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Distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) combines the array gain of coherent MIMO processing with the proximity gains of distributed antenna setups. In this paper, we analyze how transceiver hardware impairments affect the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-04 Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Antonios Pitarokoilis , Erik G. Larsson

Motivated by the ever-growing demand for \emph{green} wireless communications and the advantages of \emph{cell-free} (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, we focus on the design of their downlink for optimal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Hien Q. Ngo , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

In this paper, we consider the uplink of cell-free massive MIMO systems, where a large number of distributed single antenna access points (APs) serve a much smaller number of users simultaneously via limited backhaul. For the first time, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-22 Qinhui Huang , Alister Burr

While scalable cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) shows advantages in static conditions, the impact of its changing serving access point (AP) set in a mobile network is not yet addressed. In this paper we first derive the CPU cluster and AP…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Yunlu Xiao , Petri Mähönen , Ljiljana Simić

Due to the large power consumption in RF-circuitry of massive MIMO systems, practically relevant performance measures such as energy efficiency or bandwidth efficiency are neither necessarily monotonous functions of the total transmit power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-20 Ali Bereyhi , Saba Asaad , Ralf R. Müller

This paper investigates a six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA)-aided cell-free multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system. In this system, each distributed access point (AP) can flexibly adjust its array…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-09 Yichi Zhang , Yuchen Zhang , Wenyan Ma , Lipeng Zhu , Jianquan Wang , Wanbin Tang , Rui Zhang

This paper develops a multi-user downlink communication framework for distributed low Earth orbit satellite networks serving ground users equipped with multiple antennas. Building upon the concept of cell-free multiple-input multiple-output…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-28 Parisa Ramezani , Emil Björnson

Cell-free widely distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems utilize radio units spread out over a large geographical area. The radio signal of a user equipment (UE) is coherently detected by a subset of radio units…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-31 David Löschenbrand , Markus Hofer , Laura Bernadó , Stefan Zelenbaba , Thomas Zemen

With the evolution of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology toward extremely large (XL) MIMO systems comprising hundreds of, or more, antennas, this work investigates scalable and fronthaul-efficient reception design for the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-24 Dogon Kim , Hyunmin Noh , Seok-Hwan Park

Remarkable research activities and major advances have been occurred over the past decade in multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems. Several transmission technologies and precoding techniques have been developed in order…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-16 Eduardo Castañeda , Adão Silva , Atílio Gameiro , Marios Kountouris

Large-scale distributed Multiuser MIMO (MU-MIMO) is a promising wireless network architecture that combines the advantages of "massive MIMO" and "small cells." It consists of several Access Points (APs) connected to a central server via a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-04-02 Ryan Rogalin , Ozgun Bursalioglu , Haralabos Papadopoulos , Giuseppe Caire , Andreas Molisch , Antonios Michaloliakos , Vlad Balan , Konstantinos Psounis

This paper proposes a multi-level cooperative architecture to balance the spectral efficiency and scalability of cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In the proposed architecture, spatial expansion units (SEUs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-17 Jiamin Li , Xiaoyu Sun , Pengcheng Zhu , Dongming Wang , Xiaohu You

Holographic MIMO refers to a (possibly large) array with a large number of individually controlled and densely deployed antennas. The objective of this paper is to provide further insight into the use of closely spaced antennas in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Antonio Alberto D'Amico , Luca Sanguinetti

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising cellular network. In this network, a large number of distributed and multi-antenna access points (APs) jointly serve many single antenna users using the same…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-30 Deokhwan Han , Jeonghun Park , Namyoon Lee

A limitation of bandwidth in the wireless network and the exponential rise in the high data rate requirement prompted the development of Massive Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) technique in 5G. Using this method the ever rising data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-11 Mariea Sharaf Anzum , Moontasir Rafique , Md. Asif Ishrak Sarder , Fehima Tajrian , Abdullah Bin Shams

In this letter, we proposed a shared-antenna full-duplex massive MIMO model for the multiuser MIMO system. This model exploits a single antenna array at the base station (BS) to transmit and receive the signals simultaneously. It has the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-02 Pengbo Xing , Ju Liu , Chao Zhai , Xinhua Wang , Lina Zheng

We develop a general downlink model for multi-antenna heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets), where base stations (BSs) across tiers may differ in terms of transmit power, target signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), deployment density,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Harpreet S. Dhillon , Marios Kountouris , Jeffrey G. Andrews

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems have attracted much attention lately due to the many advantages they provide over single-antenna systems. Owing to the many antennas, low-cost implementation and low power consumption…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-19 Ali Bulut Üçüncü , Emil Björnson , Håkan Johansson , Erik G. Larsson , Ali Özgür Yılmaz

Large antenna arrays will be needed in future millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular networks, enabling a large number of different possible antenna architectures and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. It is still unclear which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Mandar N. Kulkarni , Amitava Ghosh , Jeffrey G. Andrews

This paper quantifies the benefits and limitations of cooperative communications by providing a statistical analysis of the downlink in network multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider an idealized model where the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-24 Kianoush Hosseini , Wei Yu , Raviraj S. Adve