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In this work, the uplink channel estimation problem is considered for a millimeter wave (mmWave) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. It is well known that pilot overhead and computation complexity in estimating the channel increases…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Rakesh Mundlamuri , Rajeev Gangula , Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Florian Kaltenberger , Walid Saad

With the large number of antennas and subcarriers the overhead due to pilot transmission for channel estimation can be prohibitive in wideband massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. This can degrade the overall spectral…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi , Deniz Gunduz

Channel estimation is fundamental to wireless communications, yet it becomes increasingly challenging in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems where base stations employ hundreds of antennas. Traditional least-squares…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-04 Pinjun Zheng , Md. Jahangir Hossain , Anas Chaaban

In this paper, we study the problem of uplink channel estimation for near-filed orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, where a base station (BS), equipped with an extremely large-scale antenna array (ELAA), serves…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-27 Jionghui Wang , Jun Fang , Hongbin Li , Boyu Ning

We consider the problem of downlink training and channel estimation in frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO systems, where the base station (BS) equipped with a large number of antennas serves a number of single-antenna users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-01 Jun Fang , Xingjian Li , Hongbin Li , Feifei Gao

Pilot contamination has been regarded as the main bottleneck in time division duplexing (TDD) multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The pilot contamination problem cannot be addressed with large-scale antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-11-10 Xun Zou , Hamid Jafarkhani

This paper investigates downlink channel estimation in frequency-division duplex (FDD)-based massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. To reduce the overhead of downlink channel estimation and uplink feedback in FDD systems,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-24 Yinsheng Liu , Yinjun Liu , Qimei Cui , Riku Jantti

In multi-cell massive MIMO systems, channel estimation is deteriorated by pilot contamination and the effects of pilot contamination become more severe due to hardware impairments. In this paper, we propose a joint pilot design and channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-11 Byungju Lim , Won Joon Yun , Joongheon Kim , Young-Chai Ko

This paper considers pilot-based channel estimation in large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems, also known as "massive MIMO". Unlike previous works on this topic, which mainly considered the impact of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-18 Nafiseh Shariati , Emil Björnson , Mats Bengtsson , Mérouane Debbah

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) networks enhance coverage and spectral efficiency (SE) by distributing antennas across access points (APs) with phase coherence between APs. However, the use of cost-efficient local…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-26 Yibo Wu , Luca Sanguinetti , Musa Furkan Keskin , Ulf Gustavsson , Alexandre Graell i Amat , Henk Wymeersch

In this paper, we consider the problem of preamble design in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems employing offset quadrature amplitude modulation based filter bank multicarrier (OQAM/FBMC) and propose a preamble optimization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-13 Wenfeng Liu , Da Chen , Kai Luo , Tao Jiang , Daiming Qu

We consider the problem of estimating sparse communication channels in the MIMO context. In small to medium bandwidth communications, as in the current standards for OFDM and CDMA communication systems (with bandwidth up to 20 MHz), such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yann Barbotin , Ali Hormati , Sundeep Rangan , Martin Vetterli

This paper addresses channel estimation and data equalization on frequency-selective 1-bit quantized Multiple Input-Multiple Output (MIMO) systems. No joint processing or Channel State Information is assumed at the transmitter, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-09 Javier García , Jawad Munir , Kilian Roth , Josef A. Nossek

Accurate channel estimation is essential for reliable communication in sub-THz extremely large (XL) MIMO systems. Deploying XL-MIMO in high-frequency bands not only increases the number of antennas, but also fundamentally alters channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Wen-Xuan Long , Marco Moretti , Michele Morelli , Luca Sanguinetti , Rui Chen

Pilot contamination is a limiting factor in multicell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems because it can severely impair channel estimation. Prior works have suggested coordinating pilot design across cells in order to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-13 Kaiming Shen , Hei Victor Cheng , Xihan Chen , Yonina C. Eldar , Wei Yu

Pixel-based fluid antennas provide enhanced multiplexing gains and quicker radiation pattern switching than traditional designs. However, this innovation introduces challenges for channel estimation and analog precoding due to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-12 Huayan Guo , Jichen Zhang , Junhui Rao , Ross Murch , Vincent K. N. Lau

For an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system over a doubly selective (DS) channel, a large number of pilot subcarriers are needed to estimate the numerous channel parameters, resulting in low spectral efficiency. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Qibo Qin , Lin Gui , Bo Gong , Xiang Ren , Wen Chen

A nonlinear channel estimator using complex Least Square Support Vector Machines (LS-SVM) is proposed for pilot-aided OFDM system and applied to Long Term Evolution (LTE) downlink under high mobility conditions. The estimation algorithm…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2014-12-12 Anis Charrada , Abdelaziz Samet

The focus of this letter is on the reduction of the large pilot overhead in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We propose a novel joint channel estimation and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-16 Danilo Lelin Li , Arman Farhang

The present paper deals with an OFDM-based uplink within a multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) system where a massive MIMO approach is employed. In this context, the linear detectors Minimum Mean-Squared Error (MMSE), Zero Forcing (ZF) and Maximum…