Advancing Millimeter-Wave Base Station Antennas for 5G and 6G Deployment. The crucial mm-wave spectrum of 5G, pivotal for unlocking the full potential of next-generation networks, remains largely unta

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Advancing Millimeter-Wave Base Station Antennas for 5G and 6G Deployment. The crucial mm-wave spectrum of 5G, pivotal for unlocking the full potential of next-generation networks, remains largely untapped. This project aims to pioneer the design and development of an innovative mm-wave base station with significantly reduced financial costs and energy consumption, paving the way for mm-wave network deployment. Central to this endeavor is the elimination of the amplitude modulation module required in current designs for beamforming. This introduces two scientific challenges, which can be addressed by the development of two groundbreaking antenna techniques: 'polarization-mixing enabled beamforming' and 'near-field beam focusing lenses'.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4006 - Communications Engineering. Lead: A/Prof Can Ding