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- research-articleAugust 2024
Distributed-Robust MVDR Beamforming With Energy-Efficient Topology Control in Wireless Acoustic Sensor Networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15658–15672https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3432737We are often surrounded by intelligent devices with one or more acoustic sensors, which constitute a wireless acoustic sensor network (WASN) and can be exploited for various audio/speech processing tasks. As the captured audio signals are inevitably ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Communication-Efficient Federated Learning Over-the-Air With Sparse One-Bit Quantization
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15673–15689https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3432758Federated learning (FL) is a framework for realizing distributed machine learning in an environment where training samples are distributed to each device. Recently, FL has employed over-the-air computation enabling all devices to transmit learning model ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Rate Splitting Multiple Access: Optimal Beamforming Structure and Efficient Optimization Algorithms
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15642–15657https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3432731Joint optimization for common rate allocation and beamforming design have been widely studied in rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) empowered multiuser multi-antenna transmission networks. Due to the highly coupled optimization variables and non-...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Cooperation-Based Joint Active and Passive Sensing With Asynchronous Transceivers for Perceptive Mobile Networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15627–15641https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3432657Perceptive mobile network (PMN) is an emerging concept for next-generation wireless networks capable of conducting integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). A major challenge for realizing high performance sensing in PMNs is how to deal with spatially ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Wavefront Transformation-Based Near-Field Channel Prediction for Extremely Large Antenna Array With Mobility
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15613–15626https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3432333This paper addresses the mobility problem in extremely large antenna array (ELAA) communication systems. In order to account for the performance loss caused by the spherical wavefront of ELAA in the mobility scenario, we propose a wavefront transformation-...
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- research-articleJuly 2024
Security Enhancement of ISAC via IRS-UAV
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15601–15612https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3432186Despite its advantage of improving the spectrum and hardware efficiency, integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system is susceptible to eavesdropping due to the open nature of wireless channels. In this paper, we investigate the secure transmission ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Robust Rate-Splitting and Beamforming for Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15571–15585https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3431684To provide satisfying services for ever-emerging mission-critical applications, the ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) need novel design to improve the spectrum efficiency and enhance the robustness. To achieve this, we design a robust ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Analysis on Peak Age of Status Updates in Task-Oriented Machine- Type Communications
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15555–15570https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3430903The scope of the 6G wireless communication system is envisioned to expand beyond delivering data to humans and towards connecting machines that constantly upload computation-intensive status updates to obtain real-time situational awareness. Under dynamic ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Rate-Splitting Multiple Access for Quantized ISAC LEO Satellite Systems: A Max-Min Fair Energy-Efficient Beam Design
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15394–15408https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3429229Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems with sensing functionality are envisioned to facilitate global-coverage service and emerging applications in 6G. Currently, two fundamental challenges, namely, inter-beam interference among users and power ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
On the Spectral Efficiency of Multi-User Holographic MIMO Uplink Transmission
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15421–15434https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3429495With antenna spacing much less than half a wavelength in confined space, holographic multiple-input multiple-output (HMIMO) technology presents a promising frontier in next-generation mobile communication. We delve into the research of the multi-user ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Statistical Delay and Error-Rate Bounded QoS Provisioning for AoI-Driven 6G Satellite- Terrestrial Integrated Networks Using FBC
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15540–15554https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3430836As one of the pivotal enablers for 6G, satellite-terrestrial integrated networks have emerged as a solution to provide extensive connectivity and comprehensive 3D coverage across the spatial-aerial-terrestrial domains to cater to the specific requirements ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Sense-Then-Train: An Active-Sensing-Based Beam Training Design for Near-Field MIMO Systems
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15525–15539https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3430817An active-sensing-based sense-then-train (STT) scheme is proposed for beam training in near-field multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Compared to conventional codebook-based schemes, the proposed STT scheme is capable of not only addressing the ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Graph Learning-Based Cooperative Spectrum Sensing With Corrupted RSSs in Spectrum-Heterogeneous Cognitive Radio Networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15447–15461https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3430097Spatiotemporal spectrum sensing of multiple primary users (PUs) sharing the same channels with unknown and irregular coverage presents significant challenges. The receive signal strength (RSS) levels at secondary users (SUs) vary greatly due to path ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Path Loss Estimation by Solving Electromagnetic Integral Equations
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15380–15393https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3429196Accurately and efficiently modeling wireless channels, especially estimating path loss value, is crucial to wireless system design and performance optimization. This paper proposes a knowledge and data jointly driven path loss estimation method named ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Performance Analysis of IRS-Assisted Networks With Product-Distance
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15367–15379https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3429194In intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted networks, most works select collaborative IRS only based on the nearest distance without considering the joint influence of double path loss. This paper proposes a tractable model of product-distance ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Concrete Feedback Layers: Variable-Length, Bit-Level CSI Feedback Optimization for FDD Wireless Communication Systems
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15353–15366https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3428863In this work, we present the innovative Concrete Feedback Layers, designed to enable genuine bit-level, end-to-end Channel State Information (CSI) feedback using deep learning techniques. Overcoming the limitations of traditional discrete operations that ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Multi-Objective Optimization-Based Waveform Design for Multi-User and Multi-Target MIMO-ISAC Systems
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15339–15352https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3428705Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) opens up new service possibilities for sixth-generation (6G) systems, where both communication and sensing (C&S) functionalities co-exist by sharing the same hardware platform and radio resource. In this ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Downlink and Uplink NOMA-ISAC With Signal Alignment
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15322–15338https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3428702Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) surpasses the conventional frequency-division sensing and communications (FDSAC) in terms of spectrum, energy, and hardware efficiency, with potential for greater enhancement through integration of non-...
- research-articleJuly 2024
Joint Uplink and Downlink Robust Transmission for Cell-Free Networks
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15308–15321https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3428486This paper investigates the joint uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) robust transmission design for cell-free networks. The total data amount of the UL and DL transmissions is maximized in the presence of the statistical channel state information error by ...
- research-articleJuly 2024
MIMO-NOMA Enabled Sectorized Cylindrical Massive Antenna Array for HAPS With Spatially Correlated Channels
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (TWC), Volume 23, Issue 10_Part_3Pages 15155–15168https://doi.org/10.1109/TWC.2024.3426521The high altitude platform station (HAPS) technology is garnering significant interest as a viable technology for serving as base stations in communication networks. However, HAPS faces the challenge of high spatial correlation among adjacent users’...