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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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-13 Hassan Yeganeh , Javane Rostampoor

In this paper we develop a tractable framework for SINR analysis in downlink heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs) with flexible cell association policies. The HCN is modeled as a multi-tier cellular network where each tier's base stations…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Han-Shin Jo , Young Jin Sang , Ping Xia , Jeffrey G. Andrews

This paper considers a general stochastic resource allocation problem that arises widely in wireless networks, cognitive radio, networks, smart-grid communications, and cross-layer design. The problem formulation involves expectations with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-12 Amrit Singh Bedi , Ketan Rajawat

This work considers the problem of user association to small-cell base stations (SBSs) in a heterogeneous and small-cell network (HetSNet). Two optimization problems are investigated, which are maximizing the set of associated users to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-28 Zoubeir Mlika , Mathew Goonewardena , Wessam Ajib , Halima Elbiaze

In this paper, we study the resource allocation algorithm design for downlink multicarrier transmission with a shared user equipment (UE)-side distributed antenna system (SUDAS) which utilizes both licensed and unlicensed frequency bands…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Marco Breiling , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Christian Rohde , Frank Burkhardt , Robert Schober

This paper investigates the coexistence of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and full-duplex (FD) to improve both spectral efficiency (SE) and user fairness. In such a scenario, NOMA based on the successive interference cancellation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-08-05 Hieu V. Nguyen , Van-Dinh Nguyen , Octavia A. Dobre , Diep N. Nguyen , Eryk Dutkiewicz , Oh-Soon Shin

This paper proposes a time-efficient mechanism to decrease the on-line computing time of solving the joint unmanned aerial vehicle base station (UAV-BS) deployment and user/sensor association (UDUA) problem aiming at maximizing the downlink…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-06 Bo Ma , Zitian Zhang , Jiliang Zhang , Jie Zhang

Semantic communication (SemCom) has recently been considered a promising solution to guarantee high resource utilization and transmission reliability for future wireless networks. Nevertheless, the unique demand for background knowledge…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Le Xia , Yao Sun , Dusit Niyato , Xiaoqian Li , Muhammad Ali Imran

In this paper, we introduce a novel approach for power allocation in cellular networks. In our model, we use sigmoidal-like utility functions to represent different users' modulation schemes. Each utility function is a representation of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-10-07 Ahmed Abdelhadi , Awais Khawar , T. Charles Clancy

This paper jointly investigates user association (UA), mode selection (MS), and bandwidth allocation (BA) problems in a novel and practical next-generation cellular network where two modes of semantic communication (SemCom) and conventional…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Le Xia , Yao Sun , Dusit Niyato , Lan Zhang , Lei Zhang , Muhammad Ali Imran

Joint unicast and multicast transmissions are becoming increasingly important in practical wireless systems, such as Internet of Things networks. This paper investigates a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-20 Mustafa S. Abbas , Zahra Mobini , Hien Quoc Ngo , Hyundong Shin , Michail Matthaiou

Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) has emerged as a promising technique for efficient interference management in next-generation wireless networks. While most existing studies focus on downlink and single-cell designs, the modeling and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Xinyi Guo , Li You , Qiong Liu , Xiqi Gao , Xiang-Gen Xia

In this paper, we study the joint resource allocation algorithm design for downlink and uplink multicarrier transmission assisted by a shared user equipment (UE)-side distributed antenna system (SUDAS). The proposed SUDAS simultaneously…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-25 Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Marco Breiling , Christian Rohde , Frank Burkhardt , Robert Schober

We conceptualized a straightforward and flexible approach for random spatial inhomogeneity by proposing the area-specific deployment (ASD) algorithm, which takes into account the clustering tendency of users. In fact, the ASD method has the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-04-11 Mouhamed Abdulla , Yousef R. Shayan

This paper proposes a multi-level cooperative architecture to balance the spectral efficiency and scalability of cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In the proposed architecture, spatial expansion units (SEUs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Jiamin Li , Xiaoyu Sun , Pengcheng Zhu , Dongming Wang , Xiaohu You

The widespread application of wireless services and dense devices access have triggered huge energy consumption. Because of the environmental and financial considerations, energy-efficient design in wireless networks becomes an inevitable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-10 Haijun Zhang , Hao Liu , Julian Cheng , Victor C. M. Leung

Spatial modeling of wireless networks via analytical means has been considered as a widely practiced mechanism for inference. As a result, some geometrical deployment models have been proposed in literature. Although practical in certain…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-28 Mouhamed Abdulla

Most work on wireless network resource allocation use physical layer performance such as sum rate and outage probability as the figure of merit. These metrics may not reflect the true user QoS in future heterogenous networks (HetNets) with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Binnan Zhuang , Dongning Guo , Michael L. Honig

Multi-scale spectrum sensing is proposed to overcome the cost of full network state information on the spectrum occupancy of primary users (PUs) in dense multi-cell cognitive networks. Secondary users (SUs) estimate the local spectrum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-07 Nicolo Michelusi , Matthew Nokleby , Urbashi Mitra , Robert Calderbank

The proliferation of wireless-enabled applications with divergent quality of service (QoS) requirements necessitates tailored QoS provisioning. With the growing complexity of wireless infrastructures, application-specific QoS perceived by a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-12 Yongqin Fu , Xianbin Wang