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MIMO mobile systems, with a large number of antennas at the base-station side, enable the concurrent transmission of multiple, spatially separated information streams and, therefore, enable improved network throughput and connectivity both…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-06 Konstantinos Nikitopoulos , Marcin Filo , Chathura Jayawardena , Rahim Tafazolli

Intelligent metasurfaces may be harnessed for realizing efficient holographic multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems, at a low hardware-cost and high energy-efficiency. As part of this family, we propose a hybrid beamforming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Qingchao Li , Mohammed El-Hajjar , Chao Xu , Jiancheng An , Chau Yuen , Lajos Hanzo

The stacked intelligent metasurface (SIM), comprising multiple layers of reconfigurable transmissive metasurfaces, is becoming an increasingly viable solution for future wireless communication systems. In this paper, we explore the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Enyu Shi , Jiayi Zhang , Jiancheng An , Marco Di Renzo , Bo Ai , Chau Yuen

This paper studies the cross-layer challenges and performance of Hybrid Beamforming (HBF) and Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) in 5G millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular networks with full-stack TCP/IP traffic and MAC…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Felipe Gomez-Cuba , Tommaso Zugno , Junseok Kim , Michele Polese , Saewoong Bahk , Michele Zorzi

In this paper we are proposing a new concept in MAC layer protocol design for Cognitive radio by combining information held by physical layer and MAC layer with analytical engine based on knowledge based reasoning approach. In the proposed…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-07-15 Vibhar Pathak , Dr. Krishna Chandra Roy , Santosh Kumar Singh

We investigate the achievable rate (AR) of a stacked intelligent metasurface (SIM)-aided holographic multiple-input multiple-output (HMIMO) system by jointly optimizing the SIM phase shifts and power allocation. Contrary to earlier studies…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-14 Eduard E. Bahingayi , Nemanja Stefan Perović , Le-Nam Tran

Future mobile networks must achieve substantial improvements in energy efficiency to offset the anticipated traffic growth. Despite this requirement, many discussions regarding physical layer design remain primarily focused on peak data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-16 Florian Gast , Meik Dörpinghaus , Gerhard Fettweis

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a very promising technology designed to provide both high rate communication capabilities and sensing capabilities. However, in Massive Multi User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (Massive MU…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Jun Zhu , Yin Xu , Dazhi He , Haoyang Li , YunFeng Guan , Wenjun Zhang

The structured nature of video data motivates introducing video-aware decisions that make use of this structure for improved video transmission over wireless networks. In this paper, we introduce an architecture for real-time video…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-26 Amin Abdel Khalek , Constantine Caramanis , Robert W. Heath

This paper studies a wireless-energy-transfer (WET) enabled massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system (MM) consisting of a hybrid data-and-energy access point (H-AP) and multiple single-antenna users. In the WET-MM system, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Gang Yang , Chin Keong Ho , Rui Zhang , Yong Liang Guan

The IEEE 802.11ad standard extends WiFi operation to the millimeter wave frequencies, and introduces novel features concerning both the physical (PHY) and Medium Access Control (MAC) layers. However, while there are extensive research…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-18 Chiara Pielli , Tanguy Ropitault , Nada Golmie , Michele Zorzi

Future wireless networks are envisioned to simultaneously provide high data-rate communication and ubiquitous environment-aware services for numerous users. One promising approach to meet this demand is to employ network-level integrated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Dongfang Xu , Yiming Xu , Xin Zhang , Xianghao Yu , Shenghui Song , Robert Schober

Hybrid precoding is an indispensable technique to harness the full potential of a multi-user massive multiple-input, multiple-output (MU-MMIMO) system. In this paper, we propose a new hybrid precoding approach that combines digital and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Azadeh Pourkabirian , Kai Li , Photios A. Stavrou , Wei Ni

IEEE 802.11ax introduces orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) to WiFi to support concurrent transmissions to a larger number of users. As bandwidth continues to grow, WiFi channels exhibit increased frequency selectivity,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Xiang Zhang , Michail Palaiologos , Christian Bluemm , Giuseppe Caire

Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA), relying on linearly precoded rate-splitting (RS) at the transmitter and successive interference cancellation (SIC) at the receivers has emerged as a powerful and flexible multiple access strategy for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-02 Longfei Yin , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques allow for multiplexing and/or diversity gain, and will be widely deployed in future wireless systems. In this paper, we propose a MIMO-assisted channel-based authentication scheme, exploiting…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2009-07-29 Liang Xiao , Larry Greenstein , Narayan Mandayam , Wade Trappe

In multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) LANs, the achievable throughput of a client depends on who are transmitting concurrently with it. Existing MU-MIMO MAC protocols however enable clients to use the traditional 802.11 contention to contend for…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Tung-Wei Kuo , Kuang-Che Lee , Kate Ching-Ju Lin , Ming-Jer Tsai

In this paper we compare between the maximum Throughputs received in IEEE 802.11ax and IEEE 802.11ac in a scenario where a single user continuously transmits to another one. The comparison is done as a function of the Modulation/Coding…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-28 Oran Sharon , Yaron Alpert

This paper presents a cross-layer approach for optimizing the delay performance of a multiuser diversity system with heterogeneous block-fading channels and a delay-sensitive bursty-traffic. We consider the downlink of a time-slotted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-02-10 Jalil Seifali Harsini , Farshad Lahouti

This paper presents a physics-based channel modeling and optimization framework for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted downlink multi-user multiple-input single-output (MU-MISO) communication systems in site-specific…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-24 Ziqi Liu , Wei Yu , Sean Victor Hum