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As the backbone of the fifth-generation (5G) cellular network, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) encounters a significant challenge in practical applications: how to deploy a large number of antenna elements within limited…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Y. Liu , M. Zhang , T. Wang , A. Zhang , M. Debbah

The design of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems requires accurate, measurement-based channel models. This paper provides the first results from the by far most extensive outdoor measurement campaign for CF-mMIMO channels in an urban…

This paper tackles the challenge of wideband MIMO channel estimation within indoor millimeter-wave scenarios. Our proposed approach exploits the integrated sensing and communication paradigm, where sensing information aids in channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-27 Silvia Mura , Marouan Mizmizi , Umberto Spagnolini , Athina Petropulu

In what ways could cellular massive MIMO be improved? This technology has already been shown to bring huge performance gains. However, coverage holes and difficulties to transmit multiple streams to multi-antenna users because of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-08 Sara Willhammar , Hiroki Iimori , Joao Vieira , Lars Sundström , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson

Wireless-based activity sensing has gained significant attention due to its wide range of applications. We investigate radio-based multi-class classification of human activities using massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-03 B. R. Manoj , Guoda Tian , Sara Gunnarsson , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson

This radio channel measurement campaign characterizes the propagation conditions experienced in a dense urban environment over fixed backhaul links between wireless devices that are mounted on utility or traffic light poles. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-05-31 Michael W. Wasson , Geoffrey G. Messier , Devin P. Smith

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a fundamental enabler to provide high data throughput in next generation cellular networks. By equipping the base stations (BSs) with tens or hundreds of antenna elements, narrow and high…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-26 Paolo Baracca , Andreas Weber , Thorsten Wild , Christophe Grangeat

Movable antennas represent an emerging field in telecommunication research and a potential approach to achieving higher data rates in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications when the total number of antennas is limited. Most…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Amna Irshad , Emil Björnson , Alva Kosasih , Vitaly Petrov

To improve the cellular energy efficiency, without sacrificing quality-of-service (QoS) at the users, the network topology must be densified to enable higher spatial reuse. We analyze a combination of two densification approaches, namely…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-22 Emil Björnson , Marios Kountouris , Mérouane Debbah

Massive MIMO can greatly increase both spectral and transmit-energy efficiency. This is achieved by allowing the number of antennas and RF chains to grow very large. However, the challenges include high system complexity and hardware energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Xiang Gao , Ove Edfors , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson

This paper is on the spectral efficiency (SE) of a dense multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). The channels are spatially correlated and the multi-slope path loss model is considered. In our framework, the channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-05 FahimeSadat Mirhosseini , Aliakbar Tadaion , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

This work presents an experimental study of Single Input Multiple Output (SIMO) channel performance in indoor radio propagation environment. Indoor channel measurements at 2.4 GHz ISM frequency band have been performed using a versatile…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-09-20 Constantinos I. Votis , Vasilis Christofilakis , Panos Kostarakis

Millimeter-wave (30-300 GHz) and Terahertz-band communications (0.3-10 THz) are envisioned as key wireless technologies to satisfy the demand for Terabit-per-second (Tbps) links in the 5G and beyond eras. The very large available bandwidth…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-18 Shuai Nie , Josep M. Jornet , Ian F. Akyildiz

Wireless-controlled robots, cars and other critical applications are in need of technologies that offer high reliability and low latency. Massive MIMO, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, is a key technology for the upcoming 5G systems and is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-21 Sara Gunnarsson , Jose Flordelis , Liesbet Van der Perre , Fredrik Tufvesson

This paper presents a detailed measurement campaign and a comprehensive analysis of 15 GHz ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (UM-MIMO) channels tailored for the urban microcell (UMi) environment. Channel sounding is performed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Panpan Shi , Yang Wang , Xi Liao , Tianhao Li , Jiliang Zhang , Jie Zhang

Distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), also known as cell-free massive MIMO, emerges as a promising technology for sixth-generation (6G) systems to support uniform coverage and reliable communication. For the design and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-17 Yingjie Xu , Michiel Sandra , Xuesong Cai , Sara Willhammar , Fredrik Tufvesson

Massive MIMO systems promise high data rates by employing large number of antennas, which also increases the power usage of the system as a consequence. This creates an optimization problem which specifies how many antennas the system…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-15 Masoud Arash , Ehsan Yazdian , Mohammad sadegh Fazel , Glauber Brante , Muhammad Imran

Millimeter-wave multi-input multi-output (mm-Wave MIMO) systems are one of the candidate schemes for 5G wireless standardization efforts. In this context, the main contributions of this article are three-fold. 1) We describe parallel sets…

Cell-Free (CF) Massive MIMO is an alternative topology for future wireless networks, where a large number of single-antenna access points (APs) are distributed over the coverage area. There are no cells but all users are jointly served by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-20 Zheng Chen , Emil Björnson

This paper evaluates the performance of multi-user massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems in which the base station is equipped with a dynamic metasurface antenna (DMA). Due to the physical implementation of DMAs,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Pablo Ramírez-Espinosa , Robin Jess Williams , Jide Yuan , Elisabeth de Carvalho