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most citedPower-Domain Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) in 5G Systems: Potentials and Challenges

2.2k citations · 6.7k across the 213 of their papers we have counts for

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234 papers

eess.SP2026

Resilient and Efficient Aerial Wireless Sensor Networks Using Pinching-Antenna Systems

Ahmed A. Al-habob, Octavia A. Dobre, Yindi Jing +1

This paper proposes a pinching antenna system to enhance the connectivity and efficiency in aerial wireless networks. The algebraic connectivity of the network's graph is maximized…

eess.SP2026

Joint Discrete Pinching-Antenna Activation and Beamforming Design for Efficient PASS-ISAC

Joshua Ogundiya, Animesh Yadav, Octavia Dobre

Pinching-antenna systems (PASS) offer flexible radiation points for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), but existing designs largely assume continuous antenna placement, w…

eess.SP2026

Movable Antenna for Integrated Sensing and Communication in Air Sea Ground Networks

Ahmed A. Al-habob, Octavia A. Dobre, Yindi Jing

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a new paradigm for efficiently combining sensing and communication functionalities by leveraging shared hardware and radio resources.…

eess.SP2026

Foundation Models for Wireless Communications: From PHY Intelligence to Network Autonomy

Le Liang, Jiajia Guo, Jun Zhang +6

6G networks will introduce unprecedented complexity, which calls for a paradigm shift in network optimization and management. Artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions, especial…

cs.IT2026

Rotatable Antenna Assisted Mobile Edge Computing

Ji Wang, Hao Chen, Yixuan Li +4

This paper investigates a rotatable antenna (RA) assisted mobile edge computing (MEC) network, where multiple users offload their computation tasks to an edge server equipped with…

eess.SP2026

Downlink Beamforming Design for NOMA Using Convolutional Neural Networks

Chentong Li, Saeed Mohammadzadeh, Kanapathippillai Cumanan +1

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and beamforming are well-established techniques for enabling massive connectivity in future wireless networks. However, many optimal beamformi…

cs.NI2026

Quantum Takes Flight: Two-Stage Resilient Topology Optimization for UAV Networks

Huixiang Zhang, Mahzabeen Emu, Octavia A. Dobre

Next-generation Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) communication networks must maintain reliable connectivity under rapid topology changes, fluctuating link quality, and time-critical d…

cs.IT2026

Hybrid Wireless-Fed Pinching-Antenna Systems with Residual Self-Interference-Aware Optimization

Hao Feng, Ming Zeng, Ebrahim Bedeer +3

Pinching-antenna systems (PASS) have recently emerged as a promising solution for enhancing coverage in high-frequency wireless communications by guiding signals through dielectric…

cs.IT2026

Joint Power Allocation and Antenna Placement for Pinching-Antenna Systems under User Location Uncertainty

Hao Feng, Ming Zeng, Xingwang Li +3

Pinching antenna systems have attracted much attention recently owing to its capability to maintain reliable line-of-sight (LoS) communication in high-frequency bands. By guiding s…

eess.SP2026

A Survey of Pinching-Antenna Systems (PASS)

Yuanwei Liu, Hao Jiang, Xu Gan +10

The pinching-antenna system (PASS), recently proposed as a flexible-antenna technology, has been regarded as a promising solution for several challenges in next-generation wireless…

cs.IT2025

Optimal Beamforming Design for Multi-user MIMO Near-Field ISAC Systems with Movable Antennas

Nemanja Stefan Perović, Keshav Singh, Chih-Peng Li +2

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been recognized as one of the key technologies capable of simultaneously improving communication and sensing services in future wire…

eess.SP2025

Energy-Efficient Aerial Network Slicing for Computation Offloading, Data Gathering, and Content Delivery

