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 …

6G and beyond wireless channel characteristics for physical layer security: Opportunities and challenges

AB Kihero, HM Furqan, MM Sahin… - IEEE Wireless …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Security has emerged as one of the critical requirements of future wireless networks. Unlike
traditional cryptography-based security, physical layer security (PLS) tends to exploit various …

Physical layer security in near-field communications

Z Zhang, Y Liu, Z Wang, X Mu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A near-field secure transmission framework is proposed. Employing the hybrid beamforming
architecture, a multi-antenna base station (BS) transmits confidential information to a multi …

Toward extra large-scale MIMO: New channel properties and low-cost designs

Y Han, S **, M Matthaiou, TQS Quek… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extra large-scale multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) has been recognized as one of the
potential development directions of massive MIMO. By employing even more antennas than …

Extremely large aperture array (ELAA) communications: Foundations, research advances and challenges

S Ye, M **ao, MW Kwan, Z Ma, Y Huang… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large aperture array (ELAA) represents a paradigm shift in wireless antenna
systems, poised to redefine the capabilities of future networks, particularly in the era of the …

Minimizing Vulnerable Region for Near-Field Covert Communication

J Hu, Y Zhou, H Zheng, Y Chen, F Shu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The development of the extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA) for the upcoming 6G
technology indicates the significance of near-field communication. This work performs a …

Physical Layer Security for Near-Field Communications via Directional Modulation

J Chen, Y **ao, K Liu, Y Zhong, X Lei… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, near-field communications (NFCs) have drawn great attention for the near-field
region expansion in the context of extremely large-scale (XL) antenna arrays, tremendously …

Performance Analysis and Low-Complexity Beamforming Design for Near-Field Physical Layer Security

Y Zhang, Y Fang, X Yu, C You, YJA Zhang - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Extremely large-scale arrays (XL-arrays) have emerged as a key enabler in achieving the
unprecedented performance requirements of future wireless networks, leading to a …

Physical Layer Security with Near-field Beamforming

J Ferreira, J Guerreiro, R Dinis - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs) are being proposed for sixth-generation (6G)
systems as an evolution of massive multiple-input, multiple-output (mMIMO). Besides having …

Securing Near-Field Wideband MIMO Communications via True-Time Delayer Based Hybrid Beamfocusing

X Hu, Y Zhang, L Yang, Y Li, K Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates physical layer secure communication in a wideband wireless
system, where a base station (BS) equipped with an extremely large scale antenna array …