Physical Communication, Volume 44

Volume 44, February 2021

Special Section on Physical Layer Technologies for 6G Wireless Communications: Key Drivers and Research Challenges

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  Xiangyang Duan, Shaopeng Ao, Wanmei Feng, Jie Tang, Juncheng Hu:
  Joint 3D placement and multi-beam design for UAV-assisted wireless power transfer networks. 101234
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  Dongqian Wang, Jun Zhang, Qi Zhang, Hairong Wang:
  Intelligent reflecting surface-assisted secrecy wireless communication with imperfect CSI. 101235
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  Jalel Euchi, Abdeljawed Sadok:
  Hybrid genetic-sweep algorithm to solve the vehicle routing problem with drones. 101236
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  Oluwafemi Kolade, Mulundumina Shimaponda-Nawa, Daniel J. J. Versfeld, Ling Cheng:
  Optimization algorithms for improving the performance of permutation trellis codes. 101237
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  Yancheng Ji, Xiao Zhang, Wenfei Liu, Guoan Zhang:
  Replacement based content popularity and cache gain for 6G Content-Centric network. 101238

Special Section on Advanced Technologies for Multi-access Edge Computing

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  Tie Li, Junyou Yang, Dai Cui:
  Artificial-intelligence-based algorithms in multi-access edge computing for the performance optimization control of a benchmark microgrid. 101240

Special Section on Physical Layer Technologies for 6G Wireless Communications: Key Drivers and Research Challenges

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  Rong Dai, Yang Liu, Qin Wang, Yu Yu, Xin Guo:
  Channel estimation by reduced dimension decomposition for millimeter wave massive MIMO system. 101241
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  Hani H. Attar, Ahmad A. A. Solyman, Mohammad Reza Khosravi, Lianyong Qi, Mohammad Alhihi, Pooya Tavallali:
  Bit and Packet Error Rate evaluations for Half-Cycle stage cooperation on 6G wireless networks. 101249

Special Section on Artificial Intelligence for Physical Layer Wireless Communications

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  Guangwei Qing, Huifang Wang, Tingping Zhang:
  Radio frequency fingerprinting identification for Zigbee via lightweight CNN. 101250
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  Kailin Cao, Ting Hu, Zishuo Li, Guoshuai Zhao, Xueming Qian:
  Deep multi-task learning model for time series prediction in wireless communication. 101251
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  Debashis Chakraborty, Salil Kumar Sanyal:
  Time-series data optimized AR/ARMA model for frugal spectrum estimation in Cognitive Radio. 101252
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  Lantu Guo, Yan Zhang, Yue Li:
  An intelligent electromagnetic environment reconstruction method based on super-resolution generative adversarial network. 101253

Special Section on Special Issue on Ultra-Reliable, Low-Latency and Low-Power Transmissions in the Era of Internet of Things

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  Kang Song, Qingran Wang, Linning Peng, Chunguo Li, Xinzhen Wu:
  Secrecy energy efficiency optimization for DF relaying IoT systems with passive eavesdropping terminal. 101254
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  Adeiza James Onumanyi, Adnan M. Abu-Mahfouz, Gerhard P. Hancke:
  Amplitude quantization method for autonomous threshold estimation in self-reconfigurable cognitive radio systems. 101256

Special Section on Physical Layer Technologies for 6G Wireless Communications: Key Drivers and Research Challenges

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  Thanh-Luan Nguyen, Dinh-Thuan Do, Constandinos X. Mavromoustakis, George Mastorakis:
  Opportunistic user selection schemes for energy harvesting-aware cooperative NOMA. 101258