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We consider a fully digital massive multiple-input multiple-output architecture with low-resolution analog-to-digital/digital-to-analog converters (ADCs/DACs) at the base station (BS) and analyze the performance trade-off between the number…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-06 Italo Atzeni , Antti Tölli , Giuseppe Durisi

We consider a multi-pair massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay network, where the relay is equipped with a large number, N, of antennas, but driven by a far smaller number, L, of radio frequency (RF) chains. We assume that K…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-27 Wei Xu , Jian Liu , Shi Jin , Xiaodai Dong

This paper considers a multipair amplify-and-forward massive MIMO relaying system with low-resolution ADCs at both the relay and destinations. The channel state information (CSI) at the relay is obtained via pilot training, which is then…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-16 Chuili Kong , Caijun Zhong , Shi Jin , Sheng Yang , Hai Lin , Zhaoyang Zhang

Increasing the number of transmit and receive elements in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) antenna arrays imposes a substantial increase in hardware and computational costs. We mitigate this problem by employing a reconfigurable MIMO…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-22 Hamed Nosrati , Elias Aboutanios , David Smith

Future sixth generation (6G) wireless communication networks face the need to similarly meet unprecedented quality of service (QoS) demands while also providing a larger energy efficiency (EE) to minimize their carbon footprint. Moreover,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Robert-Jeron Reifert , Stefan Roth , Alaa Alameer Ahmad , Aydin Sezgin

This work studies a low-complexity design for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided multiuser multiple-input multiple-output systems. The base station (BS) applies receive antenna selection to connect a subset of its antennas to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-29 Chongjun Ouyang , Ali Bereyhi , Saba Asaad , Ralf R. Müller , Hongwen Yang

In this paper, we investigate a fluid antenna relay (FAR)-assisted communication system with hybrid relaying scheme selection. By leveraging statistical channel state information (CSI) and distribution characteristics of fluid antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Ruopeng Xu , Songling Zhang , Zhaohui Yang , Mingzhe Chen , Zhaoyang Zhang , Kai-Kit Wong

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are cellular networks where the base stations (BSs) are equipped with unconventionally many antennas, deployed on co-located or distributed arrays. Huge spatial degrees-of-freedom are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-30 Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Mérouane Debbah

The increasingly demanding objectives for next generation wireless communications have spurred recent research activities on multi-antenna transceiver hardware architectures and relevant intelligent communication schemes. Among them belong…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-18 George C. Alexandropoulos , Md Atiqul Islam , Besma Smida

The high spectral efficiency of massive MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) is mainly achieved through the exploitation of spatial multiplexing, i.e. by using a high number of MIMO layers that are applied simultaneously to many users. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-13 Hardy Halbauer , Andreas Weber , Dirk Wiegner , Thorsten Wild

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) can create favorable multipath to establish strong links that are useful in millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. While previous works used Rayleigh or Rician fading, we use the fluctuating…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Hongyang Du , Jiayi Zhang , Julian Cheng , Zhaohua Lu , Bo Ai

We investigate whether equipping fluid-antenna (FA) receivers with multiple ($L>1$) radiofrequency (RF) chains can improve the performance of the slow fluid-antenna multiple access (FAMA) technique, which enables open-loop connectivity with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-24 José P. González-Coma , F. Javier López-Martínez

In order to minimize electric grid power consumption, energy harvesting from ambient RF sources is considered as a promising technique for wireless charging of low-power devices. To illustrate the design considerations of RF-based ambient…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Amin Ghazanfari , Hina Tabassum , Ekram Hossain

This work considers the problem of energy efficiency maximization in a RIS-based communication link, subject to not only the conventional maximum power constraints, but also additional constraints on the maximum exposure to electromagnetic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-07-20 Alessio Zappone , Marco Di Renzo

This paper investigates a new analog beamforming architecture for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where each of the multiple transmit antennas is switched to be on or off to form a beam according to the channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-01 Shengli Zhang , Chongtao Guo , Taotao Wang , Wei Zhang

In the Fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems, a majority of the traffic demands is contributed by various multimedia applications. To support the future 5G multimedia communication systems, the massive multiple-input…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-11 Xiaohu Ge , Haichao Wang , Ran Zi , Qiang Li , Qiang Ni

Pinching antennas have been recently proposed as a promising flexible-antenna technology, which can be implemented by attaching low-cost pinching elements to dielectric waveguides. This work explores the potential of employing pinching…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Ali Bereyhi , Saba Asaad , Chongjun Ouyang , Zhiguo Ding , H. Vincent Poor

To enable innovative applications and services, both industry and academia are exploring new technologies for sixth generation (6G) communications. One of the promising candidates is fluid antenna system (FAS). Unlike existing systems, FAS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Wee Kiat New , Kai-Kit Wong , Hao Xu , Kin-Fai Tong , Chan-Byoung Chae

Conventional antenna arrays rely primarily on digital beamforming for spatial control. While adding more elements can narrow beamwidth and suppress interference, such scaling incurs prohibitive hardware and power costs. Rotatable antennas…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-29 Xingxiang Peng , Qingqing Wu , Ziyuan Zheng , Wen Chen , Yanze Zhu , Ying Gao

To keep massive MIMO systems cost-efficient, power amplifiers with rather small output dynamic ranges are employed. They may distort the transmit signal and degrade the performance. This paper proposes a distortion aware precoding scheme…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-15 Ali Bereyhi , Saba Asaad , Ralf R. Müller , Symeon Chatzinotas