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In this work, we analyze the probabilistic cooperation of a full-duplex relay in a multiuser random-access network. The relay is equipped with on/off modes for the receiver and the transmitter independently. These modes are modeled as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-11 Ioannis Avgouleas , Nikolaos Pappas , Di Yuan , Vangelis Angelakis

Nowadays the radio interface of several standards is enhanced with advanced technologies such as OFDMA and extension technology such as relay. By using those promising transmission technology for the next generation wireless communications,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-10-25 Maryam Basly , Hedia Kochkar , Ammar Bouallegue

In this paper, we consider an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided mobile relaying system under a buffer constraint. We propose a new relaying protocol employing mixed free-space optical/radio frequency (FSO/RF) communication, i.e., the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Ju-Hyung Lee , Ki-Hong Park , Young-Chai Ko , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The paper treats uplink scenario where M user equipments (UEs) send to a Base Station (BS), possibly via a common Relay Station (RS) that is equipped with a buffer. This is a multiple-access relay channel (MARC) aided by a buffer. We devise…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Rongkuan Liu , Petar Popovski , Gang Wang

In this paper, we consider the problem of sum rate maximization in a bidirectional relay network with fading. Hereby, user 1 and user 2 communicate with each other only through a relay, i.e., a direct link between user 1 and user 2 is not…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-06-12 Vahid Jamali , Nikola Zlatanov , Aissa Ikhlef , Robert Schober

Virtual full-duplex (VFD) is a powerful solution to compensate the rate loss of half-duplex relaying without the need to full-duplex capable nodes. Inter-relay interference (IRI) challenges the operation of VFD relaying systems. Recently,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-15 Mohamed Gaafar , Osama Amin , Rafael F. Schaefer , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper presents a cross-layer approach for optimizing the delay performance of a multiuser diversity system with heterogeneous block-fading channels and a delay-sensitive bursty-traffic. We consider the downlink of a time-slotted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-02-10 Jalil Seifali Harsini , Farshad Lahouti

We derive closed-form expressions for the achievable rates of a buffer-aided full-duplex (FD) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Gaussian relay channel. The FD relay still suffers from residual self-interference (RSI) after the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-03 Ahmed El Shafie , Ahmed Sultan , Ioannis Krikidis , Naofal Al-Dhahir , Ridha Hamila

In the relay based telecommunications with $K$ relays between the source and destination, $K+1$ time or frequency slots are required for a single frame transmission. However, without the relays, only one time or frequency slot is used for a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-17 Mohammad Lari

We investigate the scheduling of a common resource between several concurrent users when the feasible transmission rate of each user varies randomly over time. Time is slotted and users arrive and depart upon service completion. This may…

Performance · Computer Science 2015-03-18 U. Ayesta , M. Erausquin , M. Jonckheere , I. M. Verloop

Consider the problem of a multi-user multiple access channel. While several multi-user coding techniques exist, in practical scenarios, not all users can be scheduled simultaneously. Thus, a key problem is which users to schedule in a given…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Ori Shmuel , Asaf Cohen , Omer Gurewitz

In order to understand the key merits of multiuser diversity techniques in relay-assisted cellular multihop networks, this paper analyzes the spectral efficiency of opportunistic (i.e., channel-aware) scheduling algorithms over a fading…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Ozgur Oyman

Radio Resource Management is a challenging topic in future 6G networks where novel applications create strong competition among the users for the available resources. In this work we consider the frequency scheduling problem in a multi-user…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Anastasios Giovanidis , Mathieu Leconte , Sabrine Aroua , Tor Kvernvik , David Sandberg

To deal with the explosive growth of mobile traffic, millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications with abundant bandwidth resources have been applied to vehicular networks. As mmWave signal is sensitive to blockage, we introduce the unmanned…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Jing Li , Yong Niu , Hao Wu , Bo Ai , Ruisi He , Ning Wang , Sheng Chen

We investigate the multiuser scheduling problem in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and hybrid beamforming in which a base station (BS) communicates with multiple users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Pouya Agheli , Tugce Kobal , François Durand , Matthew Andrews

The multiple access scheduling decides how the channel is shared among the nodes in the network. Typical scheduling algorithms aims at increasing the channel utilization and thereby throughput of the network. This paper describes several…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Klas E. G. Magnusson , Rasmus Brandt , Satyam Dwivedi , Peter Händel

Resource allocation is a key factor in multiuser (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems to provide high quality of service to all user equipments (UEs). In congested scenarios, UE scheduling enables UEs to be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Victoria Palhares , Christoph Studer

In this work, we propose a dynamic buffer-aided distributed space-time coding (DSTC) scheme for cooperative direct-sequence code-division multiple access systems. We first devise a relay selection algorithm that can automatically select the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-17 J. Gu , R. C. de Lamare

Backpressure routing and scheduling, with its throughput-optimal operation guarantee, is a promising technique to improve throughput in wireless multi-hop networks. Although backpressure is conceptually viewed as layered, the decisions of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-04-23 Hulya Seferoglu , Eytan Modiano

We consider the opportunistic multiuser diversity in the multiuser two-way amplify-and-forward (AF) relay channel. The relay, equipped with multiple antennas and a simple zero-forcing beam-forming scheme, selects a set of two way relaying…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-17 Duckdong Hwang , Bruno Clerckx , Sung Sik Nam , Tae-Jin Lee