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cs.IT2026

Spatial-Code-Domain Grouped Index Modulation: Fluid-Antenna-Assisted System Design and BER Performance Analysis

Peng Zhang, Jian Dang, Yao Ge +5

Fluid antenna systems (FASs) provide reconfigurable spatial resources within compact apertures. In this paper, we introduce code-domain grouped index modulation (CGIM) and its spat…

cs.IT2026

Code-Domain Grouped Index Modulation for Spectrally Efficient Spread-Spectrum Communications

Peng Zhang, Jian Dang, Zaichen Zhang

Efficient exploitation of spreading resources is important for improving the transmission efficiency of spread-spectrum communications. Code index modulation (CIM) conveys addition…

cs.IT2026

Fluid-Antenna-Assisted Distributed Joint Decoding for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Unsourced Random Access

Liandong Hu, Jian Dang, Zaichen Zhang

Unsourced random access (URA) supports massive sporadic connectivity but remains limited by multiuser interference, distributed channel uncertainty, and local fading. This paper pr…

cs.IT2026

Fluid Antenna Array-Inspired Location-Posterior-Driven Subarray Sizing and Power Control for Two-Hop AF UAV Relaying

Xuanyi Zhu, Jian Dang, Chen Zhao +2

This paper develops fluid antenna array (FAA)-inspired subarray sizing and transmit-power design for a two-hop amplify-and-forward (AF) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) relay using pr…

cs.IT2026

Off-Grid Position Optimization under Mutual Coupling in Fluid Antenna Arrays

Jingyuan Xu, Jian Dang, Zaichen Zhang

Fluid antenna arrays exploit continuous antenna repositioning within a finite aperture to provide geometry diversity beyond grid-constrained port selection. Every displacement, how…

cs.IT2026

Sparse Port Selection under Mutual Coupling in Fluid Antenna Arrays

Jingyuan Xu, Haoyu Liang, Zaichen Zhang +1

Fluid antenna systems obtain spatial degrees of freedom by reconfiguring antenna positions within a confined region, a principle that extends to beamforming: shaped beams can be sy…

cs.IT2026

Fluid-Antenna-Aided Active User Detection With 1D-CNN Channel Reconstruction for Unsourced Random Access

Haoyu Liang, Zhentian Zhang, Hao Jiang +2

In this paper, we investigate the application of fluid antenna systems (FAS) for active user detection (AUD) in unsourced random access (URA). A channel reconstruction method based…

cs.IT2026

Fluid Antenna-assisted Unsourced ISAC Massive Access

Jingyuan Xu, Zhentian Zhang, Hao Jiang +2

Unsourced integrated sensing and communication (UNISAC) has emerged as a promising paradigm for supporting massive connectivity in 6G networks. However, existing approaches predomi…

cs.IT2026

Fluid Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Enabling Index Modulation

Peng Zhang, Jian Dang, Miaowen Wen +5

Fluid reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (FRIS) enable joint position and phase reconfigurability by integrating fluid antennas (FA) with conventional reconfigurable intelligent s…

cs.IT2026

Fundamental Tradeoffs for ISAC Multiple Access in Finite-Blocklength Regime

Zhentian Zhang, Christos Masouros, Kai-Kit Wong +5

This paper investigates the fundamental communication--sensing tradeoffs of uplink dual-functional integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) multiple access under finite blocklen…

cs.IT2025

Iterative Gaussian Approximation for Random Spreading Unsourced Random Access

Liandong Hu, Jian Dang, Zaichen Zhang

Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) demand robust solutions to support extensive connectivity efficiently. Unsourced random access (URA) has emerged as a promising approach,…

cs.IT2025

Joint Activity Detection and Channel Estimation For Fluid Antenna System Exploiting Geographical and Angular Information

