Advances in Antenna and Terahertz Communications

Dear Colleagues,

With the fast development of communication systems, we are entering into a new era of 6G wireless communication systems in 2030s. Our lives will be augmented by ultra-high speed, ultra-low latency, and ultra-reliable wireless connections, native AI, and advanced sensing technologies. Terahertz communication is one of the key technologies in 6G systems to provide extreme speed and low latency in high date-rate transmission. As a key front-end interface from active circuits to the free space in communication systems, antennas play a significant role in transmitting and receiving wireless signals. Antennas are facing a series of new challenges in 6G applications, especially for the terahertz communications, such as ultra-high frequency band, ultra-low profile, large-scale array design, extremely high fabrication accuracy, etc.

This Special Issue aims to provide an international forum for researchers to disseminate their latest findings on the techniques, applications, and understanding in realizing antennas for 6G and terahertz communication systems. The topics are expected to cover new theories, new manufacturing techniques, and new algorithms for the design of antennas and arrays for 6G and terahertz communication systems. This topic is of growing importance in the section of "Microwave and Wireless Communications", and the Guest Editors plan to address this topic with a Special Issue in the Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292) journal.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:

Topic

(1) New methods of realizing antennas for base station applications;

(2) New methods of realizing antennas for satellites applications;

(3) New methods of realizing antennas for smart sensing applications;

(4) New artificial intelligent algorithms such as machine learning, deep learning, etc., for the design of antennas;

(5) New materials such as metamaterials, liquids, graphene, etc., for designing antennas for 6G applications;

(6) New manufacture technologies in realizing 6G terahertz antennas, such as 3D printing, laser cutting, etc.;

(7) Array designs with smart beams for 6G applications;

(8) High-gain reflectarray antennas and transmitarray antennas for 6G applications.

Dr. Lehu Wen
Prof. Dr. Wei Hu
Dr. Qingling Yang
Guest Editors

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• 6G communication systems
• artificial intelligent algorithms
• base station antennas
• metamaterials
• reflectarray antennas
• satellites antennas
• smart sensing antennas
• terahertz communication systems
• transmitarray antennas