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Submission Deadline: 31 December 2023

Aims & Scope: Advanced Beam-Forming Antennas for Beyond 5G and 6G

The beyond 5G and 6G wireless systems are on the verge of transforming into globally connected networks that boast significantly increased data rates, unparalleled spectral efficiency, and unprecedented intelligence levels to support various emerging applications, such as integrated space-air-ground-sea networks, autonomous driving, holographic communications, and virtual reality. These systems rely on underlying high-quality wireless links, where advanced beam-forming antennas are anticipated to play a pivotal role as key enablers. Conventional beam-forming antennas, such as fully digital beam-forming arrays, are often associated with exorbitant costs and energy consumption. To this end, our special section will focus on the cutting-edge science and technologies of beam-forming antennas for beyond 5G and 6G systems, attracting and connecting the world’s foremost researchers and experts and sharing their latest research findings and advancements. This section will tackle several critical and essential challenges to develop high-performing, cost-effective and energy-efficient green beam-forming antenna technologies.

Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

• Low-cost beam-forming antennas
• Adaptive and smart antennas
• Multibeam antennas
• Wide-angle beam scanning antennas
• Energy-efficient phased array antennas
• Fast array synthesis algorithms
• Millimeter-wave and terahertz antennas
• High-performing reconfigurable antennas
• Machine-learning-based antennas and arrays
• Traveling-wave antennas
• Reconfigurable intelligent surface
• Base-station and smartphone antennas

Keywords:

1. Adaptive/smart antennas
2. Beam-forming antennas
3. Beam scanning/steering
4. Multibeam antennas
5. Reconfigurable antennas

Lead Guest Editors:

Shu-Lin Chen
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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Dongze Zheng
Southeast University, China
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Geng-Bo Wu
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Guest Editors:

Y. Jay Guo
University of Technology Sydney, Australia
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Ke Wu
Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
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Chi Hou Chan
City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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