Zhentian Zhang, Jian Dang, David Morales-Jimenez +4

The fluid antenna system (FAS) refers to a family of reconfigurable antenna technologies that provide substantial spatial gains within a compact, predefined small space, thereby of…

cs.IT2025

Artificial-Noise-Aided Secure Near-Field MIMO With Fluid Antenna Systems

Peng Zhang, Jian Dang, Miaowen Wen +5

With the evolution of mobile communication systems toward large-scale arrays, high-frequency operation, and reconfigurable antenna architectures, fluid antenna systems (FAS) operat…

cs.IT2025

Fluid Antenna-Enhanced Flexible Beamforming

Jingyuan Xu, Zhentian Zhang, Jian Dang +2

Fluid antenna systems encompass a broad class of reconfigurable antenna technologies that offer substantial spatial diversity for various optimization objectives and communication…

cs.IT2025

Neural Networks-Enabled Channel Reconstruction for Fluid Antenna Systems: A Data-Driven Approach

Haoyu Liang, Zhentian Zhang, Jian Dang +2

Fluid antenna systems (FASs) offer substantial spatial diversity by exploiting the electromagnetic port correlation within compact array spaces, thereby generating favorable small-…

cs.IT2025

Low-Complexity CSI Acquisition Exploiting Geographical Diversity in Fluid Antenna System

Zhentian Zhang, David Morales-Jimenez, Jian Dang +3

The fluid antenna system (FAS) employs reconfigurable antennas for high spatial gains in compact spaces, enhancing physical layer flexibility. Channel state information (CSI) acqui…

cs.IT2025★ 11 cited

Probabilistic ODMA Receiver with Low-Complexity Algorithm for MIMO Unsourced Random Access

Zhentian Zhang, Jian Dang, Zaichen Zhang

In this work, we present the design for both pilot-uncoupled and pilot-free on-off multiple access (ODMA) receivers in unsourced random access (URA) for multiple-input multiple-out…

cs.IT2025

Sparse Code Transceiver Design for Unsourced Random Access with Analytical Power Division in Gaussian MAC

Zhentian Zhang, Mohammad Javad Ahmadi, Jian Dang +3

In this work, we discuss the problem of unsourced random access (URA) over a Gaussian multiple access channel (GMAC). To address the challenges posed by emerging massive machine-ty…

cs.IT2025

Sparsity-Exploiting Channel Estimation For Unsourced Random Access With Fluid Antenna

Keru Zhou, Zhentian Zhang, Jian Dang +2

This work explores the channel estimation (CE) problem in uplink transmission for unsourced random access (URA) with a fluid antenna receiver. The additional spatial diversity in a…

cs.IT2025

Integrated Sensing and Communications for Unsourced Random Access: A Spectrum Sharing Compressive Sensing Approach

Zhentian Zhang, Jian Dang, Kai-Kit Wong +2

This paper addresses the unsourced/uncoordinated random access problem in an integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system, with a focus on uplink multiple access code design…

cs.IT2025★ 47 cited

On Fundamental Limits for Fluid Antenna-assisted Integrated Sensing and Communications for Unsourced Random Access

Zhentian Zhang, Kai-Kit Wong, Jian Dang +2

This paper investigates the unsourced random access (URA) problem for integrated sensing and commutations (ISAC). Recent results reveal that conventional multiple access strategies…

cs.IT2024

Joint Waveform Design for MIMO-OFDM DFRC Systems

Tianchen Liu, Yifei Liu, Liang Wu +4

Dual-functional radar-communication (DFRC) has attracted considerable attention. This paper considers the frequency-selective multipath fading environment and proposes DFRC wavefor…

cs.IT2023

Downlink Precoding for Cell-free FBMC/OQAM Systems With Asynchronous Reception

Yuhao Qi, Jian Dang, Zaichen Zhang +2

In this work, an efficient precoding design scheme is proposed for downlink cell-free distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (DM-MIMO) filter bank multi-carrier (FBMC)…

cs.IT2023★ 15 cited

Pilot-Free Unsourced Random Access Via Dictionary Learning and Error-Correcting Codes

Zhentian Zhang, Jian Dang, Zaichen Zhang +3

Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) or massive access is a critical scenario in the fifth generation (5G) and the future cellular network. With the surging density of device…