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We consider a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with multiple antennas on the users and access points (APs). In previous works, the downlink spectral efficiency (SE) has been evaluated using the hardening bound…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Eren Berk Kama , Junbeom Kim , Emil Björnson

In wireless networks, Spectrum Efficiency (SE) and Energy Efficiency (EE) can be affected by the channel estimation that needs to be well designed in practice. In this paper, considering channel estimation error and non-ideal backhaul…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-08 Yuhao Zhang , Qimei Cui , Ning Wang

We consider a cell-free massive MIMO system with multiple antennas on the users and access points. In previous works, the downlink spectral efficiency (SE) has been evaluated using the hardening bound that requires no downlink pilots. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-30 Eren Berk Kama , Junbeom Kim , Emil Björnson

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output is a potential candidate for future networks with pervasive connectivity by utilizing coherent joint transmission and distributed antenna arrays. This paper studies the exploitation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Trinh Van Chien , Bui Trong Duc , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

In this paper, we investigate a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system with both access points and user equipments equipped with multiple antennas over the Weichselberger Rayleigh fading channel. We study the uplink…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-09 Zhe Wang , Jiayi Zhang , Hien Quoc Ngo , Bo Ai , Mérouane Debbah

We propose a strategy for orthogonal downlink pilot assignment in cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) that exploits knowledge of the channel state information, the channel hardening degree at each user, and the mobility…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-04 Giovanni Interdonato , Pål Frenger , Erik G. Larsson

Pilot contamination is a limiting factor in multicell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems because it can severely impair channel estimation. Prior works have suggested coordinating pilot design across cells in order to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-13 Kaiming Shen , Hei Victor Cheng , Xihan Chen , Yonina C. Eldar , Wei Yu

We investigate the effects of pilot assignment in multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output systems. When deploying a large number of antennas at base station (BS), and linear detection/precoding algorithms, the system performance…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-09 Jose Carlos Marinello , Cristiano Magalhaes Panazio , Taufik Abrao

The problem of max-min signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) for uplink transmission of cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system is considered. We assume that the system is employed with local minimum mean…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-01 W. A. Chamalee Wickrama Arachchi , K. B. Shashika Manosha , N. Rajatheva , M. Latva-aho

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is recognized as a promising technology for the next generation of wireless networks because of its potential to increase the spectral efficiency. In initial studies of massive MIMO, the system…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-11 Elahe Sadeghabadi , Seyed Mohammad Azimi-Abarghouyi , Behrooz Makki , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

One main goal of 5G-and-beyond systems is to simultaneously serve many users, each having a requested spectral efficiency (SE), in an energy-efficient way. The network capacity cannot always satisfy all the SE requirements, for example,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Hien Quoc Ngo

This paper investigates the downlink power allocation of the simultaneous transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-assisted cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with multi-antenna…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Jun Qian , Ross Murch , Khaled B. Letaief

Flat-fading channel models are usually invoked for analyzing the performance of massive spatial modulation multiple-input multiple-output (SM-MIMO) systems. However, in the context of broadband SM transmission, the severe…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-04 Yue Sun , Jintao Wang , Longzhuang He , Jian Song

This paper proposes novel pilot optimization and channel estimation algorithm for the downlink multiuser massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system with $K$ decentralized single antenna mobile stations (MSs), and time division…

Applications · Statistics 2014-02-07 Tadilo Endeshaw Bogale , Long Bao Le

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

In cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems, user equipments (UEs) are served by many distributed access points (APs), where channels are correlated due to finite…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-04 Junyuan Gao , Yongpeng Wu , Yongjian Wang , Wenjun Zhang , Fan Wei

We propose pilot reuse (PR) in single cell for massive multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission to reduce the pilot overhead. For spatially correlated Rayleigh fading channels, we establish a relationship between channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-10 Li You , Xiqi Gao , Xiang-Gen Xia , Ni Ma , Yan Peng

In frequency-division duplexing (FDD) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, obtaining accurate downlink channel state information (CSI) for precoding is vastly challenging due to the tremendous feedback overhead with the growing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-15 Jungyeon Kim , Jinseok Choi , Jeonghun Park , Ahmed Alkhateeb , Namyoon Lee

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMAs) offer the potential to achieve large-scale antenna arrays with low power consumption and reduced hardware costs, making them a promising technology for future communication systems. This paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-12 Hao Xu , Boyu Ning , Chongjun Ouyang , Hongwen Yang

We propose a location-aware pilot allocation algorithm for a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network with high-mobility users, where the wireless channels are subject to Rician fading. Pilot allocation in massive MIMO is a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Noman Akbar , Shihao Yan , Nan Yang , Jinhong Yuan