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We study downlink channel estimation in a multi-cell Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system operating in time-division duplex. The users must know their effective channel gains to decode their received downlink data. Previous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Amin Ghazanfari , Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

In this paper, we propose time and frequency synchronization techniques for uplink multiuser OTFS (MU-OTFS) systems in high-mobility scenarios. This work focuses on accurately estimating and correcting timing offsets (TOs) and carrier…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-25 Mohsen Bayat , Sanoopkumar P. S. , Arman Farhang

The problem of excessive pilot overhead required for uplink massive MIMO channel estimation is well known, let alone when it is considered along with wideband (OFDM) transmissions. Towards channel estimators that are both efficient and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Gerhard Wunder , Stelios Stefanatos , Axel Flinth , Ingo Roth , Giuseppe Caire

Hybrid precoding is a key ingredient of cost-effective massive multiple-input multiple-output transceivers. However, setting jointly digital and analog precoders to optimally serve multiple users is a difficult optimization problem.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-04 Nay Klaimi , Amira Bedoui , Clément Elvira , Philippe Mary , Luc Le Magoarou

In the uplink of multiuser multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) systems operating over aging channels, pilot spacing is crucial for acquiring channel state information and achieving high signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR).…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-04 Sebastian Fodor , Gábor Fodor , Doğa Gürgünoğlu , Miklós Telek

Downlink beamforming in Massive MIMO either relies on uplink pilot measurements - exploiting reciprocity and TDD operation, or on the use of a predetermined grid of beams with user equipments reporting their preferred beams, mostly in FDD…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-04 Jose Flordelis , Fredrik Rusek , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson , Ove Edfors

Accurate multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel estimation is critical for next-generation wireless systems, enabling enhanced communication and sensing performance. Traditional model-based channel estimation methods suffer, however,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Seyed Alireza Javid , Nuria González-Prelcic

This paper proposes a channel estimation method for hybrid wideband multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems in high-frequency bands, including millimeter-wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz (sub-THz), in the presence of beam squint…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-17 Kabuto Arai , Koji Ishibashi

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MaMIMO) has become an integral part of the fifth-generation (5G) standard, and is envisioned to be further developed in beyond 5G (B5G) networks. With a massive number of antennas at the base station…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Anup Mishra , Yijie Mao , Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Luca Sanguinetti , Bruno Clerckx

Channel estimation for millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive MIMO with hybrid precoding is challenging, since the number of radio frequency (RF) chains is usually much smaller than that of antennas. To date, several channel estimation schemes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Zhen Gao , Linglong Dai , Chen Hu , Zhaocheng Wang

Extremely large-scale massive MIMO (XL-MIMO) is a promising technique for future 6G communications.However, existing far-field or near-field channel model mismatches the hybrid-field channel feature in the practical XL-MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Xiuhong Wei , Linglong Dai

Distributed or Cell-free (CF) massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (mMIMO), has been recently proposed as an answer to the limitations of the current network-centric systems in providing high-rate ubiquitous transmission. The capability…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Salman Mohebi , Andrea Zanella , Michele Zorzi

Time-division duplex (TDD) based massive MIMO systems rely on the reciprocity of the wireless propagation channels when calculating the downlink precoders based on uplink pilots. However, the effective uplink and downlink channels…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Orod Raeesi , Ahmet Gokceoglu , Mikko Valkama

In this paper, we consider the problem of spread pilot design and effective channel estimation in multiple-input multiple-output Zak-OTFS (MIMO-Zak-OTFS) with superimposed spread pilots, where data and spread pilot signals are superimposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Abhishek Bairwa , Ananthanarayanan Chockalingam

Massive multiple-input--multiple-output (MIMO) systems can suffer from coherent intercell interference due to the phenomenon of pilot contamination. This paper investigates a two-layer decoding method that mitigates both coherent and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-17 Trinh Van Chien , Christopher Mollén , Emil Björnson

Dynamic time-division duplex (D-TDD) aided mobile communication systems bear the potential to achieve significantly higher spectral efficiency than traditional static TDD based systems. However, strong cross-link interference (CLI) may be…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-13 Jia-Hui Bi , Shaoshi Yang , Xiao-Yang Wang , Yu-Song Luo , Sheng Chen

In this work, the uplink channel estimation problem is considered for a millimeter wave (mmWave) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. It is well known that pilot overhead and computation complexity in estimating the channel increases…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Rakesh Mundlamuri , Rajeev Gangula , Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Florian Kaltenberger , Walid Saad

Cellular networks of massive MIMO base-stations employing TDD/OFDM and relying on uplink training for both downlink and uplink transmission are viewed as an attractive candidate for 5G deployments, as they promise high area spectral and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-07 Zekun Zhang , Chenwei Wang , Haralabos Papadopoulos

With the large number of antennas and subcarriers the overhead due to pilot transmission for channel estimation can be prohibitive in wideband massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. This can degrade the overall spectral…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Mahdi Boloursaz Mashhadi , Deniz Gunduz

This paper considers the jointly optimal pilot and data power allocation in single cell uplink massive MIMO systems. A closed form solution for the optimal length of the training interval is derived. Using the spectral efficiency (SE) as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Hei Victor Cheng , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson
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