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Large-scale Internet of Things (IoT) networks enable intelligent services such as smart cities and autonomous driving, but often face resource constraints. Collecting heterogeneous sensory data, especially in small-scale datasets, is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Haihui Xie , Wenkun Wen , Shuwu Chen , Zhaogang Shu , Minghua Xia

This paper considers the massive connectivity application in which a large number of potential devices communicate with a base-station (BS) in a sporadic fashion. The detection of device activity pattern together with the estimation of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Zhilin Chen , Foad Sohrabi , Wei Yu

This paper considers the joint device activity detection and channel estimation problem in a massive Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity system, where a large number of IoT devices exist but merely a random subset of them become active…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-06 Qipeng Wang , Liang Liu , Shuowen Zhang , Francis C. M. Lau

We study strongly convex distributed optimization problems where a set of agents are interested in solving a separable optimization problem collaboratively. In this paper, we propose and study a two time-scale decentralized gradient descent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-08-16 Hadi Reisizadeh , Behrouz Touri , Soheil Mohajer

The goal of this dissertation is to design efficient data aggregation frameworks for massive IoT networks in different scenarios to support the proper functioning of IoT analytics layer. This dissertation includes modern algorithmic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-07-29 Sunny Sanyal

This paper addresses the problem of estimating sparse channels in massive MIMO-OFDM systems. Most wireless channels are sparse in nature with large delay spread. In addition, these channels as observed by multiple antennas in a neighborhood…

Applications · Statistics 2015-06-22 Mudassir Masood , Laila H. Afify , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

We present the group fused Lasso for detection of multiple change-points shared by a set of co-occurring one-dimensional signals. Change-points are detected by approximating the original signals with a constraint on the multidimensional…

Quantitative Methods · Quantitative Biology 2011-06-23 Kevin Bleakley , Jean-Philippe Vert

The problem of communicating sensor measurements over shared networks is prevalent in many modern large-scale distributed systems such as cyber-physical systems, wireless sensor networks, and the internet of things. Due to bandwidth…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-14 Marcos M. Vasconcelos

In group testing, the goal is to identify a subset of defective items within a larger set of items based on tests whose outcomes indicate whether at least one defective item is present. This problem is relevant in areas such as medical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-24 Eric Price , Jonathan Scarlett , Nelvin Tan

Distributed optimization for resource allocation problems is investigated and a sub-optimal continuous-time algorithm is proposed. Our algorithm has lower order dynamics than others to reduce burdens of computation and communication, and is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-13 Shu Liang , Xianlin Zeng , Guanpu Chen , Yiguang Hong

Distributed estimation in a blockchain-aided Internet of Things (BIoT) is considered, where the integrated blockchain secures data exchanges across the BIoT and the storage of data at BIoT agents. This paper focuses on developing a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-07 Hamid Varmazyari , Yiming Jiang , Jiangfan Zhang

In this paper, we address the problem of distributed sparse recovery of signals acquired via compressed measurements in a sensor network. We propose a new class of distributed algorithms to solve Lasso regression problems, when the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-15 Chiara Ravazzi , Sophie M. Fosson , Enrico Magli

In this paper, efficient resource allocation for the uplink transmission of wireless powered IoT networks is investigated. We adopt LoRa technology as an example in the IoT network, but this work is still suitable for other communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-04 Xiaolan Liu , Zhijin Qin , Yue Gao , Julie A. McCann

This paper studies a combined space partitioning and network flow optimization problem, with applications to large-scale power, transportation, or communication systems. In dense wireless networks, one may want to simultaneously optimize…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Théo Laurentin , Patrick Coirault , Emmanuel Moulay , Antoine Lesage-Landry , Jerome Le Ny

A fundamental challenge in large-scale networked systems viz., data centers and cloud networks is to distribute tasks to a pool of servers, using minimal instantaneous state information, while providing excellent delay performance. In this…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-09-07 Debankur Mukherjee

This paper considers the joint channel estimation and device activity detection in the grant-free random access systems, where a large number of Internet-of-Things devices intend to communicate with a low-earth orbit satellite in a sporadic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-10 Boxiao Shen , Yongpeng Wu , Jianping An , Chengwen Xing , Lian Zhao , Wenjun Zhang

Motivated by applications in machine learning and statistics, we study distributed optimization problems over a network of processors, where the goal is to optimize a global objective composed of a sum of local functions. In these problems,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-14 Thinh T. Doan , Carolyn L. Beck , R. Srikant

The cloud's flexibility and promise of seamless auto-scaling notwithstanding, its ability to meet service level objectives (SLOs) typically calls for some form of control in resource usage. This seemingly traditional problem gives rise to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-18 Chong Li , Jiangnan Liu , Chenyang Lu , Roch Guerin , Christopher D. Gill

In massive machine-type communications, data transmission is usually considered sporadic, and thus inherently has a sparse structure. This paper focuses on the joint activity detection (AD) and channel estimation (CE) problems in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-06 Ye Xue , An Liu , Yang Li , Qingjiang Shi , Vincent Lau

In this paper, we investigate time-division based framework for integrated sensing, communication, and computing in integrated satellite-terrestrial networks. We consider a scenario, where Internet-of-Things devices on the ground operate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-07 Xiangming Zhu , Hua Wang , Zhaohui Yang , Quoc-Viet Pham