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We consider a multi-object detection problem over a sensor network (SNET) with limited range multi-modal sensors. Limited range sensing environment arises in a sensing field prone to signal attenuation and path losses. The general problem…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2008-09-12 E. Ermis , V. Saligrama

We consider joint beamforming and stream allocation to maximize the weighted sum rate (WSR) for non-coherent joint transmission (NCJT) in user-centric cell-free MIMO networks, where distributed access points (APs) are organized in clusters…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-29 Xi Wang , Xiaotong Zhao , Juncheng Wang , You Li , Qingjiang Shi

This paper studies a distributed multi-agent convex optimization problem. The system comprises multiple agents in this problem, each with a set of local data points and an associated local cost function. The agents are connected to a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-08-20 Kushal Chakrabarti , Nirupam Gupta , Nikhil Chopra

Autonomous robot networks are an effective tool for monitoring large-scale environmental fields. This paper proposes distributed control strategies for localizing the source of a noisy signal, which could represent a physical quantity of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-04-14 Nikolay A. Atanasov , Jerome Le Ny , George J. Pappas

There is growing interest in large-scale machine learning and optimization over decentralized networks, e.g. in the context of multi-agent learning and federated learning. Due to the imminent need to alleviate the communication burden, the…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2020-09-02 Boyue Li , Shicong Cen , Yuxin Chen , Yuejie Chi

In this paper, we consider decentralized optimization problems where agents have individual cost functions to minimize subject to subspace constraints that require the minimizers across the network to lie in low-dimensional subspaces. This…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Roula Nassif , Stefan Vlaski , Marco Carpentiero , Vincenzo Matta , Marc Antonini , Ali H. Sayed

Multi-cell coordinated beamforming (MCBF), where multiple base stations (BSs) collaborate with each other in the beamforming design for mitigating the inter-cell interference, has been a subject drawing great attention recently. Most MCBF…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-28 Chao Shen , Tsung-Hui Chang , Kun-Yu Wang , Zhengding Qiu , Chong-Yung Chi

As the world becomes more and more interconnected, our everyday objects become part of the Internet of Things, and our lives get more and more mirrored in virtual reality, where every piece of~information, including misinformation, fake…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-12-04 Robert Paluch , Łukasz G. Gajewski , Janusz A. Hołyst , Boleslaw K. Szymanski

Localization is a fundamental enabler technology for many applications, like vehicular networks, IoT, and even medicine. While Global Navigation Satellite Systems solutions offer great performance, they are unavailable in scenarios like…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-03 Filipa Valdeira , Cláudia Soares , João Gomes

Many of the distributed localization algorithms are based on relaxed optimization formulations of the localization problem. These algorithms commonly rely on first-order optimization methods, and hence may require many iterations or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-19 Sina Khoshfetrat Pakazad , Emre Özkan , Carsten Fritsche , Anders Hansson , Fredrik Gustafsson

We propose a new robust distributed linearly constrained beamformer which utilizes a set of linear equality constraints to reduce the cross power spectral density matrix to a block-diagonal form. The proposed beamformer has a convenient…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-28 Andreas I. Koutrouvelis , Thomas W. Sherson , Richard Heusdens , Richard C. Hendriks

We propose an algorithm for the Wireless Sensor Network localization problem, which is based on the well-known algorithmic framework of Alternating Minimization. We start with a non-smooth and non-convex minimization, and transform it into…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-12-30 Eyal Gur , Shoham Sabach , Shimrit Shtern

Collaborative beamforming (CB) is a power efficient method for data communications in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) which aims at increasing the transmission range in the network by radiating the power from a cluster of sensor nodes in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-18 Mohammed F. A. Ahmed , Sergiy A. Vorobyov

A crucial challenge in decentralized systems is state estimation in the presence of unknown inputs, particularly within heterogeneous sensor networks with dynamic topologies. While numerous consensus algorithms have been introduced, they…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-13 Zida Wu , Ankur Mehta

This paper proposes energy-efficient coordinated beamforming strategies for multi-cell multi-user multiple-input single-output system. We consider a practical power consumption model, where part of the consumed power depends on the base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-03 Oskari Tervo , Antti Tölli , Markku Juntti , Le-Nam Tran

The integrated design of communication and sensing may offer a potential solution to address spectrum congestion. In this work, we develop a beamforming method for a dual-function radar-communication system, where the transmit signal is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-07 Hossein Maleki , Carles Diaz-Vilor , Ali Pezeshki , Vahid Tarokh , Hamid Jafarkhani

Decentralized optimization is typically studied under the assumption of noise-free transmission. However, real-world scenarios often involve the presence of noise due to factors such as additive white Gaussian noise channels or…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-07-28 Suhail M. Shah , Raghu Bollapragada

Performance of multicell systems is inevitably limited by interference and available resources. Although intercell interference can be mitigated by Base Station (BS) Coordination, the demand on inter-BS information exchange and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-10 Mohammad Hossein Akbari , Vahid Tabataba Vakili

Beamforming is an effective means to improve the quality of the received signals in multiuser multiple-input-single-output (MISO) systems. Traditionally, finding the optimal beamforming solution relies on iterative algorithms, which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-15 Wenchao Xia , Gan Zheng , Yongxu Zhu , Jun Zhang , Jiangzhou Wang , Athina P. Petropulu

We investigate joint bistatic positioning (BP) and monostatic sensing (MS) within a multi-input multi-output orthogonal frequency-division system. Based on the derived Cram\'er-Rao Bounds (CRBs), we propose novel beamforming optimization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-06 Yuchen Zhang , Hui Chen , Pinjun Zheng , Boyu Ning , Hong Niu , Henk Wymeersch , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri