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We study the optimal routing on multilayered communication networks, which are composed of two layers of subnetworks. One is a wireless network, and the other is a wired network. We develop a simple recurrent algorithm to find an optimal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-05-03 Jie Zhou , Gang Yan , Choy-Heng Lai

Diversity-multiplexing tradeoff (DMT) was characterized asymptotically (SNR-> infinity) for i.i.d. Rayleigh fading channel by Zheng and Tse [1]. The SNR-asymptotic DMT overestimates the finite-SNR one [2]. This paper outlines a number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Sergey Loyka , Georgy Levin

Multi-hop random access networks have received much attention due to their distributed nature which facilitates deploying many new applications over the sensor and computer networks. Recently, utility maximization framework is applied in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2009-12-23 Amir M. Khodaian , Babak H. Khalaj

Energy harvesting (EH) has recently emerged as a promising technique for green communications. To realize its potential, communication protocols need to be redesigned to combat the randomness of the harvested energy. In this paper, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yaming Luo , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

In wireless ad-hoc networks, forwarding data through intermediate relays extends the coverage area and enhances the network throughput. We consider a general wireless multiuser multihop transmission, where each data flow is subject to a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-07-23 K. Rahimi Malekshan , F. Lahouti

Existing information theoretic work in decentralized detection is largely focused on parallel configuration of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), where an individual hard or soft decision is computed at each sensor node and then transmitted…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-09-09 Yasaman Keshtkarjahromi , Rashid Ansari , Ashfaq Khokhar

Most communication systems use some form of feedback, often related to channel state information. In this paper, we study diversity multiplexing tradeoff for both FDD and TDD systems, when both receiver and transmitter knowledge about the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-15 Vaneet Aggarwal , Ashutosh Sabharwal

In this paper, we consider a multi-hop energy harvesting (EH) communication system in a full-duplex mode, where arrival data and harvested energy curves in the source and the relays are modeled as general functions. This model includes the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-02 Milad Rezaee , Mahtab Mirmohseni , Vaneet Aggarwal , Mohammad Reza Aref

In this paper, we propose to implement the dynamic decode-and-forward (DDF) protocol with distributed rotations. In addition to being the first minimum-delay implementation of the DDF protocol proposed for any number of relays, this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-02-22 Charlotte Hucher , Parastoo Sadeghi

Relay selection enhances the performance of the cooperative networks by selecting the links with higher capacity. Meanwhile link adaptation improves the spectral efficiency of wireless data-centric networks through adapting the modulation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-09-02 Wei Yang , Lihua Li , Gang Wu , Haifeng Wang

Many real-world complex systems can be modeled as multiplex networks, where each layer represents a distinct set of interactions among the same entities. Controlling such systems-steering them toward desired states using external inputs-is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-29 Haoyu Zheng , Xizhe Zhang

Decentralized federated learning (D-FL) enables privacy-preserving training without a central server, but multi-hop model exchanges and aggregation are often bottlenecked by communication resource constraints. To address this issue, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-17 Xiaoyu He , Weicai Li , Tiejun Lv , Xi Yu

The performance of a dual-hop MIMO relay network is studied in this paper. The relay is assumed to have access to the statistical channel state information of its preceding and following channels and it is assumed that fading at the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-26 Mehdi M. Molu , Alister Burr , Norbert Goertz

Link failures in wide area networks are common and cause significant data losses. Mesh-based protection schemes offer high capacity efficiency but they are slow and require complex signaling. Additionally, real-time reconfiguration of a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-06-13 Serhat Nazim Avci , Ender Ayanoglu

In large wireless networks, acquiring full network state information is typically infeasible. Hence, nodes need to flow the information and manage the interference based on partial information about the network. In this paper, we consider…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Alireza Vahid , Vaneet Aggarwal , Amir Salman Avestimehr , Ashutosh Sabharwal

We study Multi-Robot Coverage Path Planning (MCPP) on a 4-neighbor 2D grid G, which aims to compute paths for multiple robots to cover all cells of G. Traditional approaches are limited as they first compute coverage trees on a quadrant…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Jingtao Tang , Zining Mao , Hang Ma

The performance of the automatic repeat request-dynamic decode and forward (ARQ-DDF) cooperation protocol is analyzed in two distinct scenarios. The first scenario is the multiple access relay (MAR) channel where a single relay is dedicated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-16 Kambiz Azarian , Hesham El Gamal , Philip Schniter

We consider the optimization of a two-hop relay network based on an amplify-and-forward Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) relay. The relay is assumed to derive the output signal by a Relay Transform Matrix (RTM) applied to the input…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-04 Giorgio Taricco

Efficient data transmission across mobile multi-hop networks that connect edge devices to core servers presents significant challenges, particularly due to the variability in link qualities between wireless and wired segments. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-28 Chenghong Bian , Yulin Shao , Deniz Gündüz

In this paper, a cooperative protocol is investigated for a multi-hop network consisting of relays with buffers of finite size, which may operate in different communication modes. The protocol is based on the myopic decode-and-forward…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Andreas Nicolaides , Constantinos Psomas , Ioannis Krikidis