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In this paper, we investigate cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems in which access points (APs) are equipped with fluid antennas (FAs) and develop a comprehensive framework for channel estimation, antenna port selection, and uplink…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Maryam Olyaee , Giovanni Interdonato , Stefano Buzzi

Recently, the so-called cell-free (CF) Massive MIMO architecture has been introduced, wherein a very large number of distributed access points (APs) simultaneously and jointly serve a much smaller number of mobile stations (MSs). The paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-07 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Alessio Zappone

Cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) has recently gained a lot of attention due to its high potential in sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems. The goal of this paper is to first present a unified modeling for massive MIMO,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output is a potential candidate for future networks with pervasive connectivity by utilizing coherent joint transmission and distributed antenna arrays. This paper studies the exploitation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Trinh Van Chien , Bui Trong Duc , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

We consider a two-way half-duplex decode-and-forward (DF) relaying system with multiple pairs of single-antenna users assisted by a cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) architecture with multiple-antenna access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Anastasios K. Papazafeiropoulos , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

In this paper, we investigate the spectral efficiency (SE) of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with a large number of antennas at the base station (BS) accounting for physical space constraints. In contrast to the vast…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Jiayi Zhang , Linglong Dai , Michail Matthaiou , Christos Masouros , Shi Jin

In this work, we analyze the downlink performance of a cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output system with finite capacity fronthaul links between the centralized baseband units and the access point (APs). Conditioned on the user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Priyabrata Parida , Harpreet S. Dhillon

The performance of centralized and distributed massive MIMO deployments are analyzed for indoor office scenarios. The distributed deployments use one of the following precoding methods: (1) local precoding with local channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-11 Stefan Dierks , Gerhard Kramer , Berthold Panzner , Wolfgang Zirwas

Recently, the so-called cell-free Massive MIMO architecture has been introduced, wherein a very large number of distributed access points (APs) simultaneously and jointly serve a much smaller number of mobile stations (MSs). A variant of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Stefano Buzzi , Alessio Zappone

A variety of hybrid analog-digital beamforming architectures have recently been proposed for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems to reduce energy consumption and the cost of implementation. In the analog processing network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Kyungchun Lee

This paper considers a cell-free massive multipleinput multiple-output (MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where distributed MIMO access points (APs) are used to jointly serve the communication users and detect the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-16 Mohamed Elfiatoure , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Contemporary wireless communications systems adopt the Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) technique: a single base station or Access Point (AP) equipped with multiple antenna elements serves multiple active users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Eduardo Noboro Tominaga , Onel Luis Alcaraz López , Tommy Svensson , Richard Demo Souza , Hirley Alves

Aiming for the sixth generation (6G) wireless communications, distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems hold significant potential for spatial multiplexing. In order to evaluate the ability of a distributed massive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-28 Yingjie Xu , Michiel Sandra , Xuesong Cai , Sara Willhammar , Fredrik Tufvesson

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) offers significant advantages in mobility scenarios, mainly due to the elimination of cell boundaries and strong macro diversity. In this paper, we examine the downlink performance of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Ziheng Liu , Jiayi Zhang , Yiyang Zhu , Enyu Shi , Bo Ai

In this work, we propose iterative access point (AP) selection (APS), linear minimum mean-square error (MMSE) precoding and power allocation techniques for Cell-Free Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-13 V. Palhares , A. R. Flores , R. C. de Lamare

Cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (CFmMIMO) offers uniform service quality through distributed access points (APs), yet unresolved issues remain. This paper proposes a heterogeneous system design that goes beyond the original…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-16 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

This paper considers Cell-Free Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems with the assistance of an RIS for enhancing the system performance. Distributed maximum-ratio combining (MRC) is considered at the access points (APs). We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Trinh Van Chien , Hien Quoc Ngo , Symeon Chatzinotas , Marco Di Renzo , Björn Ottersten

This paper investigates Cell-Free massive MIMO networks, where each access point (AP) is equipped with a hybrid transceiver, reducing the complexity and cost compared to a fully digital transceiver. Asymptotic approximations for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-16 Carles Diaz-Vilor , Alexei Ashikhmin , Hong Yang

In this paper we consider a time-division duplex cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where many distributed access points (APs) simultaneously serve many users. A normalized conjugate beamforming scheme, which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-10 Giovanni Interdonato , Hien Quoc Ngo , Erik G. Larsson , Pål Frenger

To meet the future demand for huge traffic volume of wireless data service, the research on the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication systems has been undertaken in recent years. It is expected that the spectral and energy efficiencies…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-12 Dongming Wang , Yu Zhang , Hao Wei , Xiaohu You , Xiqi Gao , Jiangzhou Wang