Agentic UE-CoMIMO for 6G Terminals: From Virtual Antenna Augmentation to AI-Native Virtualization

Abstract

End-user-centric collaborative MIMO (UE-CoMIMO) lets nearby devices form a virtual multi-antenna terminal to overcome the antenna limitations of individual user equipment. Extending such cooperation to communication, sensing, computing, and task-relevant information exchange requires a control layer that can interpret user intent, select cooperation mechanisms, and replan as conditions change. This article introduces Agentic UE-CoMIMO, in which device micro-agents, a smartphone or CPE hub agent, and edge/network agents coordinate device participation, relay modes, traffic splitting and duplication, compute placement, semantic-token exchange, and topology reconfiguration. Two system-level scenario studies on creator-centric live streaming and wearable-collaborative blind-spot sensing compare the proposed controller with capability-matched adaptive baselines. The results show that, by anticipating changes and preparing cooperation and fallback actions in advance, agentic control sustains high-quality streaming for longer and maintains blind-spot warnings through device outages. We also discuss the associated standardization, interoperability, trust, and validation challenges.