W13 – Fluid Antenna System (FAS) for 6G

Co-organizer: Hao Xu, Southeast University, China
Co-organizer: Hanjiang Hong, University College London, UK
Co-organizer: Farshad Rostami Ghadi, University of Granada, Spain
Co-organizer: Xusheng Zhu, University College London, UK

Abstract: The upcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to provide extremely high capacity, reliability, massive connectivity, and services beyond communications. In compliance with this trend, next-generation reconfigurable antenna (NGRA) technologies have been proposed for enabling flexible and adaptive wireless communications. Fluid antenna system (FAS), representing any software-controllable fluidic, dielectric or conductive structures, such as mechanical liquid-based antennas, radio-frequency (RF) pixel-based antennas, movable antennas, massive array, flexible antenna array, or metasurface, etc., that can reconfigure the shape, size, position, orientation, and other radiation characteristics, has been proposed in recent years. Unlike the traditional antenna techniques where multiple antennas are discretely deployed with fixed configurations, the very fine spatial resolution and dynamic shape of FAS enable it to capitalize on the full range of spatial variations and flexibilities, resulting in significantly improved performance. Moreover, recent findings show that FAS is closely related to holographic MIMO system and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). Therefore, interesting discoveries can be obtained to advance the development of FAS from holographic MIMO or RIS and vice versa. FAS also offers a new capability to exploit the spatial opportunity where the interference suffers from deep fades for multiuser communications, leading to new multiple access. This workshop aims to explore the new opportunities and address the unique challenges associated with the application of FAS for 6G. It will serve as a platform for showcasing the latest research, innovations, and practical applications of FAS, thereby facilitating the integration of theoretical knowledge with real-world implementation.

Online Program:

W13: Fluid Antenna System (FAS) for 6G
Session	Time	Workshop Schedule (Tuesday, 9 June)
Welcome	10 min	Welcome and Introduction
Keynote	40min	Keynote: Prof. Kai-Kit Wong, University College London, UK
Session I	20min	Fluid Antenna System Combining Metasurfaces andBeamforming Antennas for Two by Two LOS-MIMOMobile Communication Systems Dan Mohri, NTT DOCOMO, Inc.; Keisuke Sato, Takayoshi Sasaki,Yoshiki Shirasawa, DKK Co, Ltd.; Satoshi Suyama, NTT DOCOMO,INC.; Daisuke Murayama,NTT Access Network Service SystemsLaboratories; Shoko Shinohara, Takeru Fukushima,NTT, INC.Yuyuan CHANG, NTT DOCOMO, INC.; Huiling Jiang, NTTDOCOMO, INC
	20min	Energy Efficient Wireless Agent Networks (WAN) With Fluid Antenna System Yiting Wang, Jianxin Dai, Nanjing University of Posts andTelecommunications; Zhaohui Yang,Zhejiang University; Chen Zhu,Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Information Processing.;Zhouxiang Zhao,Siyun Liang, Zhejiang University; Yang Sun,heCRSC Research Design Institute Group Co.，Ltd.,

 

Co-organizer’s Bios:

Hao Xu:

Hao Xu received the B.S. degree from Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree from Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2019. From 2019 to 2025, he first worked as an Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Technical University of Berlin, Ger-many, and then as a Marie Curie Fellow at University College London, UK. He is currently a professor with Southeast University, Nanjing, China. His research interests mainly include communication theory, information theory, mathematical optimization, MIMO systems, and privacy and security. He has been serving as an Associ-ate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Communications since August 2024 and IET Communications since August 2021. He was also the co-chair for the 2024 ICC Workshop on Fluid Antenna Systems for 6G and the 2025 Globecom Workshop on Fluid Antenna System (FAS) for 6G. He was the recipient of the the 2024 IEEE ISTT Best Paper Award and IEEE MAPE Best Student Paper Award.

Hanjiang Hong:

Hanjiang Hong received the B.Eng., M.Eng., and Ph.D. degrees from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, in 2016, 2019, and 2023, respectively. She is currently a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London. Her research interests include bit-interleaved coding and modulations, MIMO systems, and other physical layer technologies in broadcasting and broadband communications. She was the co-chair  for the 2025 Globecom Workshop on Fluid Antenna System (FAS) for 6G.

Farshad Rostami Ghadi:

Farshad Rostami Ghadi received the Ph.D. degree in electrical communication systems engineering from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, in 2021. He was a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow with the Department of Communication Engineering, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain, in 2021. He is currently a Research Fellow with University of Granada, Granada, Spain. His main research interests include wireless communication systems analysis, network information theory, and copula theory, with a particular focus on wireless channel modeling and physical layer security. He received the Best Paper Award at IEEE ISTT 2024 and the Best Journal Paper Award at the IEEE Signal Processing Society Research Excellence Award 2025. He also serves as an Editor for IEEE Wireless Communications Letters.

Xusheng Zhu:

Xusheng Zhu received his Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2025. He is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Uni-versity College London (UCL), U.K. His research interests include fluid antenna systems (FAS), reconfigurable intellligent surfaces (RIS), and modulation techniques.

Paper submission deadline Extended: 8 February 2026
Acceptance notification: 18 March 2026
Final paper submission deadline Extended: 7 April 2026

Submission requirements: 5-page paper (without overlength charge) and up to 2 additional pages are allowed with the purchase of additional page charges in the amount of $100 USD per additional page at the time of registration and final paper submission.

Paper submission can be located here: https://vtc2026s-rr-wks.trackchair.com/