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CSI-Free Symbol Detection for Atomic MIMO Receivers via In-Context Learning
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CSI-Free Symbol Detection for Atomic MIMO Receivers via In-Context Learning

Zihang Song, Qihao Peng, Pei Xiao, Bipin Rajendran and Osvaldo Simeone
IEEE PIMRC 2026 - IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 37 (Singapore, 01/09/2026–04/09/2026)
08/07/2026

Abstract

Atomic receiver Rydberg atoms MIMO detection in-context learning CSI-free nonlinear signal processing few-shot learning massive MIMO

Atomic receivers that use Rydberg vapor cells to sense electromagnetic fields offer a promising alternative to conventional radio-frequency front-ends. In multi-antenna configurations , the magnitude-only, phase-insensitive measurements produced by atomic receivers pose challenges for traditional detection methods. Existing solutions rely on two-step iterative optimization that suffers from cascaded channel-estimation errors and high computational complexity. We propose a channel-state-information (CSI)-free symbol-detection method based on in-context learning (ICL) that directly maps pilot-response pairs to data-symbol predictions without explicit channel estimation. Simulations show that ICL achieves competitive accuracy with higher computational efficiency than existing approaches.

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