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In this paper, we consider massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems for both downlink and uplink scenarios, where three radio units (RUs) connected via one digital unit (DU) support multiple user equipments (UEs) at the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yeon-Geun Lim , Chan-Byoung Chae , Giuseppe Caire

This work provides a comprehensive scaling law and performance analysis for multi-user massive MIMO relay networks, where the relay is equipped with massive antennas and uses MRC/MRT for low-complexity processing. CSI error is considered.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-06-27 Qian Wang , Yindi Jing

This paper proposes a stochastic geometry framework to analyze the SINR and rate performance in a large-scale uplink massive MIMO network. Based on the model, expressions are derived for spatial average SINR distributions over user and base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-05 Tianyang Bai , Robert W. Heath

Open Radio Access Network (Open RAN) has gained tremendous attention from industry and academia with decentralized baseband functions across multiple processing units located at different places. However, the ever-expanding scope of RANs,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-06 Haiyuan Li , Amin Emami , Karcius Assis , Antonis Vafeas , Ruizhi Yang , Reza Nejabati , Shuangyi Yan , Dimitra Simeonidou

Centralized coded caching and delivery is studied for a radio access combination network (RACN), whereby a set of $H$ edge nodes (ENs), connected to a cloud server via orthogonal fronthaul links with limited capacity, serve a total of $K$…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Ahmed Roushdy , Abolfazl Seyed Motahari , Mohammed Nafie , Deniz Gunduz

Centralized radio access network architectures consolidate the baseband operation towards a cloud-based platform, thereby allowing for efficient utilization of computing assets, effective inter-cell coordination, and exploitation of global…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-07-09 Matthew C. Valenti , Salvatore Talarico , Peter Rost

Current network access infrastructures are characterized by heterogeneity, low latency, high throughput, and high computational capability, enabling massive concurrent connections and various services. Unfortunately, this design does not…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-02 Nhu-Ngoc Dao , Quoc-Viet Pham , Ngo Hoang Tu , Tran Thien Thanh , Vo Nguyen Quoc Bao , Demeke Shumeye Lakew , Sungrae Cho

In modern implementations of Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN), the fronthaul transport network will often be packet-based and it will have a multi-hop architecture built with general-purpose switches using network function virtualization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-19 Seok-Hwan Park , Osvaldo Simeone , Shlomo Shamai

We study a multi-cell multi-user MIMO full-duplex network, where each base station (BS) has multiple antennas with full-duplex capability supporting single-antenna users with either full-duplex or half-duplex radios. We characterize the up-…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-17 Jingwen Bai , Ashutosh Sabharwal

This work studies the robust design of downlink precoding for cloud radio access network (C-RAN) in the presence of asynchronism among remote radio heads (RRHs). Specifically, a C-RAN downlink system is considered in which non-ideal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-21 Seok-Hwan Park , Osvaldo Simeone , Shlomo Shamai

The problem of coding for the uplink and downlink of cloud radio access networks (C-RAN's) with $K$ users and $L$ relays is considered. It is shown that low-complexity coding schemes that achieve any point in the rate-fronthaul region of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Nadim Ghaddar , Lele Wang

Satellite networks are rapidly evolving, yet most \glspl{ntn} remain isolated from terrestrial orchestration frameworks. Their control architectures are typically monolithic and static, limiting their adaptability to dynamic traffic,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Eduardo Baena , Paolo Testolina , Michele Polese , Dimitrios Koutsonikolas , Josep Jornet , Tommaso Melodia

The challenges in dense ultra-reliable low-latency communication networks to deliver the required service to multiple devices are addressed by three main technologies: multiple antennas at the base station (MISO), rate splitting multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-08 Eduard Jorswieck , Mohammad Soleymani , Ignacio Santamaria , Jesús Gutiérrez

Cognitive radio (CR) is an important technique for improving spectral efficiency, letting a secondary system operate in a wireless spectrum when the primary system does not make use of it. While it has been widely explored over the past 25…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-13 Omer Gokalp Serbetci , Lei Chu , Andreas F. Molisch

Modern RAN operate in highly dynamic and heterogeneous environments, where hand-tuned, rule-based RRM algorithms often underperform. While RL can surpass such heuristics in constrained settings, the diversity of deployments and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-29 Burak Demirel , Yu Wang , Cristian Tatino , Pablo Soldati

This paper considers a downlink transmission of cloud radio access network (C-RAN) in which precoded baseband signals at a common baseband unit are compressed before being forwarded to radio units (RUs) through limited fronthaul capacity…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-20 Kien-Giang Nguyen , Quang-Doanh Vu , Markku Juntti , Le-Nam Tran

Terahertz inter-satellite links enable unprecedented sensing precision for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations, yet face fundamental bounds from hardware impairments, pointing errors, and network interference. We develop a Network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-23 Haofan Dong , Houtianfu Wang , Hanlin Cai , Ozgur B. Akan

Multicast transmission and wireless caching are effective ways of reducing air and backhaul traffic load in wireless networks. This paper proposes to incorporate these two key ideas for content-centric multicast transmission in a cloud…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-12 Hao Zhou , Meixia Tao , Erkai Chen , Wei Yu

It is expected that 5G/6G networks will exploit sub-6 GHz, millimetre wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) frequency bands simultaneously and will increase flexibility in user equipment (UE)-cell association. In this paper, we introduce a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Yunbai Wang , Chen Chen , Xiaoli Chu

The performance of orthogonal and non-orthogonal multiple access is studied for the multiplexing of enhanced Mobile BroadBand (eMBB) and Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) users in the uplink of a multi-cell Cloud Radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-19 Rahif Kassab , Osvaldo Simeone , Petar Popovski