Abstract:
Many people may know Bruce Lee’s famous quote: “Empty your mind, be formless, like water.” This philosophy has proven highly effective in martial arts, but can a similar concept be applied to scientific research?
As global efforts intensify to develop sixth-generation (6G) mobile communications, proposing TK extreme connectivity, it is logical to explore new technologies that can deliver the next generational leap in performance, particularly under harsh and dynamic environments. One intriguing idea is the Fluid Antenna System (FAS), which leverages flexible antenna architectures—such as liquid-based antennas, reconfigurable RF pixel-based antennas, and stepper motor-based antennas—to enable reconfigurability of the antenna’s position and shape. Through this approach, unprecedented spatial and radiation pattern diversity can be achieved in a novel manner. Moreover, the ability to access what is effectively a continuous fading envelope in the spatial domain opens the door to simple yet effective multiple-access schemes, reducing the need for complex optimization and processing.
In this talk, we will share our experience on how fluid antennas could emerge as strong candidates for future mobile communications, and how their formless, adaptive nature may provide solutions to long-standing challenges in wireless systems. While there may be no board-breaking demonstrations, we hope this discussion will spark fresh, groundbreaking ideas.
Biography:
Prof. Kin-Fai (Kenneth) Tong is a Chair Professor of Antennas and Applied Electromagnetics at Hong Kong Metropolitan University. He has a track record in novel antenna design and microwave/millimetre-wave measurement in different applications such as radar, wireless communications, and medical related applications. During his PhD research, he has been credited to be one of the first who introduced the idea of embedding microstrip patch antennas into mobile phone handsets. He was an Expert Researcher in the Photonic and Millimetre-wave Devices Group of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan. Prof. Tong is a Fellow of IEEE, Chartered Engineer of UK Engineering Council, Fellow of Electromagnetic Academy USA and Fellow of Higher Education Academy UK.
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