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This paper presents several analytic closed-form approximations of the aggregated interference statistics within the framework of uplink massive machine-type communications (mMTC), taking into account the random activity of the sensors.…
This two-part paper develops novel methodologies for using fractional programming (FP) techniques to design and optimize communication systems. Part I of this paper proposes a new quadratic transform for FP and treats its application for…
The optimal design of the energy-efficient multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) aided uplink ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) system is an important but unsolved problem. For such a system, we propose a novel…
This paper investigates the spectral efficiency achieved through uplink joint transmission, where a serving user and the network users (UEs) collaborate by jointly transmitting to the base station (BS). The analysis incorporates the…
Cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output is considered a promising technology for the next generation of wireless communication networks. The main idea is to distribute a large number of access points (APs) in a geographical region…
Interference Alignment (IA) is technique that, in a large sense, makes use of the increasing signal dimensions available in the system through MIMO and OFDM technologies in order to globally reduce the interference suffered by users in a…
Uplink sensing in integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) systems, such as Perceptive Mobile Networks, is challenging due to the clock asynchronism between transmitter and receiver. Existing solutions typically require the presence of…
Configured Grant-based allocation has been adopted in New Radio 3rd Generation Partnership Project Release 16. This scheme is beneficial in supporting Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication for industrial communication, a key Fifth…
This paper considers methods for delivering ultra reliable low latency communication (URLLC) to enable mission-critical Internet of Things (IoT) services in wireless environments with unknown channel distribution. The methods rely upon the…
Future machine to machine (M2M) communications need to support a massive number of devices communicating with each other with little or no human intervention. Random access techniques were originally proposed to enable M2M multiple access,…
This paper proposes a unified semi-blind detection framework for sourced and unsourced random access (RA), which enables next-generation ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) with massive devices. Specifically, the active…
Fifth generation (5G) wireless networks are expected to support very diverse applications and terminals. Massive connectivity with a large number of devices is an important requirement for 5G networks. Current LTE system is not able to…
Device activity detection is one main challenge in grant-free random access, which is recently proposed to support massive access for massive machine-type communications (mMTC). Existing solutions fail to consider interference generated by…
Wireless communications at the chip scale emerge as a interesting complement to traditional wire-based approaches thanks to their low latency, inherent broadcast nature, and capacity to bypass pin constraints. However, as current trends…
Non-orthogonal access techniques have recently gained renewed interest in the context of next generation wireless networks. As the relative gain, with respect to traditionally employed orthogonal-access techniques depends on many factors,…
Driven by mission-critical applications in modern industrial systems, the 5th generation (5G) communication system is expected to provide ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) services to meet the quality of service (QoS)…
Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) are poised to provide ubiquitous connectivity for billions of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices. However, the required low-latency massive access necessitates a paradigm shift in the design of…
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is anticipated to augment the performance of beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and sixth-generation (6G) networks by intelligently manipulating the state of its components. Rather than employing…
In this paper, we study resource allocation for downlink orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems with the objective to enable ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC). To meet the stringent delay requirements…
Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) is firstly proposed in 5G networks, and expected to support applications with the most stringent quality-of-service (QoS). However, since the wireless channels vary dynamically, the…