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This paper addresses the well-known local maximum problem of the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm in blind intersymbol interference (ISI) channel estimation. This problem primarily results from phase and shift ambiguity during…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-05 Chin-Hung Chen , Ivana Nikoloska , Wim van Houtum , Yan Wu , Alex Alvarado

We investigate the application of the factor graph framework for blind joint channel estimation and symbol detection on time-variant linear inter-symbol interference channels. In particular, we consider the expectation maximization (EM)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Luca Schmid , Tomer Raviv , Nir Shlezinger , Laurent Schmalen

Blind estimation of intersymbol interference channels based on the Baum-Welch (BW) algorithm, a specific implementation of the expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm for training hidden Markov models, is robust and does not require labeled…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Chin-Hung Chen , Boris Karanov , Ivana Nikoloska , Wim van Houtum , Yan Wu , Alex Alvarado

We study Sinkhorn EM (sEM), a variant of the expectation maximization (EM) algorithm for mixtures based on entropic optimal transport. sEM differs from the classic EM algorithm in the way responsibilities are computed during the expectation…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-07-01 Gonzalo Mena , Amin Nejatbakhsh , Erdem Varol , Jonathan Niles-Weed

This paper presents a fully blind phase-aware expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm for OFDM systems with the phase-shift keying (PSK) modulation. We address the well-known local maximum problem of the EM algorithm for blind channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-27 Chin-Hung Chen , Ivana Nikoloska , Wim van Houtum , Yan Wu , Alex Alvarado

We study the problem of downlink channel estimation in multi-user massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems. To this end, we consider a Bayesian compressive sensing approach in which the clustered sparse structure of the channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Mohammed Rashid , Mort Naraghi-Pour

The high path loss associated with millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency communication can be compensated by large scale antenna arrays such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The hybrid beamforming architecture which uses fewer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-17 Evangelos Vlachos , Aryan Kaushik , Muhammad Z. Shakir

This letter proposes a Bayesian channel estimation method that leverages on the a priori information provided by the Electromagnetic Digital Twin's (EM-DT) representation of the environment. The proposed approach is compared with several…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-08 Lorenzo Del Moro , Francesco Linsalata , Marouan Mizmizi , Maurizio Magarini , Damiano Badini , Umberto Spagnolini

The recently introduced atomic norm minimization (ANM) framework for parameter estimation is a promising candidate towards low overhead channel estimation in wireless communications. However, previous works on ANM-based channel estimation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-05 Stelios Stefanatos , Mahdi Barzegar Khalilsarai , Gerhard Wunder

This paper proposes a relay selection scheme that aims to improve the end-to-end symbol error rate (SER) performance of a two-way relay network (TWRN). The TWRN consists of two single-antenna sources and multiple relays employing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-20 Ruohan Cao , Hui Gao , Tiejun Lv , Shaoshi Yang , Shanguo Huang

Discriminatory channel estimation (DCE) is a recently developed strategy to enlarge the performance difference between a legitimate receiver (LR) and an unauthorized receiver (UR) in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless system.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Junjie Yang , Shengli Xie , Xiangyun Zhou , Rong Yu , Yan Zhang

Reconfigurable antenna systems (RASs), such as fluid antennas and movable antennas, are poised to play a pivotal role in sixth-generation (6G) systems by dynamically adapting the antenna elements for system performance enhancement. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-27 Chen Xu , Xianghao Yu

Residual self-interference (SI) cancellation in the digital baseband is an important problem in full-duplex (FD) communication systems. In this paper, we propose a new technique for estimating the SI and communication channels in a FD…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-30 Abbas Koohian , Hani Mehrpouyan , Ali A. Nasir , Salman Durrani , Mohammad Azarbad , Steven D. Blostein

This paper deals with the problem of clustering data returned by a radar sensor network that monitors a region where multiple moving targets are present. The network is formed by nodes with limited functionalities that transmit the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-07 Linjie Yan , Pia Addabbo , Nicomino Fiscante , Carmine Clemente , Chengpeng Hao , Gaetano Giunta , Danilo Orlando

With fluid antenna system (FAS) gradually establishing itself as a possible enabling technology for next generation wireless communications, channel estimation for FAS has become a pressing issue. Existing methodologies however face…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-09 Zhen Chen , Jianqing Li , Xiu Yin Zhang , Kai-Kit Wong , Chan-Byoung Chae , Yangyang Zhang

We present a semi-supervised algorithm for lung cancer screening in which a 3D Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) is trained using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) meta-algorithm. Semi-supervised learning allows a smaller labelled data-set…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-06 Sumeet Menon , David Chapman , Phuong Nguyen , Yelena Yesha , Michael Morris , Babak Saboury

We consider a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-MaMIMO) communication system in the uplink transmission and propose a novel algorithm for blind or semi-blind joint channel estimation and data detection (JCD). We formulate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Alexander Karataev , Christian Forsch , Laura Cottatellucci

Minimizing training overhead in channel estimation is a crucial challenge in wireless communication systems. This paper presents an extension of the traditional blind algorithm, called "Mutually referenced equalizers" (MRE), specifically…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-16 Do Hai Son , Karim Abed-Meraim , Tran Trong Duy , Nguyen Linh Trung , Tran Thi Thuy Quynh

The expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm is a well-known iterative method for computing maximum likelihood estimates from incomplete data. Despite its numerous advantages, a main drawback of the EM algorithm is its frequently observed…

Computation · Statistics 2018-08-14 Nicholas C. Henderson , Ravi Varadhan

We study the multi-reference alignment (MRA) problem of recovering a signal from noisy observations acted on by unknown random circular shifts. While the information-theoretic limits of MRA are well characterized in many settings, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-12 Amnon Balanov , Wasim Huleihel , Tamir Bendory