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We consider the problem of jointly optimizing ADC bit resolution and analog beamforming over a frequency-selective massive MIMO uplink. We build upon a popular model to incorporate the impact of low bit resolution ADCs, that hitherto has…
Sparse signal models are in the focus of recent developments in narrowband DOA estimation. Applying these methods to localizing audio sources, however, is challenging due to the wideband nature of the signals. The common approach of…
Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) is one of the most important tools in digital signal processing. FFT costs O(N \log N) for transforming a signal of length N. Recently, Sparse Fourier Transform (SFT) has emerged as a critical issue addressing…
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Spatial frequency estimation from a mixture of noisy sinusoids finds applications in various fields. While subspace-based methods offer cost-effective super-resolution parameter estimation, they demand precise array calibration, posing…
Extremely large-scale array (XL-array) has emerged as a promising technology to enable near-field communications for achieving enhanced spectrum efficiency and spatial resolution, by drastically increasing the number of antennas. However,…
We introduce a fast algorithm for computing sparse Fourier transforms supported on smooth curves or surfaces. This problem appear naturally in several important problems in wave scattering and reflection seismology. The main observation is…
The design of a set of beamformers for the multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink that provides the receivers with prespecified levels of quality-of-service (QoS) can be quite challenging when the channel state information…
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Convolutional neural network (CNN) inference on mobile devices demands efficient hardware acceleration of low-precision (INT8) general matrix multiplication (GEMM). Exploiting data sparsity is a common approach to further accelerate GEMM…
Deep neural networks (DNNs) have been proven to be effective in solving many real-life problems, but its high computation cost prohibits those models from being deployed to edge devices. Pruning, as a method to introduce zeros to model…
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The ability to resolve detail in the object that is being imaged, named by resolution, is the core parameter of an imaging system. Super-resolution is a class of techniques that can enhance the resolution of an imaging system and even…
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