamforming for Multi-User Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA) Systems

Zhaolin Wang, Chongjun Ouyang, Yuanwei Liu

The optimal beamforming design for multi-user continuous aperture array (CAPA) systems is proposed. In contrast to conventional spatially discrete array (SPDA), the beamformer for…

cs.IT2024★ 39 cited

Beamforming Optimization for Continuous Aperture Array (CAPA)-based Communications

Zhaolin Wang, Chongjun Ouyang, Yuanwei Liu

The beamforming optimization in continuous aperture array (CAPA)-based multi-user communications is studied. In contrast to conventional spatially discrete antenna arrays, CAPAs ca…

eess.SP2024

Near-Field Sensing: A Low-Complexity Wavenumber-Domain Method

Hao Jiang, Zhaolin Wang, Yuanwei Liu

A novel low-complexity wavenumber-domain method is proposed for near-field sensing (NISE). Specifically, the power-concentrated region of the wavenumber-domain channels is related…