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We consider the interference management problem in a multicell MIMO heterogenous network. Within each cell there are a large number of distributed micro/pico base stations (BSs) that can be potentially coordinated for joint transmission. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Mingyi Hong , Ruo-Yu Sun , Hadi Baligh , Zhi-Quan Luo

To achieve high performance without substantial overheads associated with channel state information (CSI) of ground users, we consider a fixed-beam precoding approach, where a satellite forms multiple fixed-beams without relying on CSI,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Seyong Kim , Jinseok Choi , Wonjae Shin , Namyoon Lee , Jeonghun Park

In this paper, we analyze a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) interference channel where nodes are randomly distributed on a plane as a spatial Poisson cluster point process. Each cluster uses interference alignment (IA) to suppress…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-20 Behrang Nosrat-Makouei , Radha Krishna Ganti , Jeffrey G. Andrews , Robert W. Heath

This paper considers the use of NOMA in multiuser MIMO systems in practical scenarios where CSI is acquired through pilot signaling. A new NOMA scheme that uses shared pilots is proposed. Achievable rate analysis is carried out for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-07 Hei Victor Cheng , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

This letter advances the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique for cellular downlink co-channel interference mitigation, via exploiting the (limited) cooperation among base stations (BSs). Specifically, we consider a simplified…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-17 Weidong Mei , Rui Zhang

Integrating cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs) can provide ubiquitous connectivity and enhance coverage. This paper explores…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-18 Jun Qian , Ross Murch , Khaled B. Letaief

In this paper, we propose algorithms for signal detection in large-scale multiuser {\em spatial modulation multiple-input multiple-output (SM-MIMO)} systems. In large-scale SM-MIMO, each user is equipped with multiple transmit antennas…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-07 P. Raviteja , T. Lakshmi Narasimhan , A. Chockalingam

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,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-21 Meysam Shahrbaf Motlagh , Subhajit Majhi , Patrick Mitran , Hideki Ochiai

In this paper power allocation in a cellular network, which transmitter uses massive multiple inputs multiple outputs (MIMO) system was studied. As circuit power consumption is increased by the number of antenna in transmitter and users,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-03 Saeed Sadeghi Vilni

Sparse Code Multiple Access (SCMA) and Blind Interference Alignment (BIA) are key enablers for multi-user communication, yet each suffers from distinct limitations: SCMA faces high complexity and limited multiplexing gain, while BIA…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Jianjian Wu , Chi-Tsun Cheng , Qingfeng Zhou , Jianlin Liang , Jinke Wu

This work considers an uplink wireless communication system where multiple users with multiple antennas transmit data frames over dynamic channels. Previous studies have shown that multiple transmit and receive antennas can substantially…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-25 Sajad Daei , Gabor Fodor , Mikael Skoglund

In this paper, we consider the problem of classifying the transmission system when it is not known a priori whether the transmission is via a single antenna or multiple antennas. The receiver is assumed to be employed with a known number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-02 Thakshila Wimalajeewa , Pramod K Varshney , Wei Su

This paper studies the sum throughput of the {multi-user} multiple-input-single-output (MISO) networks in the cases with large but finite number of transmit antennas and users. Considering continuous and bursty communication scenarios with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-14 Behrooz Makki , Tommy Svensson , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

A common approach to obtain channel state information for massive MIMO networks is to use the same orthogonal training sequences in each cell. We call this the full-pilot reuse (FPR) scheme. In this paper, we study an alternative approach…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Rusdha Muharar , Jamie Evans

Due to the relatively high cost of deploying optical fibers, free space optical (FSO) links have been developed as a cost-effective alternative technology for next generation cellular networks. However, in order to have a practical role in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Himan Savojbolaghchi , Seyed Mohammad Sajad Sadough

In this paper, we investigate the impact of channel aging on the performance of cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with pilot contamination. To take into account the channel aging effect due to user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-26 Jiakang Zheng , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Bo Ai

Massive spatial modulation aided multiple-input multiple-output (SM-MIMO) systems have recently been proposed as a novel combination of spatial modulation (SM) and of conventional massive MIMO, where the base station (BS) is equipped with a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-28 Longzhuang He , Jintao Wang , Jian Song , Lajos Hanzo

This paper takes a new look at Cell-free Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) through the lens of the dynamic cooperation cluster framework from the Network MIMO literature. The purpose is to identify and address scalability issues…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti

In this paper, we consider a joint unicast and multi-group multicast cell-free distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system, while accounting for co-pilot assignment strategy based channel estimation, pilot contamination…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-10 Jiamin Li , Qijun Pan , Zhenggang Wu , Pengcheng Zhu , Dongming Wang , Xiaohu You

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems achieve high sum spectral efficiency by offering an order of magnitude increase in multiplexing gains. In time division duplexing systems, however, the reuse of uplink training pilots…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-14 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Geert Leus , Robert W. Heath