09:00–09:45
Keynote 1
DDAM-OFDM for 6G Communications and Sensing
Invited Speaker: Prof. Yong Zeng, IEEE Fellow, Southeast University, China
Overview
Next-generation wireless systems rely on advanced waveforms to deliver enhanced user-experienced data rate, ultra-reliability, ultra-low latency, massive connectivity, and seamless integration with emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI) and extremely high frequency (EHF) bands. The Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)'s early consensus for sixth generation (6G) wireless communication systems landed on the orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) family, namely cyclic prefix OFDM (CP-OFDM) and discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-s-OFDM). However, continued investigation into advanced waveforms remains critical for addressing emerging challenges and unlocking new capabilities.
In the first place, the plethora of dynamic environments in 6G and beyond, such as high-speed trains, connected vehicles, high-altitude platform stations, and low-Earth orbit satellites, demands seamless and reliable information transmission. Communications in such environments face severe Doppler spreads, under which the widely deployed OFDM systems may become incompetent due to severe inter-carrier interference (ICI). Secondly, future wireless networks are expected to enable sensing and localization capabilities towards pervasive intelligent networks, facilitating unparalleled environmental and situational awareness across diverse use cases.
Against this background, advanced waveforms such as orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS), orthogonal delay division multiplexing (ODDM), orthogonal chirp division multiplexing (OCDM), affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), interleave frequency division multiplexing (IFDM), and others are emerging as promising solutions for 6G and beyond. These waveforms are being tailored to operate effectively in high-dynamic environments, extremely high frequency (EHF) bands, ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC), localization, and integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). The advent of these advanced waveforms presents an opportunity to redefine the foundations of future wireless networks.
Call for Papers
The workshop welcomes submissions of original papers presenting, assessing, and discussing critical technical hurdles, recent innovations, and novel applications of advanced waveforms-related communications, sensing, and localization, as well as their integrations. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Channel coding for new waveforms
- Signal processing for waveform-based transceiver designs
- Algorithm design for efficient channel estimation and data detection
- Preamble sequence design and analysis for new waveforms
- PAPR reduction for new waveforms
- Channel measurement and modelling for new waveform-based systems
- Information theoretical analysis of waveform design
- Development of integrated sensing/localization and communications
- MIMO and cell-free massive MIMO-aided systems
- Waveform-aided next-generation multiple access
- New waveform-assisted URLLC
- Waveform design under cross-disciplinary communication architectures (e.g., quantum, Rydberg atomic, or molecular communications)
- Design and evaluation of new waveforms over high-mobility channels
- AI-aided new waveform design
- Physical layer security of emerging waveforms
- Hardware prototyping, standardization, trials, and applications of new waveforms
Paper Submission and Important Dates
Submission will be handled via EDAS. The paper format follows the main PIMRC conference guidelines.
Workshop Paper Submission Deadline
5 June 2026
Extended to 15 June 2026 (Firm)
Acceptance Notification
8 July 2026
Camera-Ready Paper Deadline
1 August 2026
Workshop date: 1–4 September 2026, Singapore.
Workshop Program
Full-day workshop program for “Advanced Waveforms for 6G and Beyond: Communications, Sensing, Localization and Their Integration.”
09:00–10:40
Technical Session 1 · Invited Talk and Oral Presentations
Chair: Dr. Yao Ge
09:45–10:03
Deep Learning-Aided Adaptive AFDM Parameter Design for High Mobility Communications
Mingjin Yang, Qingpeng Yang and Chao Ding (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China); Yirui Luo (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore); Yin Xu (ShangHai Jiao Tong University, China); Lixia Xiao (Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China)
10:03–10:21
Fundamental Limits and CRB-Achieving Estimation of Breathing Rate in Monostatic Wireless Sensing
Han-Gyeol Lee and Jingon Joung (Chung-Ang University, Korea (South)); Chin Keong Ho (Serentinel, Singapore)
10:21–10:39
STBC-Aided Constant-Envelope OFDM for MIMO Frequency-Selective Fading Channels
Xuan Lin, Hao Chen, Yue Xiao, Shuaixin Yang, Lilin Dan and Gang Wu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)
10:40–11:00
Coffee Break
11:00–12:50
Technical Session 2 · Oral Presentations
Chair: Prof. Tianqi Mao
11:00–11:18
A Parsimonious Geometric Shaping Framework for Integrated Sensing and Communications
Mustafa Ozgun Karagoz (Technical University of Munich, Germany); Wen Xu (Huawei Technologies Duesseldorf GmbH & - European Research Center (ERC), Germany)
11:18–11:36
AFDM-Aided Grouped RSMA for High-Mobility Downlink Transmissions
Li Zhen and Qingzhi Meng (Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Yurong Guo (Xi'an University of Posts & Telecommunications, China); Jingrui Su and Yuxuan He (Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Yanqun Tang (Sun Yat-sen University, China); Jing Jiang (Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Derrick Wing Kwan Ng (University of New South Wales, Australia)
11:36–11:54
AGGC: Anchor-Guided Geodesic Charting for Few-Label CSI Indoor Localization
