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Resource allocation is conceived for cell-free (CF) massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO)-aided ultra-reliable and low latency communication (URLLC) systems. Specifically, to support multiple devices with limited pilot overhead, pilot…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-22 Qihao Peng , Hong Ren , Mianxiong Dong , Maged Elkashlan , Kai-Kit Wong , Lajos Hanzo

This letter studies the pilot contamination (PC) problem for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks with coexisting terrestrial users and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Due to the strong line-of-sight (LoS) air-to-ground…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Rui Lu , Qingqing Wu , Rui Zhang

In this paper, we propose a data-driven deep learning (DL) approach to jointly design the pilot signals and channel estimator for wideband massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. By exploiting the angular-domain…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-13 Xisuo Ma , Zhen Gao

In this paper, a new state-of-the-art multi-cell MMSE scheme is proposed for massive MIMO networks, which includes an uplink MMSE detector and a downlink MMSE precoder. The main novelty is that it exploits all available pilots for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-27 Xueru Li , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson , Shidong Zhou , Jing Wang

In conventional multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems with frequency division duplexing (FDD), channel acquisition and precoder optimization processes have been designed separately although they are highly coupled.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Jeonghyeon Jang , Hoon Lee , Il-Min Kim , Inkyu Lee

The superimposed pilot transmission scheme offers substantial potential for improving spectral efficiency in MIMO-OFDM systems, but it presents significant challenges for receiver design due to pilot contamination and data interference. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Xinjie Li , Xingyu Zhou , Yixiao Cao , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Xiao Li , Shi Jin

Massive MIMO systems can achieve high spectrum and energy efficiency in downlink (DL) based on accurate estimate of channel state information (CSI). Existing works have developed learning-based DL CSI estimation that lowers uplink feedback…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-31 Yu-Chien Lin , Ta-Sung Lee , Zhi Ding

This paper proposes a model-driven deep learning (MDDL)-based channel estimation and feedback scheme for wideband millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive hybrid multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the angle-delay domain channels'…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Xisuo Ma , Zhen Gao , Feifei Gao , Marco Di Renzo

Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (massive MIMO) is a variant of multi-user MIMO in which the number of antennas at each Base Station (BS) is very large and typically much larger than the number of users simultaneously served. Massive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-16 Mahdi Barzegar Khalilsarai , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

Pilot contamination remains a major bottleneck in realizing the full potential of distributed massive MIMO systems. We propose two dynamic and scalable pilot assignment schemes designed for practical deployment in such networks. First, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Mohd Saif Ali Khan , Karthik RM , Samar Agnihotri

Massive MIMO is expected to play an important role in the development of 5G networks. This paper addresses the issue of pilot contamination and scalability in massive MIMO systems. The current practice of reusing orthogonal pilot sequences…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-12 Muhammad Kamran Saeed , Ahmed E. Kamal , Ashfaq Khokhar

This paper considers an uplink cellular system, in which each base station (BS) is equipped with a large number of antennas to serve multiple single-antenna user equipments (UEs) simultaneously. Uplink training with pilot reusing is adopted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Ning Liang , Wenyi zhang , Cong Shen

Large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) with high spectrum and energy efficiency is a very promising key technology for future 5G wireless communications. For large-scale MIMO systems, accurate channel state information (CSI)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-30 Zhen Gao , Linglong Dai , Zhaocheng Wang

This letter focuses on integrating rate-splitting multiple-access (RSMA) with time-division-duplex Cell-free Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) for massive machine-type communications. Due to the large number of devices, their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-06 Anup Mishra , Yijie Mao , Luca Sanguinetti , Bruno Clerckx

The users at cell edge of a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system suffer from severe pilot contamination, which leads to poor quality of service (QoS). In order to enhance the QoS for these edge users, soft pilot reuse (SPR)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-16 Xudong Zhu , Zhaocheng Wang , Chen Qian , Linglong Dai , Jinhui Chen , Sheng Chen , Lajos Hanzo

Base stations with a large number of transmit antennas have the potential to serve a large number of users simultaneously at higher rates. They also promise a lower power consumption due to coherent combining at the receiver. However, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-17 Narayanan Krishnan , Roy D. Yates , Narayan B. Mandayam

We propose a novel pilot sequence design to mitigate pilot contamination in multi-cell multiuser massive multiple-input multiple-output networks. Our proposed design generates pilot sequences in the multi-cell network and devises power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Noman Akbar , Nan Yang , Parastoo Sadeghi , Rodney A. Kennedy

This letter focuses on the pilot contamination problem in the uplink and downlink of cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output networks with different degrees of cooperation between access points. The optimum minimum mean square…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Alberto Alvarez Polegre , Luca Sanguinetti , Ana Garcia Armada

In different situations, like disaster communication and network connectivity for rural locations, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) could indeed be utilized as airborne base stations to improve both the functionality and coverage of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Shahid Rasool , Irfan Ullah , Abid Ali , Ishtiaq Ahmad

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems, particularly those leveraging multi-user multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO) with hybrid beamforming, face challenges in optimizing user throughput and minimizing latency due to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Ramin Hashemi , Vismika Ranasinghe , Teemu Veijalainen , Petteri Kela , Risto Wichman