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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

We propose a novel algorithm to estimate the channel covariance matrix of a desired user in multiuser massive MIMO systems. The algorithm uses only knowledge of the array response and rough knowledge of the angular support of the incoming…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-15 Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante , Slawomir Stanczak

PAR-constrained sequences are widely used in communication systems and radars due to various practical needs; specifically, sequences are required to be unimodular or of low peak-to-average power ratio (PAR). For unimodular sequence design,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-14 Zhongju Wang , Prabhu Babu , Daniel P. Palomar

We propose a novel algorithm to design user load-achieving pilot sequences that mitigate pilot contamination in multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks. To this end, we first derive expressions for the user load…

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

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

Spatial channel covariance information can replace full knowledge of the entire channel matrix for designing analog precoders in hybrid multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) architecture. Spatial channel covariance estimation, however, is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-15 Sungwoo Park , Robert W. Heath

In this paper, we propose a coordinated pilot design method to minimize the channel estimation mean squared error (MSE) in 1-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). Under the assumption that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-14 Hyeongtak Yun , Juntaek Han , Kaiming Shen , Jeonghun Park

Cell-free massive MIMO systems are currently being considered as potential enablers of future (6G) technologies for wireless communications. By combining distributed processing and massive MIMO, they are expected to deliver improved user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-24 Raphael M. Guedes , José F. de Rezende , Valmir C. Barbosa

We consider a massive MIMO system based on Time Division Duplexing (TDD) and channel reciprocity, where the base stations (BSs) learn the channel vectors of their users via the pilots transmitted by the users in the uplink (UL). It is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-03 Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

Considering the dimensionality of a typical reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), channel state information acquisition in RIS-assisted systems requires lengthy pilot transmissions. Moreover, the large aperture of the RIS may cause…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-27 Mehdi Haghshenas , Parisa Ramezani , Maurizio Magarini , Emil Björnson

This work concerns wireless cellular networks applying massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology. In such a system, the base station in a given cell is equipped with a very large number (hundreds or even thousands) of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-22 Jesper H. Sørensen , Elisabeth de Carvalho

To address the challenges of high-dimensional channel estimation and underutilized spatial correlations among users in holographic MIMO (HMIMO) systems, this paper proposes a joint graph-cut algorithm for multi-user channel estimation in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Jiaxin Zhang , Wenqian Shen , Kai Yang , Zhen Gao , Jianping An

Holographic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems represent a spatially constrained MIMO architecture with a massive number of antennas with small antenna spacing as a close approximation of a spatially continuous electromagnetic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-19 Nikolaos Kolomvakis , Emil Björnson

This paper tackles the challenge of wideband MIMO channel estimation within indoor millimeter-wave scenarios. Our proposed approach exploits the integrated sensing and communication paradigm, where sensing information aids in channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-27 Silvia Mura , Marouan Mizmizi , Umberto Spagnolini , Athina Petropulu

Massive multiple-input multiple-output is a very important technology for future fifth-generation systems. However, massive massive multiple input multiple output systems are still limited because of pilot contamination, impacting the data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Qazwan Abdullah , Norsaliza Abdullah , Adeb Salh , Lukman Audah , Nabil Farah , Abbas Ugurenver , Abdu Saif

Massive MIMO uses a large number of antennas to increase the spectral efficiency (SE) through spatial multiplexing of users, which requires accurate channel state information. It is often assumed that regular pilots (RP), where a fraction…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-03 Daniel Verenzuela , Emil Björnson , Xiaojie Wang , Maximilian Arnold , Stephan ten Brink

Massive multi-input multi-output (Massive MIMO) has been recognized as a key technology to meet the demand for higher data capacity and massive connectivity. Nevertheless, the number of active users is restricted due to training overhead…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-19 Salah Eddine Hajri , Maialen Larrañaga , Mohamad Assaad

This paper studies the massive machine-type communications (mMTC) for the future Internet of Things (IoT) applications, where a large number of IoT devices exist in the network and a random subset of them become active at each time instant.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-22 Lei Cheng , Liang Liu , Shuguang Cui

In this paper, we investigate the problem of jamming detection and channel estimation during multi-user uplink beam training under random pilot jamming attacks in beamspace massive multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) systems. For jamming…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-21 Pengguang Du , Cheng Zhang , Yindi Jing , Chao Fang , Zhilei Zhang , Yongming Huang

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems require efficient and accurate channel estimation with low pilot overhead to unlock their full potential for high spectral and energy efficiency. While deep generative models have emerged as a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Yongqiang Zhang , Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem