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Rank-Aware Link Adaptation for XR Tethering Groups with Realistic Tethering Link: A Multi-Offset OLLA Framework

Muhammad Ahsen, Boyan Yanakiev, Claudio Rosa, Ramoni Adeogun · 2026

We investigate higher-rank transmissions for multi-connected Extended Reality (XR) devices enabled through tethering group (TGr), in which a nearby tethering User Equipment (UE) cooperates with an XR …

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DUSG-Tomo-Net: A Deep Unfolded Neural Network for Super-Resolving Gridless Spaceborne SAR Tomography via Learned Toeplitz-Structured Covariance Representation

Kun Qian, Zhuge Xia, Qian Ma, Qi Zhang, Weijian Liu, Xiufeng He · 2026

Synthetic aperture radar tomography (TomoSAR) enables 3-D imaging by exploiting multibaseline acquisitions and has become an important tool for urban mapping. To achieve super-resolution inversion, sp…

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Phase-Field Peridynamics

Kai Partmann, Christian Wieners, Michael Ortiz, Kerstin Weinberg · 2026

Peridynamics formulates the balance of linear momentum as an integro-differential equation, making it naturally suited for fracture modeling without special treatment of discontinuities. The bond-asso…

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Joint Range-Angle Estimation in Near-Field ISAC System using Uniform Circular Array

Lorenzo Zaniboni, Mark F. Flanagan · 2026

This paper studies joint range-angle estimation and communication in the NF ISAC systems, where the BS serves a single UE whose position is simultaneously estimated via monostatic sensing. Unlike the …

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3D User Localization for Planar Arrays in LoS Near- and Far-Fields via Summed Phase Differences

Sergey Isaev, Nikola Zlatanov · 2026

This paper presents a phase-difference-based scheme for three-dimensional (3D) line-of-sight (LoS) user localization using a uniform planar array (UPA), applicable to both near-field and far-field reg…

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Terahertz Beam Squint Mitigation via Six-Dimensional Movable Antennas

Yike Xie, Weidong Mei, Dong Wang, Yingqi Wen, Zhi Chen, Jun Fang, Wei Guo, Boyu Ning · 2026

Analog beamforming holds great potential for future terahertz (THz) communications due to its ability to generate high-gain directional beams with low-cost phase shifters. However, conventional analog…

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Near-Field Channel Estimation for mmWave/THz Communications with Extremely Large-Scale UPAs

Yiming Chen, Hongwei Wang, Lingxiang Li, Zhi Chen · 2026

Extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs) are widely adopted in mmWave/THz communications to compensate for the severe path loss, wherein the channel estimation remains a significant challenge since the …

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Airy Beam Engineering in Near-field Communications: A Tractable Closed-Form Analysis in the Terahertz Band

Wenqi Zhao, Chong Han, Emil Bjornson · 2026

Terahertz (THz) communication can offer terabit-per-second rates in future wireless systems, thanks to the ultra-wide bandwidths, but require large antenna arrays. As antenna apertures expand and we e…

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Array Geometry-Centric Axial Sidelobe Interference Analysis for Near-Field Multi-User MIMO

Ahmed Hussain, Asmaa Abdallah, Abdulkadir Celik, Ahmed M. Eltawil · 2026

With the deployment of large antenna arrays at high-frequency bands, future wireless communication systems are likely to operate in the radiative near-field (NF). Unlike far-field beam steering, NF be…

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Spatial Degrees of Freedom in Near Field MIMO: Experimental Validation of Beamspace Perspective

Ahmed Hussain, Asmaa Abdallah, Ahmed Nasser, Abdulkadir Celik, Ahmed M. Eltawil · 2026

Conventional far-field multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels are limited to a single spatial degree of freedom (DoF) under a line-of-sight (LoS) condition. In contrast, the radiative near fie…

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Analyzing URA Geometry for Enhanced Near-Field Beamfocusing and Spatial Degrees of Freedom

Ahmed Hussain, Asmaa Abdallah, Abdulkadir Celik, Emil Bjornson, Ahmed M. Eltawil · 2026

With the deployment of large antenna arrays at high-frequency bands, future wireless communication systems are likely to operate in the radiative near-field. Unlike far-field beam steering, near-field…

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Cross-Pilot Superposition for Fractional Parameter Estimation in DoA-Aided OTFS Receivers

Mauro Marchese, Pietro Savazzi · 2026

In this letter, a novel superimposed pilot scheme is proposed for channel estimation in multi-antenna orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) receivers. Under the assumption of a large uniform linear a…

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TIC-VLA: A Think-in-Control Vision-Language-Action Model for Robot Navigation in Dynamic Environments

Zhiyu Huang, Yun Zhang, Johnson Liu, Rui Song, Chen Tang, Jiaqi Ma · 2026

Robots in dynamic, human-centric environments must follow language instructions while maintaining real-time reactive control. Vision-language-action (VLA) models offer a promising framework, but they …

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Task-Based Adaptive Transmit Beamforming for Efficient Ultrasound Quantification

Oisin Nolan, Wessel L. van Nierop, Louis D. van Harten, Tristan S.W. Stevens, Ruud J.G. van Sloun · 2026

Wireless and wearable ultrasound devices promise to enable continuous ultrasound monitoring, but power consumption and data throughput remain critical challenges. Reducing the number of transmit event…

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Misspecified Crame-Rao Bound for AoA Estimation at a ULA under a Spoofing Attack

Sotiris Skaperas, Arsenia Chorti · 2025

A framework is presented for analyzing the impact of active attacks to location-based physical layer authentication (PLA) using the machinery of misspecified Cram\'er--Rao bound (MCRB). In this work, …

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XR Capacity Enhancement through Multi-Connected XR Tethering Groups

Muhammad Ahsen, Boyan Yanakiev, Claudio Rosa, Ramoni Adeogun · 2025

Extended Reality (XR) applications have limited capacity in 5th generation-advanced (5G-A) cellular networks due to high throughput requirements coupled with strict latency and high reliability constr…

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Cost-Effective XL-MIMO Communication with Cylinder Directly-Connected Antenna Array

Xuancheng Zhu, Zhiwen Zhou, Zhenjun Dong, Yong Zeng · 2025

Extremely large-scale multi-input multi-output (XL-MIMO) is a promising technology for the sixth generation (6G) wireless networks, thanks to its superior spatial resolution and beamforming gains. In …

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Commanding Humanoid by Free-form Language: A Large Language Action Model with Unified Motion Vocabulary

Zhirui Liu, Kaiyang Ji, Ke Yang, Jingyi Yu, Ye Shi, Jingya Wang · 2025

Enabling humanoid robots to follow free-form language commands is critical for seamless human-robot interaction, collaborative task execution, and general-purpose embodied intelligence. While recent a…

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Performance Bounds for Near-Field Velocity Estimation with Modular Linear Array

Khalid A. Alshumayri, Mudassir Masood, Ali. A. Nasir · 2025

Velocity estimation is a cornerstone of the recently introduced near-field predictive beamforming. This paper derives the Cramer-Rao bounds (CRBs) for joint radial and transverse velocity estimation w…

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TRACE: Textual Reasoning for Affordance Coordinate Extraction

Sangyun Park, Jin Kim, Yuchen Cui, Matthew S. Brown · 2025

Vision-Language Models (VLMs) struggle to translate high-level instructions into the precise spatial affordances required for robotic manipulation. While visual Chain-of-Thought (CoT) methods exist, t…

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