Wireless Communications

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Wireless communications studies how transmitters and receivers exchange information despite noise, interference, mobility, and limited spectrum and power. Physical-layer work develops channel estimation, beamforming, modulation, coding, and signal detection, using tools such as ray tracing, deep learning, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces. At the network level, researchers use optimization, bandits, and reinforcement learning for scheduling, routing, handover, and resource allocation across cellular, Wi-Fi, satellite, and UAV systems; newer work also explores integrated sensing and communication and semantic transmission. Results are tested in standards-based channel simulations, ray-traced environments, and real testbeds, but generalization across hardware and settings, deployment cost, and the gap between simulated and operational performance remain central challenges.

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403 papers40 papers in the last four weeks, down 17% on the four weeks before. 0.2% of all new papers.

  1. Rateless DeepJSCC for Broadcast Channels: a Rate-Distortion-Complexity Tradeoff

    Mar 23, 2026Zijun Qin, Jingxuan Huang, Zesong Fei +3Joint Source-Channel CodingUnequal Error Protection

    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong S.A.R., China · School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China · School of Cyberspace Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

  2. Learning to Optimize Joint Source and RIS-assisted Channel Encoding for Multi-User Semantic Communication Systems

    Mar 22, 2026Haidong Wang, Songhan Zhao, Bo Gu +3Joint Source-Channel CodingSemantic Communication

    School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Hong Kong, HongKong, SAR, China · Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, York University, Canada

  3. Hetero-Net: An Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation and 3D Placement in Heterogeneous LoRa Networks via Multi-Agent Optimization

    Mar 20, 2026Abdullahi Isa Ahmed, Ana Maria Drăgulinescu, El Mehdi AmhoudWireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    College of Computing, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), Benguerir, Morocco. · Telecommunications Department, Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.

  4. Antenna Array Beamforming Based on a Hybrid Quantum Optimization Framework

    Mar 20, 2026Shuai ZengWireless Communications

    Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China

  5. Model-Driven Learning-Based Physical Layer Authentication for Mobile Wi-Fi Devices

    Mar 20, 2026Yijia Guo, Junqing Zhang, Yao-Win Peter Hong +1Wireless Communications

    School of Computer Science and Informatics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3DR, United Kingdom · Institute of Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300044 · Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

  6. Channel Prediction-Based Physical Layer Authentication under Consecutive Spoofing Attacks

    Mar 20, 2026Yijia Guo, Junqing Zhang, Yao-Win Peter HongChannel State PredictionWireless Communications

    School of Computer Science and Informatics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3DR, United Kingdom · Institute of Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 300044

  7. ML-Based Real-Time Downlink Performance Prediction in Standalone 5G NR Using Smartphones

    Mar 19, 2026Md Mahfuzur Rahman, Jareen Shuva, Nishith Tripathi +2Wireless Communications

  8. Bridging Network Fragmentation: A Semantic-Augmented DRL Framework for UAV-aided VANETs

    Mar 19, 2026Gaoxiang Cao, Wenke Yuan, Huasen He +4Intelligent Transportation SystemsWireless Communications

    Department of Automation, University of Science & Technology of China

  9. Auto-Unrolled Proximal Gradient Descent: An AutoML Approach to Interpretable Waveform Optimization

    Mar 18, 2026Ahmet KaplanDeep UnfoldingWireless Communications

  10. Bringing Network Coding into Multi-Robot Systems: Interplay Study for Autonomous Systems over Wireless Communications

    Mar 18, 2026Anil Zaher, Kiril Solovey, Alejandro CohenMulti-Robot SystemsMulti-Robot Coordination

    Viterbi Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

  11. msData: A Millisecond-Resolution Network Dataset for Advancing Time Series Foundation Models

    Mar 17, 2026Subina Khanal, Seshu Tirupathi, Merim Dzaferagic +2Wireless Local Area NetworksTime-Series Foundation Models

    Department of Computer Science Aalborg University · IBM Research, Ireland · Trinity College Dublin

  12. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Counteracts Delayed CSI in Multi-Satellite Systems

    Mar 17, 2026Marios Aristodemou, Yasaman Omid, Sangarapillai Lambotharan +2Wireless CommunicationsProximal Policy Optimization

    Department of Computer Science, University of York, York, U.K. · Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, U.K. · Institute for Digital Technologies, Loughborough University (London Campus), London, U.K. +1

  13. Toward Experimentation-as-a-Service in 5G/6G: The Plaza6G Prototype for AI-Assisted Trials

    Mar 17, 2026Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz, Marc Carrascosa-Zamacois, Horacio Bleda +6Autonomous ExperimentationWireless Communications

    Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC/CERCA), Barcelona, Spain

  14. A General Deep Learning Framework for Wireless Resource Allocation under Discrete Constraints

    Mar 17, 2026Yikun Wang, Yang Li, Yik-Chung Wu +1Wireless Resource AllocationWireless Communications

    Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong · School of Computing and Information Technology, Great Bay University, Dongguan 523000, China · Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore

