BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20251008T211000Z UID:875CD55E-1BF0-4364-85F6-4C88181C05F1 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T130000 DESCRIPTION:Join us for the second session of the exciting webinar series o n "New Frontiers in Signal Processing in 6G Wireless Networks"\, a collabo ration between IEEE Signal Processing\, IEEE Communications Society chapte rs in Ottawa\, and IEEE ComSoC Young Professionals.\n\nRegister now and st ay tuned for updates on upcoming speakers and topics!\n\nSpeaker(s): Prof. Emil Bjornson \n\nAgenda: \nMassive MIMO is a cornerstone of 5G cellular networks\, unlocking unprecedented capacity through spatial multiplexing. Unfortunately\, this performance enhancement comes at the cost of using ma ny hardware components. The Massive MIMO philosophy is the abundance of se rvice antennas\, e.g.\, 64 base station antennas to send 8 data layers\, w hen 8 antennas would theoretically suffice. This overprovisioning isn’t accidental\; it ensures favorable propagation conditions so that most user channels are compatible for multiplexing\, regardless of the channel envi ronment. But as we move toward 6G\, this approach becomes unsustainable si nce the number of antennas must grow much quicker than the network capacit y.\n\nIn this seminar\, we’ll explore a bold shift in multi-user MIMO de sign: achieving high capacity with fewer antennas per data layer. The key lies in smarter\, site-specific antenna architectures. By moving beyond co nventional half-wavelength-spaced uniform arrays\, we can unlock the poten tial gains of sparse arrays\, non-uniform geometries\, transmissive intell igent metasurfaces\, and even physically movable elements. These technique s promise a new era of scalable MIMO technology—tailored for real-world deployments and intelligently optimized for 6G spatial multiplexing withou t requiring an abundance of antennas.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.ie ee.org/m/503863 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/503863 ORGANIZER:monireh.vamegh@ieee.org SEQUENCE:30 SUMMARY:From Antenna Abundance to Antenna Intelligence: Enabling Scalable 6 G MIMO URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/503863 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p style="margin: 5.25pt 0in .0001pt 0in\;">< em><span style="font-size: 13.5pt\; color: black\;">Join us for the second session of the exciting webinar series on "New Frontiers in Signal Proces sing in 6G Wireless Networks"\, a collaboration between IEEE Signal Proces sing\, IEEE Communications Society chapters in Ottawa\, and IEEE ComSoC Yo ung Professionals.&nbsp\;</span></em></p>\n<p style="margin: 5.25pt 0in .0 001pt 0in\;"><em><span style="font-size: 13.5pt\; color: black\;">Register now and stay tuned for updates on upcoming speakers and topics!</span></e m></p>\n<p style="margin: 5.25pt 0in .0001pt 0in\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n<p style= "margin: 5.25pt 0in .0001pt 0in\;"><em><span style="font-size: 13.5pt\; co lor: black\;"><img src="https://events.vtools.ieee.org/vtools_ui/media/dis play/343a314c-8371-4b8c-85aa-a95affe5bfdb"></span></em></p><br /><br />Age nda: <br /><p>Massive MIMO is a cornerstone of 5G cellular networks\, unlo cking unprecedented capacity through spatial multiplexing. Unfortunately\, this performance enhancement comes at the cost of using many hardware com ponents. The Massive MIMO philosophy is the abundance of service antennas\ , e.g.\, 64 base station antennas to send 8 data layers\, when 8 antennas would theoretically suffice. This overprovisioning isn&rsquo\;t accidental \; it ensures favorable propagation conditions so that most user channels are compatible for multiplexing\, regardless of the channel environment. B ut as we move toward 6G\, this approach becomes unsustainable since the nu mber of antennas must grow much quicker than the network capacity.</p>\n<p >In this seminar\, we&rsquo\;ll explore a bold shift in multi-user MIMO de sign: achieving high capacity with fewer antennas per data layer. The key lies in smarter\, site-specific antenna architectures. By moving beyond co nventional half-wavelength-spaced uniform arrays\, we can unlock the poten tial gains of sparse arrays\, non-uniform geometries\, transmissive intell igent metasurfaces\, and even physically movable elements. These technique s promise a new era of scalable MIMO technology&mdash\;tailored for real-w orld deployments and intelligently optimized for 6G spatial multiplexing w ithout requiring an abundance of antennas.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR