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We consider a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) network, where unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with multiple antennas serve as distributed UAV-access points (UAV-APs). These UAV-APs provide seamless coverage…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-10 Neetu R. R , Ozan Alp Topal , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar , Gourab Ghatak , Vivek Ashok Bohara

With the growing number of deployments of Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure for a wide variety of applications, the battery maintenance has become a major limitation for the sustainability of such infrastructure. To overcome this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-24 Dong Ma , Guohao Lan , Mahbub Hassan , Wen Hu , Sajal K. Das

Communication with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in current terrestrial networks suffers from poor signal strength due to the down-tilt of the access points (APs) that are optimized to serve ground users ends (GUEs). To solve this, one…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-23 Bayan Al-Nahhas , Anas Chaaban , Md. Jahangir Hossain

The sustainable Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming a promising solution for the green living and smart industries. In this article, we investigate the practical issues in the radio energy harvesting and data communication systems through…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-03 Yu Luo , Lina Pu

Motivated by the ever-growing demand for \emph{green} wireless communications and the advantages of \emph{cell-free} (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, we focus on the design of their downlink for optimal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Hien Q. Ngo , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

Indoor beacon system is a cornerstone of internet of things. Until now, most of the research effort has focused on achieving various applications based on beacon communication. However, the power consumption on beacon devices becomes the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-11 Qingzhi Liu , Wieger IJntema , Anass Drif , Przemysław Pawełczak , Marco Zuniga

We propose reflection pattern modulation-aided reconfigurable intelligent surface (RPM-RIS)-assisted cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) schemes for green uplink transmission. In our RPM-RIS-assisted CF-mMIMO system,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-13 Zeping Sui , Hien Quoc Ngo , Trinh Van Chien , Michail Matthaiou , Lajos Hanzo

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) are considered as the prospective multiple antenna technologies for beyond the fifth-generation (5G) networks. Cell-free MIMO systems powered…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-29 Taegyun Noh , Junil Choi

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) are two advanced transceiver technologies for realizing future sixth-generation (6G) networks. In this paper, we investigate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Enyu Shi , Jiayi Zhang , Ziheng Liu , Yiyang Zhu , Chau Yuen , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Marco Di Renzo , Bo Ai

This paper explores the energy efficiency (EE) of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems employing massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) techniques to leverage spatial beamforming gains for both communication and…

By enabling wireless devices to be charged wirelessly and remotely, radio frequency energy harvesting (RFEH) has become a promising technology to power the unattended Internet of Things (IoT) low-power devices. To enable this, in future IoT…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-20 Zhanwei Hou , He Chen , Yonghui Li , Zhu Han , Branka Vucetic

In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted wake-up radio (WuR)-enabled internet of things (IoT) networks, UAVs can instantly activate the main radios (MRs) of the sensor nodes (SNs) with a wake-up call (WuC) for efficient data collection in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-31 Syed Luqman Shah , Ziaul Haq Abbas , Ghulam Abbas , Nurul Huda Mahmood

Cellular communication is a widely used technology in the world where the coverage area is divided into multiple cells. Interference is one of the most important challenges in cellular networks which causes problems by reducing the quality…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Marzieh Arasteh , Narges Yarahmadi Gharaei , Mehrdad Ardebilipour

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) are expected to play a crucial role in reaching the key performance indicators (KPIs) for future 6G networks. Their competitive edge over conventional technologies lies in their ability to control…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-03 Antonio Albanese , Francesco Devoti , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Marco Di Renzo , Albert Banchs , Xavier Costa-Pérez

Traditional terrestrial communication infrastructures often fail to collect the timely information from Internet of Thing (IoT) devices in remote areas. To address this challenge, we investigate a Satellite-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-04 Tianhao. Liang , Huahao. Ding , Yuqi. Ping , Bin. Cao , Tingting. Zhang , Qinyu. Zhang

To improve the poor performance of distributed operation and non-scalability of centralized operation in traditional cell-free massive MIMO, we propose a cell-free distributed collaborative (CFDC) massive multiple-input multiple-output…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-30 Jiamin Li , Qijun Pan , Pengcheng Zhu , Dongming Wang , Xiaohu You

In this work, we consider the deployment of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to extend the coverage of a millimeter-wave (mmWave) network in indoor dense spaces. We first integrate RIS into ray-tracing simulations to realistically…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Zhenyu Li , Ozan Alp Topal , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar

As sixth-generation (6G) networks continue to evolve, AI-driven solutions are playing a crucial role in enabling more efficient and adaptive resource management in wireless communication. One of the key innovations in 6G is user-centric…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Selina Cheggour , Valeria Loscri

The rollout of the fifth-generation (5G) networks has raised some concerns about potential health effects from increased exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMF). To address these concerns, we design a novel EMF-aware architecture for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-10 Mariem Chemingui , Ahmed Elzanaty , Rahim Tafazolli

Radio frequency wireless energy transfer (WET) is a promising solution for powering autonomous Internet of Things (IoT) deployments. In this work, we leverage energy beamforming for powering multiple user equipments (UEs) with stringent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-02 Onel L. A. López , Dileep Kumar , Richard Demo Souza , Petar Popovski , Antti Tölli , Matti Latva-aho