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 …

Near-field sparse channel representation and estimation in 6G wireless communications

X Zhang, H Zhang, YC Eldar - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The employment of extremely large antenna arrays and high-frequency signaling makes
future 6G wireless communications likely to operate in the near-field region. In this case, the …

Reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted localization: Technologies, challenges, and the road ahead

T Ma, Y **ao, X Lei, L Zhang, Y Niu… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the breakthrough of artificial meta-materials, the emergence and evolution of
reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) have drawn a novel blueprint for the development of …

Channel estimation for near-field XL-RIS-aided mmwave hybrid beamforming architectures

S Yang, W Lyu, Z Hu, Z Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large-scale reconfigurable intelligent surface (XL-RIS) has been a prospective
capacity-enhancing technique. Faced with XL-RIS-aided millimeter wave (mmWave) …

Enabling more users to benefit from near-field communications: From linear to circular array

Z Wu, M Cui, L Dai - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) for 5G is evolving into the extremely large-
scale antenna array (ELAA) to increase the spectrum efficiency by orders of magnitude for …

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces in 6G Radio Localization: A Survey of Recent Developments, Opportunities, and Challenges

A Umer, I Müürsepp, MM Alam… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2025‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this survey paper, we present an extensive review of the use of RIS in 6G radio
localization, highlighting their pivotal role as a low-cost, energy-efficient technology that …

RIS-enabled passive radar towards target Localization

A Bazzi, M Chafii - arxiv preprint arxiv:2210.11887, 2022‏ - arxiv.org
In this paper, we study a communication-centric integrated sensing and communication
(ISAC) approach, where an access point (AP) communicates with users, while a passive …

Near-field channel estimation for extremely large-scale reconfigurable intelligent surface (XL-RIS)-aided wideband mmwave systems

S Yang, C **e, W Lyu, B Ning… - IEEE Journal on …, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Near-field communications present new opportunities over near-field channels, however,
the spherical wavefront propagation makes near-field signal processing challenging. In this …

Low-overhead localization and VR identification for subarray-based ELAA systems

J Tian, Y Han, S **, M Matthaiou - IEEE Wireless …, 2023‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Extremely large aperture arrays (ELAAs) represent a promising architecture in the sixth-
generation mobile communication systems with improved spatial division multiplexing gain …

CSI acquisition in RIS-assisted mobile communication systems

Y Han, W Tang, X Li, M Matthaiou… - National Science …, 2023‏ - academic.oup.com
Reconfigurable intelligent surface-(RIS) assisted mobile communication is a promising
technological paradigm thanks to the attractive advantages of low cost and flexible control of …