Six-Dimensional Movable Antenna for Wireless Networks

Dr. Xiaodan Shao received the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Zhejiang University, China, in 2022. From 2022 to 2024, she was a Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow with the Institute for Digital Communications, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), Erlangen, Germany. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada. Her current research interests include six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA), integrated sensing and communications, digital agent, statistical signal processing and optimization methods.Dr. Weihua Zhuang received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Dalian Marine University, China, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of New Brunswick, Canada. Since 1993, she has been a Faculty Member with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, where she is a University Professor and the Tier I Canada Research Chair in wireless communication networks. Her research interests include network architecture, algorithms and protocols, and service provisioning in future communication systems. She is an elected member of the Board of Governors and the President of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Engineering Institute of Canada.Dr. Xuemin (Sherman) Shen received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA, in 1990. He is a University Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada. His research focuses on network resource management, wireless network security, Internet of Things, 5G and beyond, and vehicular networks. Dr. Shen is a registered Professional Engineer of Ontario, Canada, an Engineering Institute of Canada Fellow, a Canadian Academy of Engineering Fellow, a Royal Society of Canada Fellow, a Chinese Academy of Engineering Foreign Member, and a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society and Communications Society. Dr. Shen received “West Lake Friendship Award” from Zhejiang Province in 2023, President's Excellence in Research from the University of Waterloo in 2022, the Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research from the Canadian Society of Information Theory (CSIT) in 2021, the R.A. Fessenden Award in 2019 from IEEE, Canada, Award of Merit from the Federation of Chinese Canadian Professionals (Ontario) in 2019, James Evans Avant Garde Award in 2018 from the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society, Joseph LoCicero Award in 2015 and Education Award in 2017 from the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), and Technical Recognition Award from Wireless Communications Technical Committee (2019) and AHSN Technical Committee (2013). He has also received the Excellent Graduate Supervision Award in 2006 from the University of Waterloo and the Premier’s Research Excellence Award (PREA) in 2003 from the Province of Ontario, Canada.

• Introduction.- Background and Motivation of 6DMA.- Antenna Position and Rotation Optimization.- 6DMA Channel Estimation.- Advanced 6DMA Architectures.- 6DMA Applications.- Future Works.- Conclusion.