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 …

Integrated sensing and communications: Recent advances and ten open challenges

S Lu, F Liu, Y Li, K Zhang, H Huang… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It is anticipated that integrated sensing and communications (ISACs) would be one of the
key enablers of next-generation wireless networks (such as beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G) for …

Near-field communications: A comprehensive survey

Y Liu, C Ouyang, Z Wang, J Xu, X Mu… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiple-antenna technologies are evolving towards larger aperture sizes, extremely high
frequencies, and innovative antenna types. This evolution is fostering the emergence of near …

The integrated sensing and communication revolution for 6G: Vision, techniques, and applications

N González-Prelcic, MF Keskin… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future wireless networks will integrate sensing, learning, and communication to provide new
services beyond communication and to become more resilient. Sensors at the network …

Next generation advanced transceiver technologies for 6G and beyond

C You, Y Cai, Y Liu, M Di Renzo… - IEEE Journal on …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To accommodate new applications such as extended reality, fully autonomous vehicular
networks and the metaverse, next generation wireless networks are going to be subject to …

Near-field integrated sensing and communication: Opportunities and challenges

J Cong, C You, J Li, L Chen, B Zheng… - IEEE Wireless …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the extremely large-scale array (XL-array) deployed in future wireless systems, wireless
communication and sensing are expected to operate in the radiative near-field region, which …

Wideband near-field integrated sensing and communication with sparse transceiver design

X Wang, W Zhai, X Wang, MG Amin… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the deployment of extremely large-scale array (XL-array) operating at the high
frequency bands in future wireless systems, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) …

Near-field communications: What will be different?

Y Liu, J Xu, Z Wang, X Mu, L Hanzo - arxiv preprint arxiv:2303.04003, 2023 - arxiv.org
The design dilemma of" What will be different between near-field communications (NFC)
and far-field communications (FFC)?" is addressed from four perspectives. 1) From the …

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 …

Modeling and analysis of near-field ISAC

B Zhao, C Ouyang, Y Liu, X Zhang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As technologies envisioned for next-generation wireless networks significantly extend the
near-field region, it is of interest to reevaluate integrated sensing and communications …