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Main Authors: Zheng, Junyao, Tung, Chung-Hsuan, Yao, Yuncheng, Mehrotra, Nishant, Mattu, Sandesh, Qi, Zhenzhou, Zhuo, Danyang, Calderbank, Robert, Chen, Tingjun
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02266
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author Zheng, Junyao
Tung, Chung-Hsuan
Yao, Yuncheng
Mehrotra, Nishant
Mattu, Sandesh
Qi, Zhenzhou
Zhuo, Danyang
Calderbank, Robert
Chen, Tingjun
author_facet Zheng, Junyao
Tung, Chung-Hsuan
Yao, Yuncheng
Mehrotra, Nishant
Mattu, Sandesh
Qi, Zhenzhou
Zhuo, Danyang
Calderbank, Robert
Chen, Tingjun
contents Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation offers superior robustness to high-mobility channels compared to conventional orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms. However, its explicit delay-Doppler (DD) domain representation incurs substantial signal processing complexity, especially with increased DD domain grid sizes. To address this challenge, we present a scalable, real-time Zak-OTFS receiver architecture on GPUs through hardware--algorithm co-design that exploits DD-domain channel sparsity. Our design leverages compact matrix operations for key processing stages, a branchless iterative equalizer, and a structured sparse channel matrix of the DD domain channel matrix to significantly reduce computational and memory overhead. These optimizations enable low-latency processing that consistently meets the 99.9-th percentile real-time processing deadline. The proposed system achieves up to 906.52 Mbps throughput with a DD grid size of (16384,32) using 16QAM modulation over 245.76 MHz bandwidth. Extensive evaluations under a Vehicular-A channel model demonstrate strong scalability and robust performance across CPU (Intel Xeon) and multiple GPU platforms (NVIDIA Jetson Orin, RTX 6000 Ada, A100, and H200), highlighting the effectiveness of compute-aware Zak-OTFS receiver design for next-generation (NextG) high-mobility communication systems.
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spellingShingle Real-Time and Scalable Zak-OTFS Receiver Processing on GPUs
Zheng, Junyao
Tung, Chung-Hsuan
Yao, Yuncheng
Mehrotra, Nishant
Mattu, Sandesh
Qi, Zhenzhou
Zhuo, Danyang
Calderbank, Robert
Chen, Tingjun
Signal Processing
Networking and Internet Architecture
Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation offers superior robustness to high-mobility channels compared to conventional orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms. However, its explicit delay-Doppler (DD) domain representation incurs substantial signal processing complexity, especially with increased DD domain grid sizes. To address this challenge, we present a scalable, real-time Zak-OTFS receiver architecture on GPUs through hardware--algorithm co-design that exploits DD-domain channel sparsity. Our design leverages compact matrix operations for key processing stages, a branchless iterative equalizer, and a structured sparse channel matrix of the DD domain channel matrix to significantly reduce computational and memory overhead. These optimizations enable low-latency processing that consistently meets the 99.9-th percentile real-time processing deadline. The proposed system achieves up to 906.52 Mbps throughput with a DD grid size of (16384,32) using 16QAM modulation over 245.76 MHz bandwidth. Extensive evaluations under a Vehicular-A channel model demonstrate strong scalability and robust performance across CPU (Intel Xeon) and multiple GPU platforms (NVIDIA Jetson Orin, RTX 6000 Ada, A100, and H200), highlighting the effectiveness of compute-aware Zak-OTFS receiver design for next-generation (NextG) high-mobility communication systems.
title Real-Time and Scalable Zak-OTFS Receiver Processing on GPUs
topic Signal Processing
Networking and Internet Architecture
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.02266