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Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) systems are emerging as promising alternatives to cellular networks, especially in ultra-dense environments. However, further capacity enhancement requires the deployment of more…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Enyu Shi , Jiayi Zhang , Jiancheng An , Guangyang Zhang , Ziheng Liu , Chau Yuen , Bo Ai

This paper studies a two-layer decoding method that mitigates inter-cell interference in multi-cell Massive MIMO systems. In layer one, each base station (BS) estimates the channels to intra-cell users and uses the estimates for local…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-19 Trinh Van Chien , Christopher Mollén , Emil Björnson

We consider scalable cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output networks under an open radio access network paradigm comprising user equipments (UEs), radio units (RUs), and decentralized processing units (DUs). UEs are served by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Zhiyang Li , Fabian Göttsch , Siyao Li , Ming Chen , Giuseppe Caire

In this paper, a general framework for deep learning-based power control methods for max-min, max-product and max-sum-rate optimization in uplink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) systems is proposed. Instead of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-19 Yongshun Zhang , Jiayi Zhang , Yu Jin , Stefano Buzzi , Bo Ai

This letter develops an optimum beamforming method for downlink transmissions in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, which employ a massive number of distributed access points to provide concurrent services to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-11 Andong Zhou , Jingxian Wu , Erik G. Larsson , Pingzhi Fan

Cell-free Massive MIMO (mMIMO) is envisaged to be a next-generation technology beyond 5G with its high spectral efficiency and superior spatial diversity as compared to that of conventional MIMO technology. The main principle is that many…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-09 Zakir Hussain Shaik , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

This paper considers a single-cell massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) system with dual-polarized antennas at both the base station and users. We study a channel model that includes the key practical aspects that arise when…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Özgecan Özdogan , Emil Björnson

Cell-free networks outperform cellular networks in many aspects, yet their efficiency is affected by imperfect channel state information (CSI). In order to address this issue, this work presents a robust resource allocation framework…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-20 S. Mashdour , A. Flores , R. C. de Lamare

The explosive growth of data results in more scarce spectrum resources. It is important to optimize the system performance under limited resources. In this paper, we investigate how to achieve weighted throughput (WTP) maximization for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Jiafei Fu , Pengcheng Zhu , Bo Ai , Jiangzhou Wang , Xiaohu You

Joint unicast and multicast transmissions are becoming increasingly important in practical wireless systems, such as Internet of Things networks. This paper investigates a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-20 Mustafa S. Abbas , Zahra Mobini , Hien Quoc Ngo , Hyundong Shin , Michail Matthaiou

To make indoor industrial cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) networks free from wired fronthaul, this paper studies a multicarrier-division duplex (MDD)-enabled two-tier terahertz (THz) fronthaul scheme. More…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-11 Bohan Li , Diego Dupleich , Guoqing Xia , Huiyu Zhou , Yue Zhang , Pei Xiao , Lie-Liang Yang

Recent studies indicate the feasibility of full-duplex (FD) bidirectional wireless communications. Due to its potential to increase the capacity, analyzing the performance of a cellular network that contains full-duplex devices is crucial.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-02-12 Peyman Tehrani , Farshad Lahouti , Michele Zorzi

We consider a practical cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system with multi-antenna access points (APs) and spatially correlated Rician fading channels. The significant phase-shift of the line-of-sight component…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Zhe Wang , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Bo Ai

This study explores a next-generation multiple access (NGMA) framework for cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems enhanced by stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs), aiming to improve simultaneous wireless information and power transfer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Thien Duc Hua , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Nowadays, data caching is being used as a high-speed data storage layer in mobile edge computing networks employing flow control methodologies at an exponential rate. This study shows how to discover the best architecture for backhaul…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-29 Amir Ziaeddini , Amin Mohajer , Davoud Yousefi , A. Mirzaei , Shu Gonglee

Distributed or Cell-free (CF) massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (mMIMO), has been recently proposed as an answer to the limitations of the current network-centric systems in providing high-rate ubiquitous transmission. The capability…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-20 Salman Mohebi , Andrea Zanella , Michele Zorzi

Modular extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) architectures combined with wireless fronthaul provide a scalable alternative to monolithic arrays, but their performance is sensitive to hardware impairments and resource allocation strategies.…

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

This paper studies an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) full-duplex (FD) wireless-powered communication network (WPCN), where a hybrid access point (HAP) operating in FD broadcasts energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-14 Meng Hua , Qingqing Wu

This paper proposes a novel optimization framework for enhancing the security resilience of cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) networks with multi-antenna access points (APs) and protective partial zero-forcing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Junbin Yu , Tianyu Lu , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Michail Matthaiou

In a cell-free massive MIMO (CFmMIMO) network with a daisy-chain fronthaul, the amount of information that each access point (AP) needs to communicate with the next AP in the chain is determined by the location of the AP in the sequential…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-29 Vida Ranjbar , Robbert Beerten , Marc Moonen , Sofie Pollin