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View article: Design and optimization of a Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication system for reliable outdoor connectivity in hospital departments in Malta
Design and optimization of a Free-Space Optical (FSO) communication system for reliable outdoor connectivity in hospital departments in Malta Open
Background Modern healthcare facilities face the challenge of ensuring secure, high-speed, and interference-free communication across hospital campuses. In Maltese hospitals, electromagnetic interference (EMI) from RF systems and the high…
View article: Low complexity hybrid algorithm for improving PAPR BER and PSD in OTFS under diverse channel conditions
Low complexity hybrid algorithm for improving PAPR BER and PSD in OTFS under diverse channel conditions Open
View article: LSTM-based equalizer with multi-head attention and gating mechanism for 2×2 MIMO photonics-assisted THz wireless system
LSTM-based equalizer with multi-head attention and gating mechanism for 2×2 MIMO photonics-assisted THz wireless system Open
View article: Enhancing underwater acoustic orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based channel estimation: a robust convolution-recurrent neural network framework with dynamic signal decomposition
Enhancing underwater acoustic orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based channel estimation: a robust convolution-recurrent neural network framework with dynamic signal decomposition Open
Introduction Underwater acoustic (UWA) communication systems confront significant challenges due to the unique, dynamic, and unpredictable nature of acoustic channels, which are impacted by low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), severe multipath…
View article: Optimal Bit Detection in Thermal Noise Communication Systems Under Rician Fading
Optimal Bit Detection in Thermal Noise Communication Systems Under Rician Fading Open
Thermal noise communication (TNC) enables ultra-low-power wireless links for Internet of Things (IoT) devices by modulating the variance of thermal noise, rather than using active carriers. Existing analyses often rely on Gaussian approxim…
View article: Quantum key distribution over a three-user fiber network with passive optical circulator
Quantum key distribution over a three-user fiber network with passive optical circulator Open
We report the implementation of a quantum key distribution (QKD) system over a three-user fiber-optic network using a passive circulator-based hub built from of 3-port optical circulators. This network topology enables secure key exchange …
View article: Babai-guided Interference-aware Adaptive QRD-M Detection in MIMO-OFDM Communication Systems
Babai-guided Interference-aware Adaptive QRD-M Detection in MIMO-OFDM Communication Systems Open
This paper presents an adaptive QRD-M detection algorithm designed to reduce the computational complexity of MIMO systems while maintaining near-maximum likelihood detection (near-MLD) performance. The proposed method introduces a dynamic …
View article: Blind Turbo Demodulation for Differentially Encoded OFDM with 2D Trellis Decomposition
Blind Turbo Demodulation for Differentially Encoded OFDM with 2D Trellis Decomposition Open
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)-like systems employ differentially encoded (DE) phase-shift keying (PSK) for transmission. While turbo-DE-PSK receivers offer substantial performance gains through iterative decoding by making the DE-PSK an…
View article: Practical measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with two-way classical communication
Practical measurement-device-independent quantum key distribution with two-way classical communication Open
The data post-processing scheme based on two-way classical communication(TWCC) can improve the tolerable bit error rate and expand the secure transmission distance when used in QKD system. In this paper, we demonstrate a significant improv…
View article: SIR Analysis for Affine Filter Bank Modulation
SIR Analysis for Affine Filter Bank Modulation Open
The signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) of the Affine Filter Bank Modulation (AFBM) waveform is analyzed under minimum mean square error (MMSE) equalization in two domains; namely, the affine domain and the filtered time-domain (TD). Due to…
View article: CSI Prediction Frameworks for Enhanced 5G Link Adaptation: Performance-Complexity Trade-offs
CSI Prediction Frameworks for Enhanced 5G Link Adaptation: Performance-Complexity Trade-offs Open
Accurate and timely channel state information (CSI) is fundamental for efficient link adaptation. However, challenges such as channel aging, user mobility, and feedback delays significantly impact the performance of adaptive modulation and…
View article: Unified Performance Analysis of Free-Space Optical Systems over Dust-Induced Fading Channels
Unified Performance Analysis of Free-Space Optical Systems over Dust-Induced Fading Channels Open
Free-space optical (FSO) communication systems offer fiber-like bandwidth, high security, and rapid deployment; however, their performance is highly susceptible to atmospheric impairments, such as dust storms, which can cause fading that d…
View article: Joint Bit-Partitioning and Modulation Design for Digital AirComp
Joint Bit-Partitioning and Modulation Design for Digital AirComp Open
For digital over-the-air computation, the ChannelComp framework has recently been proposed to design digital modulations to compute any arbitrary function over a multiple access channel. To reduce modulation design complexity while increas…
View article: Bit Error Rate (BER) Performance of Various Digital Modulation Schemes in Three User NOMA Using SIC Under Rayleigh Fading Channel
Bit Error Rate (BER) Performance of Various Digital Modulation Schemes in Three User NOMA Using SIC Under Rayleigh Fading Channel Open
This paper analyzes the bit error rate (BER) execution of downlink non-symmetrical various access networks for binary phase shift keying adjustment and quadrature phase shift keying regulation. BER is determined for every client under adde…
View article: AI/ML based Joint Source and Channel Coding for HARQ-ACK Payload
AI/ML based Joint Source and Channel Coding for HARQ-ACK Payload Open
Channel coding from 2G to 5G has assumed the inputs bits at the physical layer to be uniformly distributed. However, hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) bits transmitted in the uplink are inherently non-uniformly dis…
View article: White-Box Modeling of V2X Link Performance Using Stabilized Symbolic Regression
