Dear Colleague,

On behalf of the IEEE Sweden VT/COM/IT Chapter in collaboration with Chalmers University of Technology, we would like to invite you to the following IEEE Technical online seminar by Professor Angel Lozano, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain.

Title: Near-Field MIMO: An Old Theory Up to New Tricks

Time: 14:00-15:00 CET Fri Feb 2, 2024

Online Zoom: https://chalmers.zoom.us/j/66445884672?pwd=d2JpUHBRNE9Dc1hXbUhzREJGd0VMUT09 Password: 524672 (alternative connections below)

Local host: Prof. Henk Wymeersch, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, henkw@chalmers.se.

Abstract: We are in the midst of a tidal transformation in the conditions in which wireless systems operate, with a determined push towards much higher frequencies (today mmWave, tomorrow sub-terahertz), with shrinking transmission ranges, and with much denser antenna arrays. This is stretching, even breaking, time-honored modelling assumptions such as that of planar wavefronts over the arrays. And, once the local curvature of those wavefronts is nonnegligible, a new opportunity arises for spatial multiplexing without any need for scattering or for multipath components. Conveniently, spatial multiplexing can then rely on the line-of-sight propagation path or the strong specular reflections that tend to dominate at those high frequencies and over short ranges. This presentation dwells on the physical underpinnings of this phenomenon, on how it can be harnessed for communication purposes, and on its potential implications for future systems.

Biography: Angel Lozano received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1999, worked for Bell Labs (Lucent Technologies, now Nokia) between 1999 and 2008, and served as an adj. associate professor at Columbia University between 2005 and 2008. He is now a professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona. His papers have received several awards, including the 2009 Stephen O. Rice Prize, the 2016 Fred W. Ellersick Prize, and the 2016 Communications Society & Information Theory Society Joint Paper Award. He is also the recipient of a European Research Council Advanced Grant and a 2017 Highly Cited Author. He is the coauthor of the textbook Foundations of MIMO Communication, published by Cambridge University Press in 2019. He is an IEEE Fellow.

Welcome!

Best regards,
Tommy Svensson, IEEE VT/COM/IT Sweden Chapter

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