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Limited bandwidth resources and higher energy efficiency requirements motivate incorporating multicast and broadcast transmission into the next-generation cellular network architectures, particularly for multimedia streaming applications.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-04 Junlin Zhao , Deniz Gündüz , Osvaldo Simeone , David Gómez-Barquero

Throughput and per-packet delay can present strong trade-offs that are important in the cases of delay sensitive applications.We investigate such trade-offs using a random linear network coding scheme for one or more receivers in single hop…

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Multicasting is an efficient technique for simultaneously transmitting common messages from the base station (BS) to multiple mobile users (MUs). Multicast scheduling over multiple channels, which aims to jointly minimize the energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-22 Ran Li , Chuan Huang , Xiaoqi Qin , Shengpei Jiang

In this paper, we propose a dual-hop RF (Radio-Frequency)/FSO (Free-Space Optical) system with multiple relays employing the Decode-and-Forward (DF) and Amplify-and-Forward (AF) with a Fixed Gain (FG) relaying scheme. The RF channels are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-11 Elyes Balti , Mohsen Guizani , Bechir Hamdaoui , Bassem Khalfi

The practical limitations and challenges of radio frequency (RF) based communication networks have become increasingly apparent over the past decade, leading researchers to seek new hybrid communication approaches. One promising strategy…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-06-22 Osama Awwad , Ala Al-Fuqaha , Bilal Khan , Ghassen Ben Brahim

We consider a three-node decode-and-forward (DF) half-duplex relaying system, where the source first harvests RF energy from the relay, and then uses this energy to transmit information to the destination via the relay. We assume that the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-19 Zoran Hadzi-Velkov , Nikola Zlatanov , Trung Q. Duong , Robert Schober

In massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, hybrid analog-digital beamforming is an essential technique for exploiting the potential array gain without using a dedicated radio frequency chain for each antenna. However, due to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-09 Kai Kang , Qiyu Hu , Yunlong Cai , Guanding Yu , Jakob Hoydis , Yonina C. Eldar

This letter investigates dynamic routing in Next-Generation Satellite Orbit (NGSO) constellations and proposes a hybrid strategy that combines precomputed routing tables with a Deep Q-Learning (DQL) fallback mechanism. While fully RL-based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-19 Flor Ortiz , Eva Lagunas

Amplify and forward (AF) relaying is a viable strategy to extend the coverage of sub-terahertz (sub-THz) links, but inevitably propagates noise, leading to cumulative degradation across multiple hops. At the receiver, optimal decoding is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-06 Ozgur Ercetin , Mohaned Chraiti

In non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite communication systems, effectively utilizing beam hopping (BH) technology is crucial for addressing uneven traffic demands. However, optimizing beam scheduling and resource allocation in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-07 Xia Xie , Kexin Fan , Wenfeng Deng , Nikolaos Pappas , Qinyu Zhang

In this paper, we analyze the performance of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multi-hop transmission by employing multiple RIS units to enable favorable communication for a mixed free-space optical (FSO) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Vinay Kumar Chapala , S. M. Zafaruddin

This paper investigates performance of a relay assisted hybrid Free Space Optical / Radio Frequency (FSO/RF) communication system. The proposed structure is particularly recommended anywhere that direct RF communication between mobile users…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-22 Mohammad Ali Amirabadi

Control of multihop Wireless networks in a distributed manner while providing end-to-end delay requirements for different flows, is a challenging problem. Using the notions of Draining Time and Discrete Review from the theory of fluid…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-20 Ashok Krishnan K. S. , Vinod Sharma

In this paper, we consider a mixed RF and hybrid RF/FSO system where several mobile users transmit their data over an RF link to a relay node (e.g. a small cell base station) and the relay forwards the information to a destination (e.g. a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-17 Vahid Jamali , Diomidis S. Michalopoulos , Murat Uysal , Robert Schober

The conventional digital beamforming technique needs one radio frequency (RF) chain per antenna element. High power consumption, significantly high cost of RF chain components per antenna and complex signal processing task at base band…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-25 Om Nath Acharya , Ram Kaji Budhathoki , Santosh Shaha

This paper considers the problem of energy-efficient transmission in multi-flow multihop cooperative wireless networks. Although the performance gains of cooperative approaches are well known, the combinatorial nature of these schemes makes…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-02-28 Marjan Baghaie , Dorit S. Hochbaum , Bhaskar Krishnamachari

This paper investigates the end-to-end throughput maximization problem for a two-hop multiple-relay network, with relays powered by simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) technique. Nonlinearity of energy harvester at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Qi Gu , Gongpu Wang , Rongfei Fan , Ning Zhang , Zhangdui Zhong

In this paper, we propose a cross-layer scheduling algorithm that achieves a throughput "epsilon-close" to the optimal throughput in multi-hop wireless networks with a tradeoff of O(1/epsilon) in delay guarantees. The algorithm aims to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-01-26 Dongyue Xue , Eylem Ekici

In this paper, a multi-user multi-hop hybrid FSO / RF system is presented. This structure is consisted of two main parts. The main motivation of presenting this structure is communication in long-range impassable links or some specific…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-21 Mohammad Ali Amirabadi

This paper considers coordinated multicast beamforming in a multi-cell wireless network. Each multiantenna base station (BS) serves multiple groups of single antenna users by generating a single beam with common data per group. The aim is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Harri Pennanen , Dimitrios Christopoulos , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten