2024 Journal Issues December 10, 2024
Special Issue: Next-Generation Multiple Access
Volume 112, Issue 9
September 2024
Guest Editors
Special Issue Papers
By Y. Liu, Z. Ding, and R. Schober
By Y. Liu, C. Ouyang, Z. Ding, and R. Schober
This article provides a comprehensive tutorial overview on representative multiple-access techniques as well as highlights open issues and opportunities for next-generation multiple access.
By E. A. Jorswieck
This article provides a comprehensive tutorial of the current set of network architectures for wireless access together with next-generation multiple-access technologies.
By H. Jafarkhani, H. Maleki, and M. Vaezi
This article provides a comprehensive tutorial of the current set of network architectures for wireless access together with next-generation multiple-access technologies.
By G. Liva and Y. Polyanskiy
This article provides a tutorial introduction to unsourced multiple access (UMAC), including historical progress, basic UMAC frameworks, emerging UMAC coding architectures, and 5GNR standards.
By Z. Wei et al.
This article provides a tutorial on the resource allocation design associated with next-generation multiple access, where efficient mathematical optimization methods are discussed with case studies.
By X. Cao et al.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of artificial-intelligence-empowered multiple-access techniques, including spectrum sensing, protocol design, and protocol optimization.
By B. E. Y. Belmekki and M. -S. Alouini
This article discusses the synergistic integration and interplay between nonterrestrial networks and nonorthogonal multiple access for next-generation multiple access.
By X. Mu, J. Xu, Z. Wang, and N. Al-Dhahir
This article provides a comprehensive review of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting surfaces and their promising employments in next-generation multiple access.
By M. Mohammadi, Z. Mobini, H. Quoc Ngo, and M. Matthaiou
This article provides a comprehensive overview of the benefits of cell-free massive multiple-input–multiple-output in different use case scenarios for next-generation multiple access.
By L. Lv et al.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art research results on physical layer security techniques for nonorthogonal multiple access to achieve safeguarding next-generation multiple access.
By Y. Liu et al.
This article discusses the development of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) from the multiple-access viewpoint, i.e., from orthogonal transmission strategies to nonorthogonal ones over different resource domains.
By N. G. Evgenidis et al.
This article provides a comprehensive overview of next-generation multiple access in the context of communication and computation with two design goals, namely integrated resource communication efficiency and integrated resource distributed computing efficiency.
By C. Ouyang et al.
This article provides a tutorial-based primer on near-field communications with a particular focus on multiuser communications and multiple access.