Recently, the pinching antenna systems (PASS) have attracted significant attention due to their ability to exploit dynamically reconfigurable pinching points along waveguides for flexible signal transmission. However, existing work largely overlooks user mobility although the optimal pinching configuration is highly dependent on the user's location and must be continuously adjusted. In this work, we investigate a PASS-enabled system model in which a base station (BS) serves a mobile user. We formulate an optimization problem that aims to maximize the user's average sum rate over a predefined time horizon while satisfying quality-of-service (QoS) constraint. This objective is achieved by jointly optimizing the beamforming vector at the BS and the pinching locations along the waveguides. Nevertheless, the resulting problem is highly non-convex and challenging to solve using conventional optimization techniques due to the intricate coupling among variables. The difficulty is further exacerbated by environmental randomness arising from user mobility and a probabilistic blockage model. This reveals a key engineering challenge: the performance gains of PASS critically rely on the ability to track or predict user trajectories in real time. To address these challenges, we adopt a deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG) approach within a reinforcement learning framework, which is well-suited for continuous state and action spaces. Finally, extensive simulations are conducted to validate the proposed approach and demonstrate the importance of real-time configurability.
Exploiting Segmented Waveguide-Enabled Pinching-Antenna Systems (SWANs) for Uplink Tri-Hybrid Beamforming
Queen Mary University of London(伦敦大学玛丽女王学院);The University of Hong Kong(香港大学);Nanyang Technological University(南洋理工大学);Friedrich Alexander-University Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU)(弗里德里希·亚历山大·埃尔朗根-纽伦堡大学)
SE-EE Tradeoff in Pinching-Antenna Systems: Waveguide Multiplexing or Waveguide Switching?
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications(北京邮电大学);Queen’s University Belfast(贝尔法斯特女王大学);The University of Hong Kong(香港大学);The University of Texas at Dallas(德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校)
Pinching Antenna Systems for Integrated Sensing and Communications
Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics(南京航空航天大学);Xi’an Jiaotong University(西安交通大学);National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University(东南大学移动通信国家重点实验室);Purple Mountain Laboratories(紫金山实验室);Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications(北京邮电大学);The University of Hong Kong(香港大学)
Two-Timescale Joint Transmit and Pinching Beamforming for Pinching-Antenna Systems
College of Information Science and Electronic Engineering, Zhejiang University(信息科学与电子工程学院,浙江大学);Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI), Queen’s University Belfast(无线创新中心(CWI),女王大学贝尔法斯特分校);Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE), The University of Hong Kong(电子与电气工程系(EEE),香港大学)
Dual-Waveguide Pinching Antennas for PLS: Parallel Placement or Orthogonal Placement?
State Key Laboratory of Advanced Rail Autonomous Operation(先进轨道运行自主化国家重点实验室);School of Computer Science and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University(北京交通大学计算机科学与技术学院);School of Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen(香港中文大学(深圳)理工学院);School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Beijing Jiaotong University(北京交通大学电子信息工程学院);Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University(纪念大学工程与应用科学学院);School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London(伦敦大学玛丽女王学院电子工程与计算机科学学院);Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University(庆熙大学电子工程系)
Pinching Antenna Systems (PASS) for Cell-Free Communications
College of Electronic and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics(南京航空航天大学电子与信息工程学院);College of Information Science and Engineering, Hohai University(河海大学信息科学与工程学院);School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology(南京理工大学电子与光学工程学院);School of Computer Science and Technology (School of Big Data), Taiyuan University of Technology(太原理工大学计算机科学与技术学院(大数据学院));Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Hong Kong(香港大学电气电子工程学系)
Secure Near-Field ISAC with Pinching-Antenna Systems: Exploiting Constructive-Destructive Interference
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学);Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg(埃尔朗根-纽伦堡弗里德里希·亚历山大大学);University College London(伦敦大学学院)
Pinching Antennas-Aided Integrated Sensing and Multicast Communication Systems
Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications(北京邮电大学);Queen Mary University of London(伦敦玛丽女王大学);China Academy of Information and Communications Technology(中国信息通信研究院);The University of Hong Kong(香港大学)
Queen Mary University of London(伦敦大学皇家玛丽学院);Nanyang Technological University(南洋理工大学);Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg(埃尔朗根-纽伦堡弗里德里希·阿历山大大学)
Joint Transmit and Pinching Beamforming for Pinching Antenna Systems (PASS): Optimization-Based or Learning-Based?
School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University of London(伦敦女王玛丽大学电子工程与计算机科学学院);Centre for Wireless Innovation (CWI), Queen’s University Belfast(贝尔法斯特女王大学无线创新中心);Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, the University of Hong Kong(香港大学电气与电子工程系);Faculty of Applied Sciences, Macao Polytechnic University(澳门 polytechnic 大学应用科学学院);Department of Electronic Engineering, Kyung Hee University(庆熙大学电子工程系)
Multi-Mode Pinching-Antenna Systems: An Inter-Mode-Interference-Free Perspective
Beihang University(北京航空航天大学);State Key Laboratory of CNS/ATM(空管中央控制国家重点实验室);Queen’s University Belfast(贝尔法斯特女王大学);Nanyang Technological University(南洋理工大学)
Curved Waveguide-Enabled Pinching-Antenna System (C-PAS): Communication Performance Analysis
Information Support Force Engineering University(信息支援工程大学);National University of Defense Technology(国防科技大学);State Key Laboratory of Integrated Services Networks, Xidian University(西安电子科技大学综合业务网国家重点实验室);Xi’an Jiaotong University(西安交通大学);Aristotle University of Thessaloniki(塞萨洛尼基亚里士多德大学)