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Accurate multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel estimation is critical for next-generation wireless systems, enabling enhanced communication and sensing performance. Traditional model-based channel estimation methods suffer, however,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Seyed Alireza Javid , Nuria González-Prelcic

The simultaneous transmission of numerous users presents substantial challenges due to the inherent trade-off between channel estimation and information transmission in multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In this paper,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Shuxiao Ye , Xianchao Zhang , Neng Ye

Hybrid digital and analog beamforming is a highly effective technique for implementing beamforming methods in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems. It provides a viable solution to replace the complex fully digital beamforming techniques.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Rohollah Vahdani , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

In this paper, we analyze the achievable downlink spectral efficiency of cell-free massive multiple input multiple output (CF-mMIMO) systems, accounting for the effects of channel aging (caused by user mobility) and pilot contamination. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-08 Abhinav Anand , Chandra R. Murthy , Ribhu Chopra

This paper investigates the spectral efficiency (SE) of multi-cell Massive Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) using different channel models. Prior works have derived closed-form SE bounds and approximations for Gaussian distributed channels,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-06 Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

In multi-user millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems, hybrid precoding is a crucial task to lower the complexity and cost while achieving a sufficient sum-rate. Previous works on hybrid precoding were usually…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-28 Ahmet M. Elbir , Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos

In this paper, we propose a new hybrid analog and digital combining architecture for millimeter wave (mmWave) multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems. The proposed structure employs antenna subset selection per radio…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-03 Eduard E. Bahingayi , Kyungchun Lee

A massive MIMO system entails a large number (tens or hundreds) of base station antennas serving a much smaller number of terminals. These systems demonstrate large gains in spectral and energy efficiency compared with conventional MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-19 Ansuman Adhikary , Alexei Ashikhmin , Thomas L. Marzetta

This paper considers pilot design to mitigate pilot contamination and provide good service for everyone in multi-cell Massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems. Instead of modeling the pilot design as a combinatorial assignment…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-23 Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

To meet the goal of ten-fold increase in spectral efficiency, multiuser multiple-input-multiple-output (MU-MIMO) techniques capable of achieving high spatial multiplexing gains are expected to be an essential component of fifth-generation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Nassar Ksairi , Beatrice Tomasi , Stefano Tomasin

In a cell-free massive MIMO architecture a very large number of distributed access points simultaneously and jointly serves a much smaller number of mobile stations; a variant of the cell-free technique is the user-centric approach, wherein…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-28 Mario Alonzo , Stefano Buzzi , Alessio Zappone , Ciro D'Elia

Full-duplex millimeter wave (mmWave) communication has shown increasing promise for self-interference cancellation via hybrid precoding and combining. This paper proposes a novel mmWave multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) design for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Ian P. Roberts , Jeffrey G. Andrews , Sriram Vishwanath

Massive multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) systems with orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) are foundational for downlink multi-user (MU) communication in future wireless networks, for their ability to enhance spectral…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-30 Erdeng Zhang , Shuntian Zheng , Sheng Wu , Haoge Jia , Zhe Ji , Ailing Xiao

Large propagation path loss and limited scattering of millimeter wave (mmwave) channels create new challenges for physical layer signal processing. Hence, in this article, we propose a photonic hybrid precoding model for mmwave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-04 Yahia Alghorani

This work considers the uplink of a Massive MIMO network wherein the base stations (BSs) are randomly deployed according to a homogenous Poisson point process of intensity $\lambda$. Each BS is equipped with $M$ antennas and serves $K$ user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-04 Fahime Sadat Mirhosseini , Andrea Pizzo , Luca Sanguinetti , Aliakbar Tadaion

We address the problem of noise and interference corrupted channel estimation in massive MIMO systems. Interference, which originates from pilot reuse (or contamination), can in principle be discriminated on the basis of the distributions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-07 Haifan Yin , Laura Cottatellucci , David Gesbert , Ralf R. Müller , Gaoning He

Millimeter wave (mmWave) multi-user massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) is a promising technique for the next generation communication systems. However, the hardware cost and power consumption grow significantly as the number of radio…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-09 Liangyuan Xu , Feifei Gao , Ting Zhou , Shaodan Ma , Wei Zhang

We provide a comprehensive overview of mathematical models and analytical techniques for millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular systems. The two fundamental physical differences from conventional Sub-6GHz cellular systems are (i) vulnerability…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Jeffrey G. Andrews , Tianyang Bai , Mandar Kulkarni , Ahmed Alkhateeb , Abhishek Gupta , Robert W. Heath

Pilot contamination remains a major bottleneck in realizing the full potential of distributed massive MIMO systems. We propose two dynamic and scalable pilot assignment schemes designed for practical deployment in such networks. First, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Mohd Saif Ali Khan , Karthik RM , Samar Agnihotri

Characterization and modeling of co-channel interference is critical for the design and performance evaluation of realistic multi-cell cellular networks. In this paper, based on alpha stable processes, an analytical co-channel interference…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-12-18 Xiaohu Ge , Kun Huang , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Xuemin Hong , Xi Yang