Advanced MIMO Antenna Technologies for Intelligent Sensing Networks
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 603
Special Issue Editors
Interests: ISAC; massive MIMO; 6G system design
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Interests: security of communication systems; broadband wireless ad hoc networks; UAV communication systems
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The integration of sensing and communication is expected to play a central role in future wireless systems. Antenna technologies, in this context, are required not only to support data transmission but also to enable environmental awareness, localization, and imaging. This Special Issue is dedicated to research on Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) antenna architectures addressing these combined requirements. Contributions may include work on the use of massive MIMO for target detection, as well as studies on fluid antennas that offer flexible beamforming in dynamic environments. Other topics of interest are methods for reducing signaling overhead in joint communication and sensing (JC&S) systems, solutions for radio-to-fiber interfaces supporting distributed antenna deployments, and signal processing approaches for data fusion. This Special Issue will provide a broad overview of current advances in hardware and algorithms for MIMO-based sensing networks, with potential applications in areas such as smart cities, autonomous systems, and industrial IoT.
Dr. Jose F. Monserrat
Prof. Dr. Lin Bai
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- massive MIMO
- fluid antennas
- reduced signaling
- radio-to-fiber interfaces
- joint communication and sensing (JC&S)
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