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In this paper, we examine the performance of the decode-and-forward (DF) relaying protocols with finite blocklength (FB). We provide the overall outage probability of three distinct DF relaying protocols, where the channels are assumed to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-22 Parisa Nouri , Hirley Alves , Matti Latva-aho

Future wireless networks will utilize extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) over high-frequency bands, which, however, produce near-field spherical wavefronts and spatial wideband effects. To exploit and mitigate these, this paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Jiasi Zhou , Chintha Tellambura

Due to its static protocol design, IEEE 802.11 (aka Wi-Fi) channel access lacks adaptability to address dynamic network conditions, resulting in inefficient spectrum utilization, unnecessary contention, and packet collisions. This paper…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Miguel Casasnovas , Francesc Wilhelmi , Richard Combes , Maksymilian Wojnar , Katarzyna Kosek-Szott , Szymon Szott , Anders Jonsson , Luis Esteve , Boris Bellalta

This paper analyzes the effective capacity (EC) of delay constrained machine type communication (MTC) networks operating in the finite blocklength (FB) regime. First, we derive a closed-form mathematical approximation for the EC in Rayleigh…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-12 Mohammad Shehab , Endrit Dosti , Hirley Alves , Matti Latva-aho

This paper studies the application of cooperative techniques for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). More particularly, the fixed gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying with NOMA is investigated over Nakagami-$m$ fading channels. Two…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Xinwei Yue , Yuanwei Liu , Shaoli Kang , Arumugam Nallanathan

Federated learning enables distributed model training across clients without raw data exchange, but in wireless implementations, frequent parameter updates cause high communication overhead. Existing research often assumes known channel…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Zhiyin Li , Yubo Yang , Tao Yang , Ziyu Guo , Xiaofeng Wu , Bo Hu

This paper presents finite-blocklength achievability bounds for the Gaussian multiple access channel (MAC) and random access channel (RAC) under average-error and maximal-power constraints. Using random codewords uniformly distributed on a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-05 Recep Can Yavas , Victoria Kostina , Michelle Effros

In this paper, we consider asynchronous federated learning (FL) over time-division multiple access (TDMA)-based communication networks. Considering TDMA for transmitting local updates can introduce significant delays to conventional…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Jaeyoung Song , Jun-Pyo Hong

As the mobile application landscape expands, wireless networks are tasked with supporting various connection profiles, including real-time communications and delay-sensitive traffic. Among many ensuing engineering challenges is the need to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-02-13 Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr , Jean-Francois Chamberland , Henry Pfister

In multi-access wireless networks, transmission scheduling is a key component that determines the efficiency and fairness of wireless spectrum allocation. At one extreme, greedy opportunistic scheduling that allocates airtime to the user…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-07-28 Suzhi Bi , Ying Jun , Zhang

The exponential growth of wireless devices and stringent reliability requirements of emerging applications demand fundamental improvements in distributed channel access mechanisms for unlicensed bands. Current Wi-Fi systems, which rely on…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Jinzhe Pan , Jingqing Wang , Yuehui Ouyang , Wenchi Cheng , Wei Zhang

This paper presents comparison of Access Techniques used in Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). Comparison is performed between Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Frequency Division Multiple…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 I. Israr , M. M. Yaqoob , N. Javaid , U. Qasim , Z. A. Khan

We present an analytical framework to assess the link layer throughput of multichannel Opportunistic Spectrum Access (OSA) ad hoc networks. Specifically, we focus on analyzing various combinations of collaborative spectrum sensing and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-11-30 Jihoon Park , Przemysław Pawełczak , Danijela Čabrić

Many modern wireless networks integrate carrier sense mul-tiple access/collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) with exponential backoff as medium access control (MAC) technique. In order to decrease the MAC overhead and the collision probability, we…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-01-08 Baher Mawlawi , Jean-Baptiste Doré

In large-scale resource-constrained wireless networks, such as those prevalent in the Internet of Things (IoT), efficient communication scheduling remains a critical challenge. Among the various approaches, Time Division Multiple Access…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Hicham Lakhlef , Mohamed Ali Zormati , Khaled Abid , Toufik Ahmed

A finite blocklenth analysis of the diversity-multiplexing tradeoff is presented, based on nonasymptotic bounds on the maximum channel coding rate of multiple-antenna block-memoryless Rayleigh-fading channels.The bounds in this paper allow…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Johan Östman , Wei Yang , Giuseppe Durisi , Tobias Koch

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) is a promising strategy for ensuring robust transmission in multi-antenna wireless systems. In this paper, we investigate the performance of RSMA in a downlink Decode-and-Forward (DF) relay scenario…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-16 Ahmet Sacid Sümer , Mehmet Mert Şahin , Hüseyin Arslan

This paper studies an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled multiple access channel (MAC), in which multiple ground users transmit individual messages to a mobile UAV in the sky. We consider a linear topology scenario, where these users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-17 Peiming Li , Jie Xu

The joint design of analog beamforming and power allocation is investigated for a single radio-frequency chain multiuser time-division multiple access system under a max-min signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) criterion. A hardware-efficient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Songnan Gu , Chongjun Ouyang , Hao Jiang , Xingqi Zhang

We consider a multiple-access channel where the users are powered from batteries having non-negligible internal resistance. When power is drawn from the battery, a variable fraction of the power, which is a function of the power drawn from…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-16 Rajshekhar Vishweshwar Bhat , Mehul Motani , Teng Joon Lim