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Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks, where the base stations (BSs) are equipped with large number of antennas and serve a number of users simultaneously, are very promising, but suffer from pilot contamination. Despite…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-10 Anastasios K. Papazafeiropoulos , Hien Quoc Ngo , Tharm Ratnarajah

We develop a framework for downlink heterogeneous cellular networks with line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) transmissions. Using stochastic geometry, we derive tight approximation of achievable downlink rate that enables us to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-13 Qi Zhang , Howard H. Yang , Tony Q. S. Quek , Jemin Lee

Besides advanced telecommunications techniques, the most prominent evolution of wireless networks is the densification of network deployment. In particular, the increasing access points/users density and reduced cell size significantly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-18 Junyu Liu , Min Sheng , Lei Liu , Jiandong Li

This paper is on the spectral efficiency (SE) of a dense multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The channels are spatially correlated and the multi-slope path loss model is considered. In our framework, the channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-05 FahimeSadat Mirhosseini , Aliakbar Tadaion , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

This work considers the uplink of a Massive MIMO network wherein the base stations (BSs) are randomly deployed according to a homogenous Poisson point process of intensity $\lambda$. Each BS is equipped with $M$ antennas and serves $K$ user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Fahime Sadat Mirhosseini , Andrea Pizzo , Luca Sanguinetti , Aliakbar Tadaion

Installing more base stations (BSs) into the existing cellular infrastructure is an essential way to provide greater network capacity and higher data rate in the 5th-generation cellular networks (5G). However, a non-negligible amount of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-02 Lin Chen , Ahmed Elzanaty , Mustafa A. Kishk , Luca Chiaraviglio , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The need to carry out analytical studies of wireless systems often motivates the usage of simplified models which, despite their tractability, can easily lead to an overestimation of the achievable performance. In the case of dense small…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-08 Carlo Galiotto , Nuno K. Pratas , Nicola Marchetti , Linda Doyle

Cellular operators are continuously densifying their networks to cope with the ever-increasing capacity demand. Furthermore, an extreme densification phase for cellular networks is foreseen to fulfill the ambitious fifth generation (5G)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-04-29 Rabe Arshad , Hesham ElSawy , Sameh Sorour , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The performance of cellular system significantly depends on its network topology, where the spatial deployment of base stations (BSs) plays a key role in the downlink scenario. Moreover, cellular networks are undergoing a heterogeneous…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-11-11 Yifan Zhou , Zhifeng Zhao , Qianlan Ying , Rongpeng Li , Xuan Zhou , Xianfu Chen , Honggang Zhang

Recently heterogeneous base station structure has been adopted in cellular systems to enhance system throughput and coverage. In this paper, the uplink coverage probability for the heterogeneous cellular systems is analyzed and derived in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-03 Haichuan Ding , Shaodan Ma , Chengwen Xing , Zesong Fei , Jingming Kuang

The capacity scaling of a Wi-Fi network with fixed transmit power is investigated. The 802.11 MAC appears to impose a hard limit on the area capacity by enforcing single transmissions in overlapped cell coverage areas. However due to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-12-20 Jonathan Ling , Howard Huang , Reinaldo Valenzuela

A novel stochastic geometry framework is proposed in this paper to study the downlink coverage performance in a millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular network by jointly considering the polar coordinates of the Base Stations (BSs) with respect…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-04 Harris K. Armeniakos , Athanasios G. Kanatas , Harpreet S. Dhillon

In a heterogeneous network consisting of macro base stations (MBSs) and small base stations (SBSs), the traditional cell association policy, i.e., coupled access (CA), is far from optimal, due to the significant difference between the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-30 Ran Li , Kai Luo , Tao Jiang , Shi Jin

Poisson-Poisson cluster processes (PPCPs) are a class of point processes exhibiting attractive point patterns. Recently, PPCPs are actively studied for modeling and analysis of heterogeneous cellular networks or device-to-device networks.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-19 Naoto Miyoshi

Wireless cellular networks have many parameters that are normally tuned upon deployment and re-tuned as the network changes. Many operational parameters affect reference signal received power (RSRP), reference signal received quality…

Densification of the network deployment, for example by adding new sectors or sites within an existing mobile communication network, has traditionally been an efficient way to improve the system coverage and capacity. That will be the case…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-30 Kimmo Hiltunen , Yanpeng Yang , Fedor Chernogorov

Our traditional notion of a cell is changing dramatically given the increasing degree of heterogeneity in 4G and emerging 5G systems. Rather than belonging to a specific cell, a device would choose the most suitable connection from the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-10-28 Katerina Smiljkovikj , Hisham Elshaer , Petar Popovski , Federico Boccardi , Mischa Dohler , Liljana Gavrilovska , Ralf Irmer

In this paper, we analyze the performance of cellular networks and study the optimal base station (BS) density to reduce the network power consumption. In contrast to previous works with similar purpose, we consider Poisson traffic for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-24 Zheng Chen , Ling Qiu

The increasing global push for carbon reduction highlights the importance of integrating renewable energy into the supply chain of cellular networks. However, due to the stochastic nature of renewable energy generation and the uneven load…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Yuxi Zhao , Vicente Casares-Giner , Vicent Pla , Luis Guijarro , Iztok Humar , Yi Zhong , Xiaohu Ge

Large-scale blockages like buildings affect the performance of urban cellular networks, especially at higher frequencies. Unfortunately, such blockage effects are either neglected or characterized by oversimplified models in the analysis of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-09-18 Tianyang Bai , Rahul Vaze , Robert W. Heath