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We consider communication over the Gaussian multiple-access channel in the regime where the number of users grows linearly with the codelength. In this regime, schemes based on sparse superposition coding can achieve a near-optimal tradeoff…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-04 Xiaoqi Liu , Kuan Hsieh , Ramji Venkataramanan

We consider the unsourced random access problem with multiple receivers and propose a cell-free type solution for that. In our proposed scheme, the active users transmit their signals to the access points (APs) distributed in a geographical…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Mert Ozates , Mohammad Kazemi , Eduard Jorswieck , Deniz Gunduz

This paper considers a massive connectivity setting in which a base-station (BS) aims to communicate sources $(X_1,\cdots,X_k)$ to a randomly activated subset of $k$ users, among a large pool of $n$ users, via a common message in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Ryan Song , Kareem M. Attiah , Wei Yu

The spatial diversity and multiplexing advantages of massive multi-input-multi-output (mMIMO) can significantly improve the capacity of massive non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in machine type communications. However, state-of-the-art…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-17 Yueqing Wang , Yikun Mei , Zhen Gao , Ziwei Wan , Boyu Ning , De Mi , Sami Muhaidat

This paper provides comprehensive coding and outer bound for the half-duplex multiple access channel with generalized feedback (MAC-GF). Two users communicate with one destination over a discrete memoryless channel using time division. Each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-08-02 Ahmad Abu Al Haija , Mai Vu

We study the problem of unsourced random access (URA) over Rayleigh block-fading channels with a receiver equipped with multiple antennas. We employ multiple stages of orthogonal pilots, each of which is randomly picked from a codebook. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-20 Mohammad Javad Ahmadi , Tolga M. Duman

Grant-free access schemes are candidates to support future massive multiple access applications owing to their capability to reduce control signaling and latency. As a promising class of grant-free schemes, coded random access schemes can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-25 Lorenzo Valentini , Marco Chiani , Enrico Paolini

We propose a novel generalized framework for grant-free random-access (GFRA) in cell-free massive multiple input multiple-output systems where multiple geographically separated access points (APs) or base stations (BSs) aim to detect…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-20 Sai Subramanyam Thoota , Erik G. Larsson

In this paper, we propose a new polar coding scheme for the unsourced, uncoordinated Gaussian random access channel. Our scheme is based on sparse spreading, treat interference as noise and successive interference cancellation (SIC). On the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Mengfan Zheng , Yongpeng Wu , Wenjun Zhang

In this paper, we consider a massive uncoordinated non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) scheme where devices have strict latency requirements and no retransmission opportunities are available. Each device chooses a pilot sequence from a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Rana Abbas , Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam , Yonghui Li , Branka Vucetic

We derive finite-blocklength bounds on the minimum achievable energy per bit over a Gaussian unsourced multiple access (UMA) channel in the presence of heterogeneous path-loss conditions. We consider a setting in which the path loss is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-23 Deekshith Pathayappilly Krishnan , Kaan Okumus , Khac-Hoang Ngo , Giuseppe Durisi

This paper investigates asynchronous multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) massive unsourced random access (URA) in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system over frequency-selective fading channels, with the presence of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Tianya Li , Yongpeng Wu , Junyuan Gao , Wenjun Zhang , Xiang-Gen Xia , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Chengshan Xiao

In most existing grant-free (GF) studies, the two key tasks, namely active user detection (AUD) and payload data decoding, are handled separately. In this paper, a two-step dataaided AUD scheme is proposed, namely the initial AUD step and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Linjie Yang , Pingzhi Fan , Des McLernon , Li X Zhang

We study the stochastic multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem in the presence of side-observations across actions that occur as a result of an underlying network structure. In our model, a bipartite graph captures the relationship between…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-07-14 Swapna Buccapatnam , Fang Liu , Atilla Eryilmaz , Ness B. Shroff

We study the capacity of discrete memoryless many-to-one interference channels, i.e., K user interference channels where only one receiver faces interference. For a class of many-to-one interference channels, we identify a noisy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-12-17 Viveck R. Cadambe , Syed A. Jafar

We examine unsourced random access in a fully asynchronous setup, where active users transmit their data without restriction on the start time over a fading channel. In the proposed scheme, the transmitted signal consists of a pilot…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Mert Ozates , Mohammad Kazemi , Gianluigi Liva , Deniz Gündüz

We consider two classes of quantum generalisations of Random Access Code (RAC) and study lower bounds for probabilities of success for such tasks. It provides a useful framework for the study of certain information processing tasks with…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-16 Nitica Sakharwade , Michał Studziński , Michał Eckstein , Paweł Horodecki

Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) are fundamental to the Internet of Things (IoT) framework in future wireless networks, involving the connection of a vast number of devices with sporadic transmission patterns. Traditional device…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-22 Xinjue Wang , Esa Ollila , Sergiy A. Vorobyov

It is a challenging task to design a random access protocol that achieves the optimal throughput in multi-cell random access with decentralized transmission due to the difficulty of coordination. In this paper, we present a decentralized…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Huifa Lin , Kwang Soon Kim , Won-Yong Shin

Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) demand robust solutions to support extensive connectivity efficiently. Unsourced random access (URA) has emerged as a promising approach, delivering high spectral and energy efficiency. Among URA…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Liandong Hu , Jian Dang , Zaichen Zhang