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Future 5G communication systems require more demanding performances than the existing cellular communication systems, e.g., 10 to 100 Mbps user data rate and much larger cellular spectrum efficiency. The well-used multiple access methods…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-04 Shin-Yuan Wang , Wei-Han Hsiao , Kang-Lun Chiu , Chia-Chi Huang

In this work we extend the concept of uplink-downlink rate balancing to frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO systems. We consider a base station with large number antennas serving many single antenna users. We first show that any…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-04 Itsik Bergel , Yona Perets , Shlomo Shamai

We study the uplink performance of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) when users are equipped with multiple antennas. To this end, we consider a generalized channel model that accounts for line-of-sight propagation and spatially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-02 Konstantinos Dovelos , Michail Matthaiou , Hien Quoc Ngo , Boris Bellalta

Large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) holds great promise for the fifth-generation (5G) and future communication systems. In near-field scenarios, the spherical wavefront model is commonly utilized to accurately depict the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Hao Jiang , Wangqi Shi , Xiao Chen , Qiuming Zhu , Zhen Chen

This article reviews existing related work and identifies the main challenges in the key 5G area at the intersection of waveform design and large-scale multiple antenna systems, also known as Massive MIMO. The property of self-equalization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-26 Arman Farhang , Nicola Marchetti , Fabricio Figueiredo , Joao Paulo Miranda

A multiplicity of autonomous terminals simultaneously transmits data streams to a compact array of antennas. The array uses imperfect channel-state information derived from transmitted pilots to extract the individual data streams. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-05-23 Hien Quoc Ngo , Erik G. Larsson , Thomas L. Marzetta

The introduction of 5G New Radio networks with massive MIMO technology has complicated electromagnetic field exposure assessments for radiation protection. Massive MIMO transmission enables beamforming, beam steering, and spatial…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-24 Lisa-Marie Schilling , Christian Bornkessel , Anna-Malin Schiffarth , Thanh Tam Julian Ta , Dirk Heberling , Matthias Hein

Channel hardening characterises the diminishing influence of small scale fading on large scale antenna systems. The effective massive MIMO time domain channel is introduced and applied to a maximum diversity channel with rectangular power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Jens Abraham , Torbjörn Ekman

In this article, one first introduces the general landscape of the next generation of wireless communication systems (5G), including its drivers and requirements, and the candidate technologies that might help achieve its intended goals.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-02-02 Nicola Marchetti

The initial 6G networks will likely operate in the upper mid-band (7-24 GHz), which has decent propagation conditions but underwhelming new spectrum availability. In this paper, we explore whether we can anyway reach the ambitious 6G…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Emil Björnson , Ferdi Kara , Nikolaos Kolomvakis , Alva Kosasih , Parisa Ramezani , Murat Babek Salman

Movable antennas represent an emerging field in telecommunication research and a potential approach to achieving higher data rates in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications when the total number of antennas is limited. Most…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Amna Irshad , Emil Björnson , Alva Kosasih , Vitaly Petrov

Since the first cellular networks were trialled in the 1970s, we have witnessed an incredible wireless revolution. From 1G to 4G, the massive traffic growth has been managed by a combination of wider bandwidths, refined radio interfaces,…

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

The carbon footprint concern in the development and deployment of 5G new radio systems has drawn the attention to several stakeholders. In this article, we analyze the critical power consuming component of all candidate 5G system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-11-02 Miao Yao , Munawwar Sohul , Xiaofu Ma , Vuk Marojevic , Jeffrey H. Reed

We study a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiple access channel (MAC) from several multi-antenna transmitters to a multi-antenna receiver. The fading channels between the transmitters and the receiver are modeled by random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-04 Jakob Hoydis , Romain Couillet , Merouane Debbah

The performance of a multiuser communication system with single-antenna transmitting terminals and a multi-antenna base-station receiver is analytically investigated. The system operates under independent and non-identically distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-27 Nikolaos I. Miridakis , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Corbett Rowell

In this work, salient characteristics of a wireless communication system deploying a great number of antennas in the base station (BS), namely Massive MIMO system, are investigated. In particular, we found a simple and meaningful…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-06-17 José Carlos Marinello , Taufik Abrão

In this paper we consider a channel model that is often used to describe the mobile wireless scenario: multiple-antenna additive white Gaussian noise channels subject to random (fading) gain with full channel state information at the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-28 Austin Collins , Yury Polyanskiy

Industry and academia have been working towards the evolution from Centralized massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (CmMIMO) to Distributed mMIMO (DmMIMO) architectures. Instead of splitting a coverage area into many cells, each served by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Eduardo Noboro Tominaga , Hsuan-Jung Su , Jinfeng Du , Sivarama Venkatesan , Richard Demo Souza , Hirley Alves

In a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) communication system, the multipath fading is averaged over radio links. This well-known channel hardening phenomenon plays a central role in the design of massive MIMO systems. The aim of this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-23 Matthieu Roy , Stéphane Paquelet , Luc Le Magoarou , Matthieu Crussière

Enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) is one of the key use-cases for the development of the new standard 5G New Radio for the next generation of mobile wireless networks. Large-scale antenna arrays, a.k.a. Massive MIMO, the usage of carrier…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-24 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea