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In this letter, we consider a multiple-input multiple-output two-way cognitive radio system under a spectrum sharing scenario, where primary and secondary users operate on the same frequency band. The secondary terminals aims to exchange…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-05 Ahmad Alsharoa , Hakim Ghazzai , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper considers a downlink cell-free multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network in which multiple multi-antenna access points (APs) serve multiple users via coherent joint transmission. In order to reduce the energy consumption by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Liangzhi Wang , Chen Chen , Jie Zhang , Carlo Fischione

Cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) enhances spectral and energy efficiency compared to conventional cellular networks by enabling joint transmission and reception across a large number of distributed access points…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson

As a promising paradigm for fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems, cloud radio access networks (C-RANs) have been shown to reduce both capital and operating expenditures, as well as to provide high spectral efficiency (SE)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 M. Peng , C. Wang , V. Lau , H. V. Poor

In order to efficiently cope with the high throughput, reliability, heterogeneity of Quality-of-Service (QoS), and massive connectivity requirements of future 6G multi-antenna wireless networks, multiple access and multiuser communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-15 Onur Dizdar , Yijie Mao , Wei Han , Bruno Clerckx

The emergence of Centralized-RAN (C-RAN) has revolutionized mobile network infrastructure, offering streamlined cell-site engineering and enhanced network management capabilities. As C-RAN gains momentum, the focus shifts to optimizing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Marcello Morini , Eugenio Moro , Ilario Filippini , Danilo De Donno , Antonio Capone

The provision of both wireless and wired services in the optical access domain will be an important function for future passive optical networks (PON). With the emergence of 5th generation (5G) mobile communications, a move toward a dense…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-07 Colm Browning , Arman Farhang , Arsalan Saljoghei , Nicola Marchetti , Vidak Vujicic , Linda Doyle , Liam Barry

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

Limited fronthaul capacity is a practical bottleneck in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) 5G architectures, where a base station (BS) consists of an advanced antenna system (AAS) connected to a baseband unit (BBU). Conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-05 Yasaman Khorsandmanesh , Emil Bjornson , Joakim Jalden

The cost of radio frequency (RF) chains is the biggest drawback of massive MIMO millimeter wave networks. By employing spatial modulation (SM), it is possible to implement lower number of RF chains than transmit antennas but still achieve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-15 Merve Yüzgeçcioglu , Eduard Jorswieck

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is expected to play a central role in future wireless systems. The deployment of large antenna arrays at the base station and the mobile users offers multiplexing and beamforming gains that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Young-Han Nam , Jianzhong Zhang , Robert W. Heath

Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architecture is the only viable solution to handle the complex interference scenario generated by massive antennas and small cells deployment as required by next generation (5G) mobile networks. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-24 Syed Hassan Raza Naqvi , Andrea Matera , Lorenzo Combi , Umberto Spagnolini

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) implemented in virtualized cloud radio access networks (V-CRAN) has emerged as a promising architecture to enhance spectral efficiency (SE), network flexibility, and energy efficiency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-23 Derya Nurcan-Atceken , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Aysegul Altin-Kayhan , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar , Bulent Tavli

This paper considers the multi-input multi-output (MIMO) relay channel where multiple antennas are employed by each terminal. Compared to single-input single-output (SISO) relay channels, MIMO relay channels introduce additional degrees of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-05-03 Caleb K. Lo , Sriram Vishwanath , Robert W. Heath

The coexistence between active wireless communications and passive RF spectrum use becomes an increasingly important requirement for coordinated spectrum access supporting critical services. The ongoing research and technological progress…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-10 Walaa Alqwider , Aly Sabri Abdalla , Vuk Marojevic

In a multi-input multi-output (MIMO) setup, where one side of the link comprises a linear antenna array, data can be transmitted over the direction of incident rays. Channel capacity for this setup is studied in this paper. We define two…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-04 Felix Ma Yun , Jordan Nabi , Mitra Hassani

Fifth generation (5G) wireless networks will need to serve much higher user densities than existing 4G networks, and will therefore require an enhanced radio access network (RAN) infrastructure. Physical layer network coding (PNC) has been…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-16 Tong Peng , Yi Wang , Alister G. Burr , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

In this paper an overview is given of the current status of 5G industry standards, spectrum allocation and use cases, followed by initial investigations of new opportunities for spectrum sharing in 5G using cognitive radio techniques,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Maziar Nekovee , Richard Rudd

Traditional ultra-dense wireless networks are recommended as a complement for cellular networks and are deployed in partial areas, such as hotspot and indoor scenarios. Based on the massive multiple-input multi-output (MIMO) antennas and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-12-11 Xiaohu Ge , Song Tu , Guoqiang Mao , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Tao Han

As progressive densification of cells, deployment of Cloud-RAN and \ac{MEC} are coming into reality to support the ultra-low latency with high reliability in 5G and beyond, it generates mesh traffic pattern across fronthaul network. This…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-02 Sandip Das , Marco Ruffini