Next-Generation Waveforms Design for Communications, Sensing, and Integrated Systems: Information-Theoretic & Application Perspectives

Workshop Overview

With the rapid expansion of high-mobility applications, ensuring reliable communication in rapidly time-varying environments has become a critical challenge. Conventional Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) suffers pronounced degradation in such dynamic scenarios, underscoring the urgent necessity for next-generation modulation waveforms. Consequently, emerging multicarrier schemes—including orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS), orthogonal delay division multiplexing (ODDM), orthogonal chirp division multiplexing (OCDM), affine frequency division multiplexing (AFDM), interleave frequency division multiplexing (IFDM), and random multiplexing (RM)—have provided new perspectives for robust system design.

This workshop highlights fundamental challenges in waveform design that arise at the intersection of information theory and wireless communication. By bridging theoretical limits with practical system considerations, it aims to motivate participants to address core problems in next-generation waveform research, and foster innovation across theory and practice.

Topics of Interest

We seek original completed and unpublished work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Novel Waveform Design for Communications and Sensing
Information-Theoretic Foundations of Novel Waveform Design
Channel Coding and Decoding Design
Channel Estimation and Equalization
Signal Detection and Receiver Design for Novel Modulation Schemes
Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) with Advanced Waveforms
Multiple Access and Resource Allocation Mechanisms for 6G Waveforms
Low-Latency and Ultra-Reliable Transmission under High Mobility
Joint Waveform and Coding Co-Design
Signal Processing for Waveform-Based Transceiver Designs
MIMO and Massive MIMO-Aided Systems
Hardware Implementation and Prototype Validation of Novel Waveform Systems

Paper Submission and Dates

Submission will be handled via EDAS. The paper format follows the main ISIT conference guidelines.

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline:	07 April, 2026 (firm)
Acceptance Notification:	21 April, 2026
Final Manuscript Submission:	28 April, 2026

Invited Speaker

Prof. Jinhong Yuan (IEEE Fellow)

University of New South Wales, Australia

Dr. Zilong Liu (IEEE Senior Member)

University of Essex, UK

Workshop Program (July 03, 2026)

09:50 – 11:10 | Technical Session 1 (Invited Talks)

09:50 – 10:30	Keynote 1 Invited Speaker: Prof. Jinhong Yuan
10:30 – 11:10	Keynote 2 Invited Speaker: Prof. Zilong Liu

11:10 – 11:30 | Tea Break

11:30 – 12:50 | Technical Session 2 (Oral Presentation)

11:30 – 11:50	Low-PAPR OFDM-Based DFRC Waveform Design with Constant-Modulus Modulation Authors: Shide Wang; Xiuping Peng and Tao Zheng (Yanshan University, China)
11:50 – 12:10	Improved MRC Algorithm with Weighted Update Mechanism for Coded OTFS System Authors: Hui Chen, Jinhua Sun and Ke Dang (Xidian University, China)
12:10 – 12:30	A Universal Random Precoding Framework for MIMO Systems Authors: Jiazhen Dong and Lei Liu (Zhejiang University, China); Xiaojun Yuan (UESTC, China); Baoming Bai (Xidian University, China)
12:30 – 12:50	Non-Coherent Transmission Meets OFDM in Presence of CFO: TDS or FDS? Authors: Yiding Wang, Sirui Miao and Neng Ye (Beijing Institute of Technology, China)

12:50 – 14:00 | Lunch Break

14:00 – 15:20 | Technical Session 3 (Invited Talks)

14:00 – 14:40	Keynote 3 Invited Speaker: Prof. Yong Zeng
14:40 – 15:20	Keynote 4 Invited Speaker: Prof. Zhiqiang Wei

15:20 – 15:40 | Tea Break

15:40 – 17:00 | Technical Session 4 (Oral Presentation)

15:40 – 16:00	Joint Iterative Detection and Decoding for LDPC-Coded Faster-than-Nyquist Systems Authors: Hong Wang, Tongzhou Yu, Jian Fang and Baoming Bai (Xidian University, China); Dan Feng (Xi'an University of Posts and Telecommunications, China)
16:00 – 16:20	Storage-Efficient and High-Reliability Interleaved Transform for Enhanced Random Multiplexing Authors: Ming Wang (Communication University of China, China); Lei Liu (Zhejiang University, China); Shufeng Li (Communication University of China, China); Yuhao Chi (Xidian University, China)
16:20 – 16:40	Neural Network-Based Hybrid Digital-Analog Beamformer Design for Wideband Massive MIMO Systems with Large-Scale Users Authors: Haojie Cheng and Liquan Chen (Southeast University, China); Beiyuan Liu (Northwestern Polytechnical University, China); Julian Cheng (UBC, Canada & Great Bay University, China)
16:40 – 17:00	Unified Analytical Model for Atomic Receivers Under Typical Quantum Interference Paths Authors: Yiyue Xiang, Neng Ye and Jianping An (Beijing Institute of Technology, China); Qihao Peng and Pei Xiao (University of Surrey, UK)