English
Related papers

Related papers: Software-Defined Silicon Photonics based Metro Nod…

200 papers

In this paper, we design a new smart software-defined radio access network architecture which is flexible and traffic and density aware for the fifth generation (5G) of cellular wireless networks and beyond. The proposed architecture, based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Mohammad Moltafet , Sepehr Rezvani , Nader Mokari , Mohammad R. Javan , Eduard A. Jorswieck

The 5th generation (5G) new radio (NR) access technology and the beyond-5G future wireless communication require extremely high data rate and spectrum efficiency. Energy-efficient transmission/reception schemes are also regarded as an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-04 Paul Oh , Sean Kwon

Symbol-level precoding (SLP) is a promising solution for addressing the inherent interference problem in dual-functional radar-communication (DFRC) signal designs. This paper considers an SLP-DFRC signal design problem which optimizes the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-22 Ly V. Nguyen , Rang Liu , Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Markku Juntti , Björn Ottersten , A. Lee Swindlehurst

This paper considers a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system, accounting for imperfect hardware in spatially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Zeping Sui , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Acoustic-optic (AO) modulation is critical for microwave and optical signal processing, computing and networking. Challenges remain to integrate AO devices on-chip using fabrication process compatible with complementary…

Nyquist wavelength division (de)multiplexing (N-WDM) is a highly promising technique for next-generation high-speed elastic networks. In N-WDM, Nyquist filtering is an essential function that governs the channel spectral efficiency.…

Next generation wireless networks focus on improving spectral efficiency (SE) while reducing power consumption and hardware cost. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) offer a viable solution to meet these requirements. In order to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Ahmet M. Elbir , Abdulkadir Celik , Asmaa Abdallah , Ahmed M. Eltawil

Phase selection design for reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) is a significant research challenge, as a closed-form optimal solution for a multi-user (MU) system is believed to be intractable. While existing methods achieve strong…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Amy S. Inwood , Peter J. Smith , Philippa A. Martin , Graeme K. Woodward

Tunable optical delay lines that simultaneously offer nanosecond-scale delay, broadband operation, low dispersion, and compact footprint remain challenging to realize with conventional integrated photonic platforms. Here we demonstrate a…

Optics · Physics 2026-02-06 Manuel Crespo-Ballesteros , Misha Sumetsky

Recent advancements in smart radio environment technologies aim to enhance wireless network performance through the use of low-cost electromagnetic (EM) devices. Among these, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have garnered attention…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Silvia Palmucci , Andrea Abrardo , Davide Dardari , Alberto Toccafondi , Marco Di Renzo

We envision the application of optical Space-division Multiplexing (SDM) to the next generation fiber-wireless communications as a firm candidate to increase the end user capacity and provide adaptive radiofrequency-photonic interfaces.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-30 Ivana Gasulla , Sergi Garcia , David Barrera , Javier Hervas , Salvador Sales

Microring resonators (MRRs) are a key photonic component in integrated devices, due to their small size, low insertion losses, and passive operation. While the MRRs have been established for optical filtering in wavelength-multiplexed…

Rail-optimized network fabrics have become the de facto datacenter scale-out fabric for large-scale ML training. However, the use of high-radix electrical switches to provide all-to-all connectivity in rails imposes massive power and cost.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Eric Ding , Barry Lyu , Bhaskar Kataria , Rachee Singh

Resource allocation in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems is performed through allocating blocks of subcarriers to each user. Even though OFDM is the primary waveform for 5G NR systems, research reports have noted…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-01 Brent A. Kenney , Arslan J. Majid , Hussein Moradi , Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny

This work focuses on the downlink of a single-cell multi-user system in which a base station (BS) equipped with $M$ antennas communicates with $K$ single-antenna users through a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) installed in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-09 Qurrat-Ul-Ain Nadeem , Abla Kammoun , Anas Chaaban , Merouane Debbah , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this paper, we investigate a distributed multi-input multi-output and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) dual-function radar-communication (DFRC) system, which enables simultaneous communication and sensing in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-17 Chen Zhong , Xufeng Zhou , Lan Tang , Mengting Lou

This paper investigates the two-timescale transmission design for reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the beamforming at the base station (BS) is adapted to the…

This paper investigates reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted secure multiuser communication systems subject to hardware impairments (HIs). We jointly optimize the beamforming vectors at the base station (BS) and the phase…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Zhangjie Peng , Ruisong Weng , Cunhua Pan , Gui Zhou , Marco Di Renzo , A. Lee Swindlehurst

The growing demand for efficient delivery of common content to multiple user equipments (UEs) has motivated significant research in physical-layer multicasting. By exploiting the beamforming capabilities of massive MIMO, multicasting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Mahmoud Zaher , Emil Björnson

In this paper, channel estimation techniques and phase shift design for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-empowered single-user multiple-input multiple-output (SU-MIMO) systems are proposed. Among four channel estimation techniques…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Sucheol Kim , Hyeongtaek Lee , Jihoon Cha , Sung-Jin Kim , Jaeyong Park , Junil Choi