6G wireless communications networks: A comprehensive survey

M Alsabah, MA Naser, BM Mahmmod… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The commercial fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications networks have already been
deployed with the aim of providing high data rates. However, the rapid growth in the number …

A tutorial on extremely large-scale MIMO for 6G: Fundamentals, signal processing, and applications

Z Wang, J Zhang, H Du, D Niyato, S Cui… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO), which offers vast spatial
degrees of freedom, has emerged as a potentially pivotal enabling technology for the sixth …

Edge artificial intelligence for 6G: Vision, enabling technologies, and applications

KB Letaief, Y Shi, J Lu, J Lu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The thriving of artificial intelligence (AI) applications is driving the further evolution of
wireless networks. It has been envisioned that 6G will be transformative and will …

Foundations of user-centric cell-free massive MIMO

ÖT Demir, E Björnson… - Foundations and Trends …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
Imagine a coverage area where each mobile device is communicating with a preferred set of
wireless access points (among many) that are selected based on its needs and cooperate to …

A comprehensive overview on 5G-and-beyond networks with UAVs: From communications to sensing and intelligence

Q Wu, J Xu, Y Zeng, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the advancements in cellular technologies and the dense deployment of cellular
infrastructure, integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the fifth-generation (5G) and …

User-centric cell-free massive MIMO networks: A survey of opportunities, challenges and solutions

HA Ammar, R Adve, S Shahbazpanahi… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Densification of network base stations is indispensable to achieve the stringent Quality of
Service (QoS) requirements of future mobile networks. However, with a dense deployment of …

A survey on millimeter-wave beamforming enabled UAV communications and networking

Z **ao, L Zhu, Y Liu, P Yi, R Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found widespread commercial, civilian, and military
applications. Wireless communication has always been one of the core technologies for …

A tutorial on near-field XL-MIMO communications towards 6G

H Lu, Y Zeng, C You, Y Han, J Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a promising technology for
the sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks. By significantly boosting the …

Beam focusing for near-field multiuser MIMO communications

H Zhang, N Shlezinger, F Guidi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large antenna arrays and high-frequency bands are two key features of future wireless
communication systems. The combination of large-scale antennas with high transmission …

Robust and secure wireless communications via intelligent reflecting surfaces

X Yu, D Xu, Y Sun, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are employed to enhance the physical
layer security in a challenging radio environment. In particular, a multi-antenna access point …