White-Box Modeling of V2X Link Performance Using Stabilized Symbolic Regression Open
Reliable modeling of block error rate in vehicle-to-everything wireless networks is critical for designing robust communication systems under dynamic mobility and diverse channel conditions. Traditional machine learning approaches, such as…
View article: White-Box Modeling of V2X Link Performance Using Stabilized Symbolic Regression
White-Box Modeling of V2X Link Performance Using Stabilized Symbolic Regression Open
Reliable modeling of block error rate in vehicle-to-everything wireless networks is critical for designing robust communication systems under dynamic mobility and diverse channel conditions. Traditional machine learning approaches, such as…
View article: Increasing the Capacity in NG-PON Using QPSK, 4-QAM, and 8-QAM Modulation Formats
Increasing the Capacity in NG-PON Using QPSK, 4-QAM, and 8-QAM Modulation Formats Open
This work demonstrates the potential of a dual-polarized multilevel modulation format with coherent detection (CD) to maximize the spectral efficiency to meet the demand of the next-generation passive optical network (NG-PON). Maximizing c…
View article: Experimental design and performance evaluation of a solar panel-based visible light communication system for greenhouse applications
Experimental design and performance evaluation of a solar panel-based visible light communication system for greenhouse applications Open
This paper presents the design, implementation, and experimental evaluation of a visible light communication (VLC) system using a small solar panel with a custom signal-conditioning circuit as an optical receiver in a greenhouse environmen…
View article: Orthogonal Chirp Delay-Doppler Division Multiplexing (CDDM) Modulation for High Mobility Communications
Orthogonal Chirp Delay-Doppler Division Multiplexing (CDDM) Modulation for High Mobility Communications Open
This paper proposes a novel multi-carrier modulation framework for high-mobility communication scenarios. Our key idea lies in spreading data symbols across the delay-Doppler (DD) domain through orthogonal chirp-Zak transform (CZT). To ena…
View article: Orthogonal Chirp Delay-Doppler Division Multiplexing (CDDM) Modulation for High Mobility Communications
Orthogonal Chirp Delay-Doppler Division Multiplexing (CDDM) Modulation for High Mobility Communications Open
This paper proposes a novel multi-carrier modulation framework for high-mobility communication scenarios. Our key idea lies in spreading data symbols across the delay-Doppler (DD) domain through orthogonal chirp-Zak transform (CZT). To ena…
View article: Fluid Antenna System-Enabled UAV-to-Ground Communications
Fluid Antenna System-Enabled UAV-to-Ground Communications Open
Fluid antenna systems (FAS) have emerged as a revolutionary technology offering enhanced spatial diversity within a compact form factor. Concurrently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are integral to future networks, necessitating channel m…
View article: Fluid Antenna System-Enabled UAV-to-Ground Communications
Fluid Antenna System-Enabled UAV-to-Ground Communications Open
Fluid antenna systems (FAS) have emerged as a revolutionary technology offering enhanced spatial diversity within a compact form factor. Concurrently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are integral to future networks, necessitating channel m…
View article: Expanding the Use of Deep Learning for Classification and Control of Congestion in High Band-High BER TCP/IP Networks
Expanding the Use of Deep Learning for Classification and Control of Congestion in High Band-High BER TCP/IP Networks Open
Current research proves the gains that Deep Learning Neural Networks, especially the Multilayer Perceptron (MLP), Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM), and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) architectures, applied to Congestion Control(CC) can ge…
View article: Safe image transmission with hybrid quantum key-genetic encryption via spatial modulation assisted NOMA
Safe image transmission with hybrid quantum key-genetic encryption via spatial modulation assisted NOMA Open
This manuscript presents a secure and spectrally efficient Spatial Modulation (SM)-based Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access (NOMA) system for two-user downlink 5G wireless communication. The proposed SM-NOMA shows significant improvements in s…
View article: Revealing computation-communication trade-off in Segmented Pinching Antenna System (PASS)
Revealing computation-communication trade-off in Segmented Pinching Antenna System (PASS) Open
A joint communication and computation (JCC) framework using segmented pinching antenna system (PASS) is proposed, where both the communication bit streams and computation data are simultaneously transmitted via uplink communications. The s…
View article: Revealing computation-communication trade-off in Segmented Pinching Antenna System (PASS)
Revealing computation-communication trade-off in Segmented Pinching Antenna System (PASS) Open
A joint communication and computation (JCC) framework using segmented pinching antenna system (PASS) is proposed, where both the communication bit streams and computation data are simultaneously transmitted via uplink communications. The s…
View article: Deep Learning Empowered Signal Detection for Spatial Modulation Communication Systems
Deep Learning Empowered Signal Detection for Spatial Modulation Communication Systems Open
Index modulation (IM) has attracted increasing research attention in recent years. Spatial modulation (SM) as a popular IM scheme is effective to increase spectral efficiency using the antenna index to transmit extra information bits. It c…
View article: Quantum-Enhanced Quickest Change Detection of Transmission Loss
Quantum-Enhanced Quickest Change Detection of Transmission Loss Open
Augmenting a train of bright phase-modulated laser-light pulses of a coherent communications system with infinitesimally small quantum photons per pulse -- entangled across several time bins -- prepared by splitting squeezed light in a tem…
View article: Symmetrical Pulse Shape Optimization for Low-Complexity RedCap Devices in Industrial Multipath Channels
Symmetrical Pulse Shape Optimization for Low-Complexity RedCap Devices in Industrial Multipath Channels Open
Wireless communications in industrial environments are challenged by severe multipath propagation, which causes significant signal distortion. Conventional mitigation techniques, such as complex equalizers, are unsuitable as they contradic…