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In this paper, we investigate the impact of channel aging on the performance of cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with pilot contamination. To take into account the channel aging effect due to user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-26 Jiakang Zheng , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Bo Ai

How to meet the demand for increasing number of users, higher data rates, and stringent quality-of-service (QoS) in the beyond fifth-generation (B5G) networks? Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is considered as a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-19 Shuaifei Chen , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Jing Zhang , Bo Ai

Cell-free massive-multiple-input-multiple-output (CFmMIMO) is a key enabler for sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks, where distributed access points (APs) jointly serve user equipments (UEs). In commonly adopted channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-02 Andreas Angelou , Marc Moonen

In this paper, we propose a novel joint caching and massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission scheme, referred to as \emph{cache-aided massive MIMO}, for multi-cell downlink transmission to multiple cache-enabled receivers.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Lin Xiang , Xiao Wei , Laura Cottatellucci , Robert Schober , Tao Jiang

This paper presents a robust precoder design for resilient cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems that minimizes the weighted sum of desired signal mean square error (MSE) and residual interference leakage power under a total transmit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Saeed Mashdour , André R. Flores , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

Mobile edge computing (MEC) has been introduced to provide additional computing capabilities at network edges in order to improve performance of latency critical applications. In this paper, we consider the cell-free (CF) massive MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-19 Sudarshan Mukherjee , Jemin Lee

Large-scale MIMO systems have been considered as one of the possible candidates for the next-generation wireless communication technique, due to their potential to provide significant higher throughput than conventional wireless systems.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-06 Dengkui Zhu , Boyu Li , Ping Liang

Non-cooperative cellular massive MIMO, combined with power control, is known to lead to significant improvements in per-user throughput compared with conventional LTE technology. In this paper, we investigate further refinements to massive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-23 Shahram Shahsavari , Mehrdad Nosrati , Parisa Hassanzadeh , Alexei Ashikhmin , Thomas L. Marzetta , Elza Erkip

Contrary to conventional massive MIMO cellular configurations plagued by inter-cell interference, cell-free massive MIMO systems distribute network resources across the coverage area, enabling users to connect with multiple access points…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-07 Giovanni Di Gennaro , Amedeo Buonanno , Gianmarco Romano , Stefano Buzzi , Francesco A. N Palmieri

In this paper, we propose network massive multiple- input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where three radio units (RUs) connected via one digital unit (DU) support multiple user equipments (UEs) at a cell-boundary through the same radio…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-09-20 Changwoo Lee , Chan-Byoung Chae , Taehyung Kim , Sooyong Choi , Juho Lee

In this paper, we consider the uplink of cell-free massive MIMO systems, where a large number of distributed single antenna access points (APs) serve a much smaller number of users simultaneously via limited backhaul. For the first time, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-22 Qinhui Huang , Alister Burr

Existing works on cell-free systems consider either coherent or non-coherent downlink data transmission and a network deployment with a single central processing unit (CPU). While it is known that coherent transmission outperforms…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-29 Roberto P. Antonioli , Iran M. Braga , Gabor Fodor , Yuri C. B. Silva , Walter C. Freitas

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is an emerging technology that will reshape the architecture of next-generation networks. This paper considers the sequential fronthaul, whereby the access points (APs) are connected…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-12 Vida Ranjbar , Robbert Beerten , Marc Moonen , Sofie Pollin

In this paper, we investigate the performance of cell-free massive MIMO systems with massive connectivity. With the generalized approximate message passing (GAMP) algorithm, we obtain the minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) estimate of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-17 Mangqing Guo , M. Cenk Gursoy

In this paper, we consider and study a cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) system aided with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), where a large number of access points (APs) cooperate to serve a smaller number of users with the help of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-17 Bayan Al-Nahhas , Mohanad Obeed , Anas Chaaban , Md. Jahangir Hossain

Cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) has recently attracted much attention, attributed to its potential to deliver uniform service quality. However, the adoption of a cell-free architecture raises concerns about the high…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

This paper introduces a novel joint communication and proactive monitoring (JCAM) system that simultaneously monitors multiple untrusted links and serves multiple legitimate users. The system leverages a cell-free massive multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Mustafa S. Abbas , Zahra Mobini , Hamid Reza Hashempour , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) systems are expected to provide faster and more robust connections to user equipments (UEs) by cooperation of a massive number of distributed access points, and to be one of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-05 Masaaki Ito , Issei Kanno , Takeo Ohseki , Kosuke Yamazaki , Yoji Kishi , Thomas Choi , Andreas F. Molisch

Massive MIMO is a compelling wireless access concept that relies on the use of an excess number of base-station antennas, relative to the number of active terminals. This technology is a main component of 5G New Radio (NR) and addresses all…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Liesbet Van der Perre , Liang Liu , Erik G. Larsson

We present an overview of ongoing research endeavors focused on in-band full-duplex (IBFD) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems and their applications. In response to the unprecedented demands for mobile traffic in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Mohammadali Mohammadi , Zahra Mobini , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou