Near-field Communications: What Will be Different?

June 27, 2024 11:00 AM Singapore (Registration starts at 10:50 AM)

Abstract

In this talk, the design dilemma of “What will be different between near-field communications (NFC) and far-field communications (FFC)?” is discussed from four perspectives. (1) From the channel modelling perspective, the differences between near-field and far-field channel models are discussed. (2) From the performance analysis perspective, analytical results for characterizing the degrees of freedom and the power scaling laws in the near-field region are provided. (3) From the beamforming perspective, the features of far-field beamsteering and near-field beamfocusing are compared. A couple of new beamforming structures for NFC are also introduced. (4) From the application perspective, several new designs are discussed in the context of promising next-generation technologies in NFC. Finally, research opportunities and problem are discussed.

About the Speaker

Yuanwei Liu is an Associate Professor with the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London. His research interests include non-orthogonal multiple access, reconfigurable intelligent surface, near field communications, integrated sensing and communications, and machine learning. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, a Fellow of AAIA, a Web of Science Highly Cited Researcher, an IEEE ComSoc and VTS Distinguished Lecturer, the rapporteur of ETSI Industry Specification Group on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces work item 6, and the UK representative for the URSI Commission C. He was listed as one of 35 Innovators Under 35 China in 2022 by MIT Technology Review. He received several personal awards and best paper awards from IEEE.

(More information: https://www.eecs.qmul.ac.uk/~yuanwei/index.html)

Yuanwei Liu (Queen Mary University of London) - Near-field Communications: What Will be Different?

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