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This paper considers a Strongly Asynchronous and Slotted Massive Access Channel (SAS-MAC) where $K_n:=e^{n\nu}$ different users transmit a randomly selected message among $M_n:=e^{nR}$ ones within a strong asynchronous window of length…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-27 Sara Shahi , Daniela Tuninetti , Natasha Devroye

Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) in 6G requires supporting a massive number of devices with limited resources, posing challenges in efficient random access. Grant-free random access and uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Thushan Sivalingam , Samad Ali , Nurul Huda Mahmood , Nandana Rajatheva , Matti Latva Aho

This paper addresses the unsourced/uncoordinated random access problem in an integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) system, with a focus on uplink multiple access code design. Recent theoretical advancements highlight that an ISAC…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-25 Zhentian Zhang , Jian Dang , Kai-Kit Wong , Zaichen Zhang , Christos Masouros

Approximate message passing (AMP) algorithms are iterative methods for signal recovery in noisy linear systems. In some scenarios, AMP algorithms need to operate within a distributed network. To address this challenge, the distributed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-26 Jun Lu , Lei Liu , Shunqi Huang , Ning Wei , Xiaoming Chen

In this paper, we investigate a joint device activity detection (DAD), channel estimation (CE), and data decoding (DD) algorithm for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) massive unsourced random access (URA). Different from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Tianya Li , Yongpeng Wu , Mengfan Zheng , Wenjun Zhang , Chengwen Xing , Jianping An , Xiang-Gen Xia , Chengshan Xiao

In contrast to Shannon transmission codes, the size of identification (ID) codes for discrete memoryless channels (DMCs) experiences doubly exponential growth with the block length when randomized encoding is used. Additional enhancements…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-21 Yaning Zhao , Wafa Labidi , Holger Boche , Eduard Jorswieck , Christian Deppe

Multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are a prime candidate for use in massive connection density in machine-type communication (MTC) networks. One of the key challenges of MTC networks is to obtain accurate channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-04-25 Jiho Song , Byungju Lee , Song Noh , Jong-Ho Lee

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

Existing wireless communication systems have been mainly designed to provide substantial gain in terms of data rates. However, 5G and Beyond will depart from this scheme, with the objective not only to provide services with higher data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Mostafa Mohammadkarimi , Octavia A. Dobre , Moe Z. Win

In large-scale Internet of things networks, efficient medium access control (MAC) is critical due to the growing number of devices competing for limited communication resources. In this work, we consider a new challenge in which a set of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Lorenzo Mario Amorosa , Zhan Gao , Roberto Verdone , Petar Popovski , Deniz Gündüz

Data aggregation is a promising approach to enable massive machine-type communication (mMTC). Here, we first characterize the aggregation phase where a massive number of machine-type devices transmits to their respective aggregator. By…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Onel L. Alcaraz López , Hirley Alves , Pedro H. J. Nardelli , Matti Latva-aho

Wireless cellular networks feature two emerging technological trends. The first is the direct Device-to-Device (D2D) communications, which enables direct links between the wireless devices that reutilize the cellular spectrum and radio…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-05-30 Nuno K. Pratas , Petar Popovski

Multiple access technology played an important role in wireless communication in the last decades: it increases the capacity of the channel and allows different users to access the system simultaneously. However, the conventional multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-02-26 Yongpeng Wu , Xiqi Gao , Shidong Zhou , Wei Yang , Yury Polyanskiy , Giuseppe Caire

Tailor-made for massive connectivity and sporadic access, grant-free random access has become a promising candidate access protocol for massive machine-type communications (mMTC). Compared with conventional grant-based protocols, grant-free…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-26 Zhaoji Zhang , Qinghua Guo , Ying Li , Ming Jin , Chongwen Huang

The main challenge of massive machine-type communications (mMTC) is the joint activity and signal detection of devices. The mMTC scenario with many devices transmitting data intermittently at low data rates and via very short packets…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-28 R. B. Di Renna , R. C. de Lamare

The millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is envisioned to provide orders of magnitude capacity improvement. However, it is challenging to realize a sufficient link margin due to high path loss and blockages. To address this difficulty, in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-04 Wei Feng , Yanmin Wang , Dengsheng Lin , Ning Ge , Jianhua Lu , Shaoqian Li

This paper considers the massive connectivity application in which a large number of potential devices communicate with a base-station (BS) in a sporadic fashion. The detection of device activity pattern together with the estimation of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-14 Zhilin Chen , Foad Sohrabi , Wei Yu

We propose a novel random multiple access (RMA) scheme with quality of service (QoS) guarantees for machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. We consider a slotted uncoordinated data transmission period during which machine type…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-25 Rana Abbas , Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam , Yonghui Li , Branka Vucetic

To enable massive machine type communication (mMTC), data aggregation is a promising approach to reduce the congestion caused by a massive number of machine type devices (MTDs). In this work, we consider a two-phase cellular-based mMTC…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-13 Jing Guo , Salman Durrani , Xiangyun Zhou , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Massive machine-type communication (mMTC) is a newly introduced service category in 5G wireless communication systems to support a variety of Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. In recovering sparsely represented multi-user vectors,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-02 Jinyoup Ahn , Byonghyo Shim , Kwang Bok Lee