Chen Jianrui, Xinghe Chu, Anpei Li and Minchi Ruan (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China); Zhirui Yin (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication, China)
11:54–12:12
A Dual-Functional Affine Frequency Division Multiplexing Waveform for ISAC Systems: Design and Optimization
Ke Jiang, Jingxuan Wang, Qin Yi, Ping Yang and Xingyu Du (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China); Agata Manolova (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria); Yue Xiao and Gang Wu (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China); Saviour Zammit (University of Malta, Malta)
12:12–12:30
A Stochastic Resonance Framework for PAPR Reduction in Multi-Carrier Waveforms: Simulation and Experimental Validation
Yalin Zhou (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Masanori Hamamura (Kochi University of Technology, Japan); Izzat Darwazeh (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
12:30–12:48
Non-Binary LDPC-Coded LACO-OFDM Visible Light Communication Systems with Adapted VNSMM Interleaving
Gaurav Gupta (IIIT Delhi, India); Vivek A Bohara (Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi, India)
12:50–13:40
Lunch Break
13:40–15:40
Technical Session 3 · Invited Talk and Oral Presentations
Chair: Dr. Qinwen Deng
13:40–14:25
Keynote 2
Random Multiplexing: Toward the Capacity Limits of Linear Interference Channels
Invited Speaker: Prof. Lei Liu, Zhejiang University, China
14:25–14:43
Subframe Combined Barycenter Calibration in OTFS-ISAC Systems for Out-of-Range Channel
Zhenyu Zhang, Qianli Wang, Weijie Wang and Gang Liu (Southwest Jiaotong University, China)
14:43–15:01
STAR-RIS-Assisted OTFS-NOMA with Residual Phase: Outage Analysis & Throughput Optimization
Rakesh Sharma, Ankur Bansal and Ankit Dubey (Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, India)
15:01–15:19
Adaptive Fractional Doppler Estimation and MMSE Detection for Consecutive RW-OTFS Transmission in Phase-Rotating Delay-Doppler Domain Channel
Haotian Xiu, Peiyuan Gao and Lin Yang (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China)
15:19–15:37
Hardware-Impaired Massive MIMO ISAC System Under the Finite-Blocklength Regime
Abhilash Ranjan (IIT Roorkee, India); P. Joyce Shreya (Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India); Ekant Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India)
15:40–16:00
Coffee Break
16:00–18:30
Technical Session 4 · Oral Presentations
Chair: Miss. Yirui Luo
16:00–16:18
Secrecy Rate Maximization for UAV-Mounted Six-Dimensional Movable IRS-Assisted ISAC Systems
Chengye Hong, Botang Shi, Rongkun Zhu, Yuhan Wang, Chenyiming Jiang and Lei Xie (Southeast University, China)
16:18–16:36
FBMC/QAM-Based Downlink Multi-User MISO Systems: Transceiver Design and Analysis
Sudhakar Rai (IIT Kanpur, India); Prem Singh (IIIT Bangalore, India); Ekant Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India); Aditya K Jagannatham (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India)
16:36–16:54
PAPR Reduction for AFDM Systems via One-Dimensional Convolutional Neural Networks
Chen Zihao, Yanqun Tang and Kangjie Xu (Sun Yat-sen University, China); Caiqin Li (Northeastern University at Qinhuangdao, China); Tianqi Mao (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Haihong Wang (National University of Defense Technology, China)
16:54–17:12
Value of Service Maximization in ISAC Systems with Computation-Aware Sensing
Biwei Li (Southeast University, China)
17:12–17:30
Rate-Splitting SCMA (RS-SCMA) over OFDM: Subcarrier Mapping and Frequency Diversity
Minerva Priyadarsini (IIT Goa, India); Kuntal Deka (IIT Guwahati, India); Zilong Liu (University of Essex, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Sanjeev Sharma (IIT BHU, India)
17:30–17:48
Hybrid CNN-Transformer-Based Modulation Optimization for UWA Communications with High Mobility
Jiaye Liu (Tianjin University, China); Xuehan Wang (China Mobile Research Institute, China); Jiasong Han and Jintao Wang (Tsinghua University, China)
17:48–18:06
Superposition Coding-Assisted DFT-s-OFDM: A Trade-off Between PAPR and Spectral Efficiency
Rahul Makkar (The LNM Institute of Information Technology, India); Divyang Rawal (LNMIIT, India); Vijay Kumar Chakka (Shiv Nadar University Greater Noida, India); Pei Xiao (University of Surrey, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
18:06–18:24
DAFT Domain Artificial Noise Design for Secure AFDM Transmission over Doubly Dispersive Channels
Yibo Wang, Wei Liu, Jinkun Zhu and Yuhang Tang (National University of Defense Technology, China)
Organizers
Yao Ge (yao.ge@ntu.edu.sg)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Zeping Sui (z.sui@essex.ac.uk)
University of Essex, U.K.
Tianqi Mao (maotq@bit.edu.cn)
Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Ertugrul Basar (ertugrul.basar@tuni.fi)
Tampere University, Finland
Michail Matthaiou (m.matthaiou@qub.ac.uk)
Queen's University Belfast, U.K.
Huseyin Arslan (huseyinarslan@medipol.edu.tr)
Istanbul Medipol University, Türkiye
TPC Co-chairs
Zilong Liu (zilong.liu@essex.ac.uk)
University of Essex, U.K.
Miaowen Wen (eemwwen@scut.edu.cn)
South China University of Technology, China
Arman Farhang (arman.farhang@tcd.ie)
Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
Qinwen Deng (qinwen.deng@ntu.edu.sg)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Qu Luo (q.u.luo@surrey.ac.uk)
University of Surrey, U.K.
Fan Zhang (zf22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn)
Tsinghua University, China
Steering Committee Members
Sumei Sun (sunsm@a-star.edu.sg)
Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Yong Liang Guan (eylguan@ntu.edu.sg)
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Christos Masouros (c.masouros@ucl.ac.uk)
University College London, U.K.
Pei Xiao (p.xiao@surrey.ac.uk)
University of Surrey, U.K.
Pingzhi Fan (pzfan@swjtu.edu.cn)
Southwest Jiaotong University, China
Lajos Hanzo (lh@ecs.soton.ac.uk)
University of Southampton, U.K.