MAD: A Multimodal and Multi-perspective Affective Dataset with Hierarchical Annotations

The paper introduces MAD, a novel multimodal affective dataset featuring synchronized physiological signals (EEG, ECG, EOG, EMG, PPG, BCG) and tri-view RGB-D facial videos from 18 participants, accompanied by a hierarchical three-level annotation framework to facilitate comprehensive research in emotion recognition and cross-modal affective analysis.

Shengwei Guo, Yunqing Qiao, Wenzhan Zhang, Bo Liu, Yong Wang, Guobing SunMon, 09 Ma⚡ eess

A Retrieval-Assisted Framework for Wireless Localization

This paper proposes a unified retrieval-assisted framework for wireless localization that combines channel charting for efficient low-dimensional retrieval of reference points with a graph attention network to model inter-sample correlations, thereby achieving superior accuracy and scalability compared to existing similarity-based and learning-based methods.

Haoyu Huang, Guangjin Pan, Kaixuan Huang, Shunqing Zhang, Yuhao Zhang, Musa Furkan Keskin, Zheng Xing, Henk WymeerschMon, 09 Ma⚡ eess

Channel Estimation for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Assisted Upper Mid-Band MIMO Systems

This paper proposes a conditioning-aware channel estimation framework for RIS-assisted upper mid-band MIMO systems that overcomes severe spatial correlation and ill-conditioning in near-field propagation by transforming the high-dimensional problem into well-conditioned subproblems through greedy column grouping and piecewise phase design, thereby achieving robust performance without relying on sparsity assumptions.

Jeongjae Lee, Chanwon Kim, Songnam HongMon, 09 Ma⚡ eess

Ill-Posedness Analysis of CSI-Based Electromagnetic Inverse Scattering for Material Reconstruction in ISAC Systems

This paper analyzes the ill-posedness of CSI-based electromagnetic inverse scattering in ISAC systems by characterizing the coherence of scattering operators, proving that restricting the reconstruction to a Region of Interest (ROI) significantly improves conditioning and estimation bounds, and validating a corresponding ROI-constrained optimization framework through simulations.

Yubin Luo, Li Yu, Takumi Takahashi, Shaoyi Liu, Yuxiang Zhang, Jianhua Zhang, Hideki OchiaiMon, 09 Ma⚡ eess

In-Wave Computation Aided Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces in Next-Generation Networks: Challenges and Opportunities

This article reviews the state-of-the-art of stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) for in-wave computation in next-generation networks, highlighting their potential to jointly optimize communication, sensing, and processing while addressing current challenges in scalability, controllability, and robustness.

Mengbing Liu, Chau Yuen, Dusit Niyato, Bruno Clerckx, Lajos HanzoMon, 09 Ma⚡ eess

Cellular, Cell-less, and Everything in Between: A Unified Framework for Utility Region Analysis in Wireless Networks

This paper introduces a unified framework for analyzing wireless network utility regions based on the spectral radius of nonlinear mappings, offering a powerful mathematical tool to characterize feasible regions, derive tractable conditions for convexity, and optimize sum-rate maximization across cellular, cell-less, and hybrid architectures.

Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante, Tomasz Piotrowski, Slawomir StanczakMon, 09 Ma🔢 math

On the Tail Transition of First Arrival Position Channels: From Cauchy to Exponential Decay

This paper characterizes the transition of first arrival position channel noise from heavy-tailed Cauchy to exponentially decaying distributions under nonzero drift, identifying a characteristic propagation distance that delineates diffusion-dominated and drift-dominated regimes while demonstrating that Gaussian approximations fail to capture communication potential in low-drift environments.

Yen-Chi LeeMon, 09 Ma🔢 math

Unequal Error Protection for Digital Semantic Communication with Channel Coding

This paper proposes two novel unequal error protection frameworks for digital semantic communication that leverage learned bit-flip probabilities to assign heterogeneous reliability levels, demonstrating that partitioning semantic bits into short blocks with tailored channel codes significantly outperforms conventional equal-protection schemes in both task performance and transmission efficiency.

Seonjung Kim, Yongjeong Oh, Yongjune Kim, Namyoon Lee, Yo-Seb JeonMon, 09 Ma🔢 math

A Survey on Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces: Fundamentals, Recent Advances, and Challenges

This survey provides a comprehensive overview of stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs), detailing their physical principles, modeling frameworks, and hardware realizations while examining their role in enabling advanced 6G functionalities like wave-domain signal processing, integrated sensing, and cell-free networks, alongside identifying key challenges for future research.

Chandan Kumar Sheemar, Wali Ullah Khan, Sourabh Solanki, George C. Alexandropoulos, Symeon ChatzinotasMon, 09 Ma🔢 math

On the Secrecy Performance of Continuous-Aperture Arrays Over Fading Channels

This paper analyzes the secrecy performance of continuous-aperture array (CAPA) systems over Rayleigh fading channels, deriving theoretical expressions for secrecy rate and outage probability across single, multiple independent, and multiple collaborative eavesdropper scenarios, and demonstrating that CAPA systems outperform traditional spatially-discrete arrays by achieving higher secrecy rates, lower outage probabilities, and a diversity order equal to the spatial degrees of freedom.

Xuan Yang, Chongjun Ouyang, Dongming Li, Yuanwei LiuMon, 09 Ma🔢 math

STAR Beyond Diagonal RISs with Amplification: Modeling and Optimization

This paper proposes a physically consistent signal model and an alternating optimization framework for downlink sum-rate maximization in STAR beyond-diagonal RISs with per-element amplification, achieving substantial performance gains over conventional passive systems while ensuring hardware feasibility and passivity.

Chandan Kumar Sheemar, Giovanni Iacovelli, Wali Ullah Khan, George C. Alexandropoulos, Stefano Tomasin, Symeon ChatzinotasMon, 09 Ma🔢 math