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Multi-Cell (MC) systems are present in mobile network operations from the first generation to the fifth generation of wireless networks, and considers the signals of all users to a base station (BS) centered in a cell. Cell-Free (CF)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-04 E. F. de Almeida , R. C. de Lamare

In downlink multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, block diagonalization (BD) is a practical linear precoding scheme which achieves the same degrees of freedom (DoF) as the optimal linear/nonlinear precoding schemes.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-02-23 Yong Zeng , Erry Gunawan , Yong Liang Guan

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-28 Narayan Prasad , Xiao-Feng Qi , Alan Gatherer

We address the problem of uplink co-operative reception with constraints on both backhaul bandwidth and the receiver aperture, or number of antenna signals that can be processed. The problem is cast as a network utility (weighted sum rate)…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Shirish Nagaraj , Michael L. Honig , Khalid Zeineddine

This paper considers distributed linear beamforming in downlink multicell multiuser orthogonal frequency-division multiple access networks. A fast convergent solution maximizing the weighted sum- rate with per base station (BS) transmiting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-16 Mirza Golam Kibria , Hidekazu Murata , Jun Zheng

This paper examines a CoMP system where multiple base-stations (BS) employ coordinated beamforming to serve multiple mobile-stations (MS). Under the dynamic point selection mode, each MS can be assigned to only one BS at any time. This work…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-09 Duy H. N. Nguyen , Long B. Le , Tho Le-Ngoc

Cell-free massive MIMO has matured into a key candidate technology for 6G and beyond, owing to its ability to provide nearly uniform service quality to many user equipments (UEs) over the same time-frequency resources. Unlike conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-25 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Salih Gümüşbuğa

Recently, the duality between Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) Multiple Access Channels (MAC) and MIMO Broadcast Channels (BC) has been established under a total power constraint. The same set of rates for MAC can be achieved in BC…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-19 Vincent Le Nir , Marc Moonen , Jan Verlinden , Mamoun Guenach

Designing beamforming techniques for the downlink (DL) of frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO is known to be a challenging problem due to the difficulty of obtaining channel state information (CSI). Indeed, since the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-02 François Rottenberg , Ming-Chun Lee , Thomas Choi , Jianzhong Zhang , Andreas F. Molisch

High power consumption and expensive hardware are two bottlenecks for practical massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) systems. One promising solution is to employ low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-11 Jiayi Zhang , Linglong Dai , Ziyan He , Bo Ai , Octavia A. Dobre

One key feature of massive multiple-input multiple-output systems is the large number of antennas and users. As a result, reducing the computational complexity of beamforming design becomes imperative. To this end, the goal of this paper is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-08 Shuai Wang , Lei Cheng , Minghua Xia , Yik-Chung Wu

We consider the interference management problem in a multicell MIMO heterogenous network. Within each cell there are a large number of distributed micro/pico base stations (BSs) that can be potentially coordinated for joint transmission. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Mingyi Hong , Ruo-Yu Sun , Hadi Baligh , Zhi-Quan Luo

Deploying massive number of antennas at the base station side can boost the cellular system performance dramatically. Meanwhile, it however involves significant additional radio-frequency (RF) front-end complexity, hardware cost and power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Zhiyuan Jiang , Sheng Zhou , Zhisheng Niu

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks will rely on ultra-dense multi-cell deployment to meet the high rate and connectivity demands. However, frequency reuse leads to severe inter-cell interference, particularly for cell-edge users,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-18 Shuo Zheng , Shuowen Zhang

Hybrid analog and digital beamforming transceivers are instrumental in addressing the challenge of expensive hardware and high training overheads in the next generation millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-04 Ahmet M. Elbir , Kumar Vijay Mishra , M. R. Bhavani Shankar , Björn Ottersten

In large antenna arrays, hardware power consumption becomes a dominant design constraint, making energy efficiency (EE) a first-class objective alongside spectral efficiency (SE). Microwave linear analog computer (MiLAC)-aided beamforming,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Yuchen Zhang , Pinjun Zheng , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

In this letter, we investigate the robust beamforming design for an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system featuring low-resolution digital-to-analog converters (DACs) and analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). Taking into account…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Tiantian Xu , Zhenyao He , Jindan Xu , Wei Xu , Jianfeng Wang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

In this paper, we study the performance of the downlink of a cellular network with automatic repeat-request (ARQ) and a half duplex decode-and-forward shared relay. In this system, two multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) base stations…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-12 Ahmed Raafat Hosny , Ramy Abdallah Tannious , Amr El-Keyi

This paper considers a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided millimeter wave (mmWave) downlink communication system where hybrid analog-digital beamforming is employed at the base station (BS). We formulate a power minimization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Renwang Li , Bei Guo , Meixia Tao , Ya-Feng Liu , Wei Yu

Low-resolution digital-to-analog converter (DAC) has shown great potential in facilitating cost- and power-efficient implementation of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We investigate the performance of a massive MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-30 Jindan Xu , Wei Xu , Fengkui Gong , Hua Zhang , Xiaohu You