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most citedA Comprehensive Overview on UWB Radar: Applications, Standards, Signal Processing Techniques, Datasets, Radio Chips, Trends and Future Research Directions

85 citations · 136 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

eess.SP2026

Agentic RF Intelligence: Multi-Timescale 6G Sensing and Reasoning with On-Device Foundation Models

Jaron Fontaine, Jelle De Moerloose, Xander Vanparys +3

Future 6G systems share a central challenge with Physical AI: combining sensing, reasoning, and action on network-edge infrastructure in rapidly changing physical environments unde…

eess.SP2026

Wireless Physical-Layer Foundation Models: Architectures, Learning Paradigms, Applications, and Deployment

Mohammad Cheraghinia, Davide Buffelli, Liu Li +6

Foundation models, i.e., large neural networks pretrained on broad unlabeled data and adapted to many downstream tasks, have reshaped natural language processing and computer visio…

eess.SP2026

Tracking the Turn: Mamba-Powered Human Orientation Detection using UWB

Mohammad Cheraghinia, Adnan Shahid, Jaron Fontaine +3

User orientation is crucial for many context-aware applications, including interactive museum experiences, smart door access, and intuitive human-environment interaction. However,…

cs.NI2026

Toward Autonomous O-RAN: A Multi-Scale Agentic AI Framework for Real-Time Network Control and Management

Hojjat Navidan, Mohammad Cheraghinia, Jaron Fontaine +5

Open Radio Access Networks (O-RAN) promise flexible 6G network access through disaggregated, software-driven components and open interfaces, but this programmability also increases…

eess.SP2025

Reasoning Meets Representation: Envisioning Neuro-Symbolic Wireless Foundation Models

Jaron Fontaine, Mohammad Cheraghinia, John Strassner +2

Recent advances in Wireless Physical Layer Foundation Models (WPFMs) promise a new paradigm of universal Radio Frequency (RF) representations. However, these models inherit critica…

eess.SP2025

Lightweight Foundation Model for Wireless Time Series Downstream Tasks on Edge Devices

Mohammad Cheraghinia, Eli De Poorter, Jaron Fontaine +3

While machine learning is widely used to optimize wireless networks, training a separate model for each task in communication and localization is becoming increasingly unsustainabl…

eess.SP2025

A Unified Foundation Model for Wireless Technology Recognition and Localization

Mohammad Cheraghinia, Eli De Poorter, Jaron Fontaine +2

Wireless Technology Recognition (WTR) and localization are essential in modern communication systems, enabling efficient spectrum management, seamless coexistence of diverse techno…

eess.SP2025

Low-cost Embedded Breathing Rate Determination Using 802.15.4z IR-UWB Hardware for Remote Healthcare

Anton Lambrecht, Stijn Luchie, Jaron Fontaine +3

Respiratory diseases account for a significant portion of global mortality. Affordable and early detection is an effective way of addressing these ailments. To this end, a low-cost…

cs.NI2025★ 3 cited

Large-Scale AI in Telecom: Charting the Roadmap for Innovation, Scalability, and Enhanced Digital Experiences

Adnan Shahid, Adrian Kliks, Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi +132

This white paper discusses the role of large-scale AI in the telecommunications industry, with a specific focus on the potential of generative AI to revolutionize network functions…

cs.LG2024

Bluetooth Low Energy Dataset Using In-Phase and Quadrature Samples for Indoor Localization

Samuel G. Leitch, Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed, Ben Van Herbruggen +5

One significant challenge in research is to collect a large amount of data and learn the underlying relationship between the input and the output variables. This paper outlines the…

cs.NI2024★ 11 cited

Towards a Wireless Physical-Layer Foundation Model: Challenges and Strategies

Jaron Fontaine, Adnan Shahid, Eli De Poorter

Artificial intelligence (AI) plays an important role in the dynamic landscape of wireless communications, solving challenges unattainable by traditional approaches. This paper disc…

eess.SP2024★ 85 cited

A Comprehensive Overview on UWB Radar: Applications, Standards, Signal Processing Techniques, Datasets, Radio Chips, Trends and Future Research Directions

Mohammad Cheraghinia, Adnan Shahid, Stijn Luchie +6

Due to their large bandwidth, relatively low cost, and robust performance, UWB radio chips can be used for a wide variety of applications, including localization, communication, an…

eess.SP2023

Feature-Based Generalized Gaussian Distribution Method for NLoS Detection in Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Indoor Positioning System

Fuhu Che, Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed, Jaron Fontaine +4

Non-Line-of-Sight (NLoS) propagation condition is a crucial factor affecting the precision of the localization in the Ultra-Wideband (UWB) Indoor Positioning System (IPS). Numerous…

eess.SP2021★ 37 cited

Multi-Static UWB Radar-based Passive Human Tracking Using COTS Devices

Chenglong Li, Emmeric Tanghe, Jaron Fontaine +5

Due to its high delay resolution, the ultra-wideband (UWB) technique has been widely adopted for fine-grained indoor localization. Instead of active positioning, UWB radar-based pa…