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We study low-signalling overhead scheduling for downlink coordinated multi-point (CoMP) transmission with multi-antenna base stations (BSs) and single-antenna users. By exploiting the asymmetric channel feature, i.e., the pathloss…

In this paper, the downlink of a multi-cell massive MIMO system is considered where the channel state information (CSI) is estimated via pilot symbols that are orthogonal in a cell but re-used in other cells. Re-using the pilots, however,…

The performance of downlink massive multiple-input-multiple-output networks with co-channel device-to-device communications is investigated in this paper. Specifically, we consider a cellular network with sufficient number of antennas at…

This paper considers a multicell downlink channel in which multiple base stations (BSs) cooperatively serve users by jointly precoding shared data transported from a central processor over limited-capacity backhaul links. We jointly design…

The demand for communication services in the era of intelligent terminals is unprecedented and huge. To meet such development, modern wireless communications must provide higher quality services with higher energy efficiency in terms of…

Base station cooperation in heterogeneous wireless networks (HetNets) is a promising approach to improve the network performance, but it also imposes a significant challenge on backhaul. On the other hand, caching at small base stations…

Integrated satellite-terrestrial networks (ISTNs) can significantly expand network coverage while diminishing reliance on terrestrial infrastructure. Despite the enticing potential of ISTNs, there is no comprehensive mathematical…

This paper quantifies the benefits and limitations of cooperative communications by providing a statistical analysis of the downlink in network multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider an idealized model where the…

In this paper, we investigate optimal downlink power allocation in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks with distributed antenna arrays (DAAs) under correlated and uncorrelated channel fading. In DAA massive MIMO, the base…

In this paper we consider a heterogeneous network which consists of a macro base station and some pico base stations utilizing massive MIMO and MIMO techniques, respectively. A central software-defined mobile network (SDMN) controller is…

In this paper, we introduce an analytical framework to compute the average rate of downlink heterogeneous cellular networks. The framework leverages recent application of stochastic geometry to other-cell interference modeling and analysis.…

With the emergence of integrated access and backhaul (IAB) in the fifth generation (5G) of cellular networks, backhaul is no longer just a passive capacity constraint in cellular network design. In fact, this tight integration of access and…

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is a key player in low latency 5G networks with the task to resolve the conflict between computationally-intensive mobile applications and resource-limited mobile devices (MDs). As such, there has been intense…

We consider a low Earth orbit downlink communication, where multiple satellites jointly serve multi-antenna ground users, transmitting multiple spatial streams per user. Using a line-of-sight-dominant satellite channel model with…

In this paper, we pioneer the study of physical-layer security in heterogeneous networks (HetNets). We investigate secure communications in a two-tier downlink HetNet, which comprises one macrocell and several femtocells. Each cell has…

In cellular networks, the densification of connected devices and base stations engender the ever-growing traffic intensity, and caching popular contents with smart management is a promising way to alleviate such consequences. Our research…

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) is a robust multiple access scheme for multi-antenna wireless networks. In this work, we study the performance of RSMA in downlink overloaded networks, where the number of transmit antennas is smaller…

Heterogeneous network (HetNet) is a promising concept for increasing capacity and alleviating spectrum scarcity. In HetNets, however, channel assignment and transmit power control affect the distribution of users among base stations. We…

This paper develops a multi-user downlink communication framework for distributed low Earth orbit satellite networks serving ground users equipped with multiple antennas. Building upon the concept of cell-free multiple-input multiple-output…

This paper presents the meta distribution analysis of the downlink two-user non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in cellular networks. We propose a novel user ranking technique wherein the users from the cell center (CC) and cell edge (CE)…