  15. Structure-Aware Multimodal LLM Framework for Trustworthy Near-Field Beam Prediction

    Mar 17, 2026Mengyuan Li, Qianfan Lu, Jiachen Tian +5Wireless Communications

    School of Information Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China · Institute of Communications Engineering, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung 804, Taiwan

  16. Joint Routing and Model Pruning for Decentralized Federated Learning in Bandwidth-Constrained Multi-Hop Wireless Networks

    Mar 16, 2026Xiaoyu He, Weicai Li, Tiejun Lv +1Federated LearningCommunication-Efficient Distributed Training

    School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China · Center for Target Cognition Information Processing Science and Technology, and the Key Laboratory of Modern Measurement and Control Technology, Ministry of Education, both at Beijing Information Science and Technology University, Beijing, China

  17. DeepOFW: Deep Learning-Driven OFDM-Flexible Waveform Modulation for Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction

    Mar 15, 2026Ran Greidi, Kobi CohenWireless Communications

    School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva 8410501 Israel.

  18. Association-Aware GNN for Precoder Learning in Cell-Free Systems

    Mar 13, 2026Mingyu Deng, Shengqian HanWireless Communications

    School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China

  19. A Learnable SIM Paradigm: Fundamentals, Training Techniques, and Applications

    Mar 13, 2026Hetong Wang, Yashuai Cao, Tiejun LvWireless CommunicationsReconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

    School of Information and Communication Engineering, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), Beijing 100876, China · School of Intelligence Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

  20. Agentic AI for Embodied-enhanced Beam Prediction in Low-Altitude Economy Networks

    Mar 12, 2026Min Hao, Zhizhuo Li, Zirui Zhang +3Millimeter-Wave CommunicationsWireless Communications

    School of Electronic Science and Engineering, South China Normal University, Foshan, China · School of Intelligent Engineering, Shaoguan university, Shaoguan, China · School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China

  21. FRIEND: Federated Learning for Joint Optimization of multi-RIS Configuration and Eavesdropper Intelligent Detection in B5G Networks

    Mar 11, 2026Maria Lamprini A. Bartsioka, Ioannis A. Bartsiokas, Anastasios K. Papazafeiropoulos +3Industrial Internet of ThingsWireless Communications

    Microwave and Fiber Optics Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechneiou str, Zografou 15780, Athens, Greece · Communications and Intelligent Systems Research Group, University of Hertfordshire, AL10 9AB Hatfield, U.K. · Intelligent Communications and Broadband Networks Laboratory, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Heroon Polytechneiou str, Zografou 15780, Athens, Greece

  22. Towards Intelligent Spectrum Management: Spectrum Demand Estimation Using Graph Neural Networks

    Mar 11, 2026Mohamad Alkadamani, Amir Ghasemi, Halim YanikomerogluHierarchical GNNsWireless Communications

    Communications Research Centre Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada · Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada

  23. AI-Enhanced Spatial Cellular Traffic Demand Prediction with Contextual Clustering and Error Correction for 5G/6G Planning

    Mar 11, 2026Mohamad Alkadamani, Colin Brown, Halim YanikomerogluTraffic ForecastingWireless Communications

    Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) · Carleton University · Communications Research Centre (CRC)

  24. AI-Enabled Data-driven Intelligence for Spectrum Demand Estimation

    Mar 10, 2026Colin Brown, Mohamad Alkadamani, Halim YanikomerogluWireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    Communications Research Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada · Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

  25. A Graph-Based Approach to Spectrum Demand Prediction Using Hierarchical Attention Networks

    Mar 10, 2026Mohamad Alkadamani, Halim Yanikomeroglu, Amir GhasemiWireless CommunicationsGraph Attention Networks

    Department of Data Science, Communications Research Centre Canada · Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University

  26. Why Channel-Centric Models are not Enough to Predict End-to-End Performance in Private 5G: A Measurement Campaign and Case Study

    Mar 9, 2026Nils JörgensenWireless CommunicationsRadio Propagation Modeling

    School of Industrial Engineering and Management, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

  27. Neural Precoding in Complex Projective Spaces

    Mar 8, 2026Zaid Abdullah, Merouane Debbah, Symeon Chatzinotas +1Wireless CommunicationsGeometric Representation Learning

    Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability, and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. · 6G Research Center, Khalifa University of Science and Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.

  28. Beam-aware Kernelized Contextual Bandits for User Association and Beamforming in mmWave Vehicular Networks

    Mar 8, 2026Xiaoyang He, Manabu TsukadaWireless CommunicationsWireless Resource Allocation

    Graduate School of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, China · Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Tokyo, Japan

  29. Machine Learning for the Internet of Underwater Things: From Fundamentals to Implementation

    Mar 8, 2026Kenechi Omeke, Attai Abubakar, Michael Mollel +3Internet of ThingsWireless Communications

    James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

  30. Learning to Reflect: Hierarchical Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for CSI-Free mmWave Beam-Focusing

    Mar 7, 2026Hieu Le, Oguz Bedir, Mostafa Ibrahim +2Millimeter-Wave CommunicationsWireless Communications

    Texas A&M University