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We explore 5 network communication problems where the possibility of interference alignment, and consequently the total number of degrees of freedom (DoF) with channel uncertainty at the transmitters are unknown. These problems share the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Syed A. Jafar

This work explores how degrees of freedom (DoF) results from wireless networks can be translated into capacity results for their finite field counterparts that arise in network coding applications. The main insight is that scalar (SISO)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-04-30 Sundar R. Krishnamurthy , Syed A. Jafar

A network consisting of a point-to-point (P2P) link and a multiple access channel (MAC) sharing the same medium is considered. The resulting interference network, with three transmitters and two receivers is studied from degrees of freedom…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-10-05 Anas Chaaban , Aydin Sezgin

Interference alignment (IA) techniques mostly attain their degrees of freedom (DoF) benefits as the number of channel extensions tends to infinity. Intuitively, the more interfering signals that need to be aligned, the larger the number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-08 Zainalabedin Samadi , Vahid Tabataba Vakily , Farzan Haddadi

The number of spatial degrees of freedom (NDoF) and channel strength in antenna systems are examined within a geometric framework. Starting from a correlation-operator representation of the channel between transmitter and receiver regions,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Mats Gustafsson , Yaniv Brick

This work is to study the degrees of freedom (DoF) for the $K$-user MIMO Y channel. Previously, two transmission frameworks have been proposed for the DoF analysis when $N \geq 2M$, where $M$ and $N$ denote the number of antennas at each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-21 Kangqi Liu , Meixia Tao

This paper examines the number of communication modes, that is, the degrees of freedom (DoF) in a wireless line-of-sight channel comprising a small continuous linear intelligent antenna array in the near field of a large one. The framework…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Athanasios G. Kanatas , Harris K. Armeniakos , Harpreet S. Dhillon , Marco Di Renzo

Degree of freedom (DoF) region provides an approximation of capacity region in high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime, while sum DoF gives the scaling factor. In this correspondence, we analyse the DoF region and sum DoF for unicast…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Feng Liu , Chung Chan , Ying Jun , Zhang

We explore the interplay between interference, cooperation and connectivity in heterogeneous wireless interference networks. Specifically, we consider a 4-user locally-connected interference network with pairwise clustered decoding and show…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Chenwei Wang , Syed A. Jafar , Shlomo Shamai , Michele Wigger

We study the role of caches in wireless interference networks. We focus on content caching and delivery across a Gaussian interference network, where both transmitters and receivers are equipped with caches. We provide a constant-factor…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-08 Jad Hachem , Urs Niesen , Suhas Diggavi

In this paper, we study the information theoretic maximal degrees of freedom (DoF) for the symmetric multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) interfering broadcast channel (IBC) with arbitrary antenna configurations. For the G-cell K-user MXN…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-27 Tingting Liu , Chenyang Yang

An alternative derivation is provided for the degrees of freedom (DOF) formula on line-of-sight (LOS) channels via Landau's eigenvalue theorem for bandlimited signals. Compared to other approaches, Landau's theorem provides a general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Andrea Pizzo , Angel Lozano

This paper characterizes the degrees of freedom (DoF) regions for the multi-user vector broadcast channel with periodic channel state information (CSI) feedback. As a part of the characterization, a new transmission method called space-time…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-08-16 Namyoon Lee , Robert Heath

We characterize the degrees-of-freedom (DoF) region of a class of two-unicast wireless networks under the assumption of delayed channel state information at the transmitters. We consider a layered topology with arbitrary connectivity, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-04 Alireza Vahid

The generalized degrees of freedom (GDoF) of the two user symmetric multiple input multiple output (MIMO) interference channel (IC) are characterized as a function of the channel strength levels and the level of channel state information at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-03 Arash Gholami Davoodi , Syed A. Jafar

The generalized degrees of freedom (GDoF) region of the MIMO Gaussian interference channel is obtained for the general case with an arbitrary number of antennas at each node and where the SNR and interference-to-noise ratios (INRs) vary…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-03-10 Sanjay Karmakar , Mahesh K. Varanasi

Electromagnetic information theory (EIT) is one of the emerging topics for 6G communication due to its potential to reveal the performance limit of wireless communication systems. For EIT, one of the most important research directions is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-14 Zhongzhichao Wan , Jieao Zhu , Yongli Yan , Linglong Dai

The degrees of freedom (DoF) region of the two-user MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) interference channel is established under a new model termed as hybrid CSIT. In this model, one transmitter has delayed channel state information…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-12-04 Kaniska Mohanty , Chinmay S. Vaze , Mahesh K. Varanasi

Degrees of freedom (DoF) is studied in the downlink of a heterogenous wireless network modeled as a two-layered interference network. The first layer of the interference network is the backhaul layer between macro base stations (MB) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-12 Meghana Bande , Venugopal Veeravalli , Antti Tolli , Markku Juntti

Degrees of freedom (DoF) gains are studied in wireless networks with cooperative transmission under a backhaul load constraint that limits the average number of messages that can be delivered from a centralized controller to base station…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Meghana Bande , Aly El Gamal , Venugopal V. Veeravalli