Wireless Communications and Symmetries
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Computer".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 1164
Special Issue Editors
Interests: RIS-assisted MIMO systems; index modulatio; multiuser detection; media-based modulation; IA
Interests: machine learning applied; fingerprint and palm vein biometrics; visible light systems (LiFi); OFDM-based systems
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Dear Colleagues,
The unprecedented growth of data traffic, driven by the proliferation of connected devices and bandwidth-intensive applications, has accelerated the development of next-generation wireless communication systems. These systems are required to simultaneously satisfy stringent performance constraints, including ultra-high spectral efficiency, massive connectivity, ultra-low latency, high reliability, enhanced security and energy-efficient operation.
To address these challenges, modern wireless communication architectures rely on the tight integration of multiple advanced technologies, including massive and cell-free MIMO, integrated sensing and communication schemes and Artificial Intelligence-driven networks to modern networks such as The Internet of Things and the Internet of Everything, vehicular-to-everything and unmanned aerial vehicle communications.
By leveraging spatial, temporal, frequency and statistical symmetries, wireless systems can achieve significantly enhanced performance in terms of capacity, interference mitigation and energy efficiency. Symmetry principles arise naturally in antenna array configurations, channel models, modulation and coding schemes, multi-user transmission strategies and resource allocation mechanisms.
This Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive forum for original research contributions that investigate the theoretical foundations, algorithmic frameworks and practical implementations of symmetry-aware wireless communication systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Symmetry-aware design and analysis of MIMO, massive MIMO and cell-free MIMO communication systems.
- Exploitation of spatial, temporal and statistical symmetries in next-generation wireless communication networks.
- Symmetry in Artificial Intelligence-assisted and learning-based wireless communication systems, including model-driven and data-driven approaches.
- Symmetric and asymmetric transmission strategies in non-terrestrial networks, including satellite communications and unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted systems.
- Physical-layer security and symmetry.
- Symmetry-based optimization and resource allocation schemes for wireless networks, including power control, beamforming and scheduling.
Dr. Francisco R. Castillo-Soria
Dr. David Zabala-Blanco
Prof. Dr. Jose Alberto Del Puerto Flores
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- artificial intelligence-assisted wireless communications
- 6G
- V2V/V2X communications
- integrated sensing and communications
- unmanned aerial vehicle communications
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