Ahmed A. Al-habob, Octavia A. Dobre, Yindi Jing

This paper introduces an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled network slicing problem to provide content delivery, sensing data gathering, and mobile edge computing (MEC) services…

eess.SP2025

Autoencoder for Position-Assisted Beam Prediction in mmWave ISAC Systems

Ahmad A. Aziz El-Banna, Octavia A. Dobre

Integrated sensing and communication and millimeter wave (mmWave) have emerged as pivotal technologies for 6G networks. However, the narrow nature of mmWave beams requires precise…

eess.SY2025

Visibility-aware Satellite Selection and Resource Allocation in Multi-Orbit LEO Networks

Yingzhuo Sun, Yulan Gao, Ming Xiao +2

Multi orbit low earth orbit (LEO) satellites communication is envisioned as a key infrastructure to deliver global coverage, enabling future services from space air ground integrat…

eess.SP2025

Wireless-Fed Pinching-Antenna Systems (Wi-PASS) for NextG Wireless Networks

Kasun R. Wijewardhana, Animesh Yadav, Ming Zeng +3

Waveguide-based pinching-antenna systems (PASS) have recently emerged as a promising solution to mitigate severe propagation losses in millimeter-wave and terahertz bands by intell…

eess.SY2025

Quantum-Driven State-Reduction for Reliable UAV Trajectory Optimization in Low-Altitude Networks

Zeeshan Kaleem, Muhammad Afaq, Chau Yuen +2

This letter introduces a Graph-Condensed Quantum-Inspired Placement (GC-QAP) framework for reliability-driven trajectory optimization in Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) assisted low-…

eess.SP2025

Generalized Pinching-Antenna Systems: A Tutorial on Principles, Design Strategies, and Future Directions

Yanqing Xu, Jingjing Cui, Yongxu Zhu +8

Pinching-antenna systems have emerged as a novel and transformative flexible-antenna architecture for next-generation wireless networks. They offer unprecedented flexibility and sp…

eess.SP2025

Dual-Waveguide Pinching Antennas for PLS: Parallel Placement or Orthogonal Placement?

Yang Lu, Xinke Xie, Yanqing Xu +3

Pinching antennas (PAs) represent an emerging flexible-antenna paradigm, where movable PAs arranged along dielectric waveguides enable on-demand customization of wireless channel c…

cs.DC2025

Net-Zero 6G from Earth to Orbit: Sustainable Design of Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks

Muhammad Ali Jamshed, Malik Muhammad Saad, Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin +4

The integration of Terrestrial Networks (TN) and Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) plays a crucial role in bridging the digital divide and enabling Sixth Generation (6G) and beyond to…

cs.NI2025

From Literature to Insights: Methodological Guidelines for Survey Writing in Communications Research

Dusit Niyato, Octavia A. Dobre, Trung Q. Duong +2

The rapid growth of communications and networking research has created an unprecedented demand for high-quality survey and tutorial papers that can synthesize vast bodies of litera…

cs.NI2025

Empowering AI-Native 6G Wireless Networks with Quantum Federated Learning

Shaba Shaon, Md Raihan Uddin, Dinh C. Nguyen +3

AI-native 6G networks are envisioned to tightly embed artificial intelligence (AI) into the wireless ecosystem, enabling real-time, personalized, and privacy-preserving intelligenc…

eess.SP2025

Quantum Radar for ISAC: Sum-Rate Optimization

Abdulmohsen Alsaui, Octavia A. Dobre, Neel Kanth Kundu +2

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is emerging as a key enabler for spectrum-efficient and hardware-converged wireless networks. However, classical radar systems within IS…

cs.LG2025★ 6 cited

SC-GIR: Goal-oriented Semantic Communication via Invariant Representation Learning

Senura Hansaja Wanasekara, Van-Dinh Nguyen, Kok-Seng +3

Goal-oriented semantic communication (SC) aims to revolutionize communication systems by transmitting only task-essential information. However, current approaches face challenges s…

cs.LG2025

Quantum Federated Learning: A Comprehensive Survey

Dinh C. Nguyen, Md Raihan Uddin, Shaba Shaon +3

Quantum federated learning (QFL) is a combination of distributed quantum computing and federated machine learning, integrating the strengths of both to enable privacy-preserving de…