2024 IEEE ICC Workshop on FAS

2024 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC): 1st Workshop on Fluid Antenna System for 6G will be held in Denver, CO, USA, 9-13 June 2024 

[Call for paper]

The upcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to provide extremely high capacity, reliability, and massive connectivity. Recently, Fluid Antenna System (FAS) has emerged as a promising technology with the potential to meet 6G ambitions. Fluid antenna refers to any software-controllable fluidic conductive structure, movable mechanical antenna structure, or even reconfigurable radio-frequency (RF)-pixels that can change its shape and position to reconfigure the gain, radiation pattern, operating frequency, and other characteristics. By near-continuously moving the antenna within a predefined area and locating it at a point where the channel has desirable conditions, FAS can improve spatial diversity and in multiuser communications make interference disappear by exploiting opportunities in fading. Unlike the traditional antenna selection techniques where multiple antennas are discretely deployed at fixed positions with sufficient separation, the very fine spatial resolution of FAS enables it to capitalize on the full range of spatial variations, resulting in significantly improved performance. Furthermore, in contrast to conventional multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)/ rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) systems that rely on complex signal processing algorithms, FAS offers a simple alternative to handle interference. This results in reduced computational overhead and system complexity, making it a more attractive solution for massive connectivity. This workshop aims to explore the potential of FAS in enabling novel applications and use cases in 6G. It will bring together researchers from academia and industry to present the latest advances and breakthroughs in FAS and to discuss the key theoretical and technical challenges faced in the design, analysis, and optimization of FAS-based communication systems. Through constructive discussion and knowledge sharing, we hope to identify potential solutions to these challenges and further refine the capabilities of FAS for 6G. We seek original, completed, and unpublished work that is not currently under review by other journals, magazines, or conferences. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

•  Physics- and electromagnetic-compliant modeling of FAS

• Communication-theoretic foundation and performance limits of FAS

• Efficient channel estimation and port selection algorithm design in FAS 

• Robust interference management in fluid antenna based multiple access (FAMA) systems 

• AI-inspired control and orchestration in FAS 

• Integrated communications and sensing technology for FAS 

• Security and privacy issues in FAS 

• Integration of state-of-art wireless technologies (e.g., mmWave, THz, RIS, IoT, RS, etc.) with FAS 

• Physical architecture design and testbed implementations of FAS 

• Standardization and regulatory aspects of FAS in 6G networks 

Important Dates:

• Workshop Paper Submission Deadline: 04 February 2024 (Extended) (Submission link: https://edas.info/N31754)

• Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification: 6 March 2024

• Camera Ready: 15 March 2024

• Registration Due for Accepted Papers: 15 March 2024

Steering Committee Members: 

• Kai-Kit Wong, University College London, UK

• Ioannis Krikidis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

• Theodoros Tsiftsis, University of Thessaly, Greece

• Ross Murch, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong

• Chan-Byoung Chae, Yonsei University, Korea

• Hao Xu, University College London, UK

• Wee Kiat New, University College London, UK

• Constantinos Papadias, The American College of Greece, Greece

General Co-chairs: 

• Ana García Armada, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain

• Khaled Rabie, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

• Chao Wang, Xidian University, China