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This paper considers the jointly optimal pilot and data power allocation in single cell uplink massive MIMO systems. A closed form solution for the optimal length of the training interval is derived. Using the spectral efficiency (SE) as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Hei Victor Cheng , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

In this paper, we consider massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems for both downlink and uplink scenarios, where three radio units (RUs) connected via one digital unit (DU) support multiple user equipments (UEs) at the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yeon-Geun Lim , Chan-Byoung Chae , Giuseppe Caire

This paper focuses on energy savings in downlink operation of cell-free massive MIMO (CF mMIMO) networks under dynamic traffic conditions. We propose a multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL) algorithm that enables each access point…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Qichen Wang , Keyu Li , Ozan Alp Topal , Özlem Tugfe Demir , Mustafa Ozger , Cicek Cavdar

Cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) has recently gained a lot of attention due to its high potential in sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems. The goal of this paper is to first present a unified modeling for massive MIMO,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

The amalgamation of cell-free networks and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has become a prospective technique for future sixth-generation wireless communication systems. In this paper, we focus on the precoding and beamforming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Peng Zhang , Jiayi Zhang , Huahua Xiao , Xiaodan Zhang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Bo Ai

This work proposes a joint power control and access points (APs) scheduling algorithm for uplink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) networks without channel hardening assumption. Extensive studies have done on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Hyeonsik Yeom , Junguk Park , Jinho Choi , Jeongseok Ha

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 paper we study energy efficient joint power allocation and beamforming for coordinated multicell multiuser downlink systems. The considered optimization problem is in a non-convex fractional form and hard to tackle. We propose to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-09 He Shiwen , Huang Yongming , Jin Shi , Yang Luxi

This paper considers wireless uplink information and downlink power transfer in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output systems. The single-antenna user equipments (UEs) utilize the energy harvested in the downlink to transmit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-13 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson

We consider the downlink of Cell-Free Massive MIMO systems, where a very large number of distributed access points (APs) simultaneously serve a much smaller number of users. Each AP uses local channel estimates obtained from received uplink…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-12 Hien Quoc Ngo , Alexei Ashikhmin , Hong Yang , Erik G. Larsson , Thomas L. Marzetta

This paper proposes a novel scheme for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CFmMIMO) networks to support any federated learning (FL) framework. This scheme allows each instead of all the iterations of the FL framework to happen…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-16 Tung T. Vu , Duy T. Ngo , Nguyen H. Tran , Hien Quoc Ngo , Minh N. Dao , Richard H. Middleton

Cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) is expected to provide reliable wireless services for a large number of user equipments (UEs) using access points (APs) distributed across a wide area. When the UEs are battery-powered, uplink energy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-10 Thomas Choi , Masaaki Ito , Issei Kanno , Takeo Oseki , Kosuke Yamazaki , Andreas F. Molisch

We consider the downlink of a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network where numerous distributed access points (APs) serve a smaller number of users under time division duplex operation. An important issue in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-12 L. D. Nguyen , T. Q. Duong , H. Q. Ngo , K. Tourki

To improve the cellular energy efficiency, without sacrificing quality-of-service (QoS) at the users, the network topology must be densified to enable higher spatial reuse. We analyze a combination of two densification approaches, namely…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-10-22 Emil Björnson , Marios Kountouris , Mérouane Debbah

The physical layer foundations of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) have been well-established. As a next step, researchers are investigating practical and energy-efficient network implementations. This paper focuses on multiple sets of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Lianet Méndez-Monsanto , Nicola Bastianello , Emma Fitzgerald , Gilles Callebaut

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) offers significant advantages in mobility scenarios, mainly due to the elimination of cell boundaries and strong macro diversity. In this paper, we examine the downlink performance of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Ziheng Liu , Jiayi Zhang , Yiyang Zhu , Enyu Shi , Bo Ai

In this paper, we optimize user scheduling, power allocation and beamforming in distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks implementing user-centric clustering. We study both the coherent and non-coherent transmission modes,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-16 Hussein A. Ammar , Raviraj Adve , Shahram Shahbazpanahi , Gary Boudreau , Kothapalli Venkata Srinivas

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems show great potentials in low-mobility scenarios, due to cell boundary disappearance and strong macro diversity. However, the great Doppler frequency offset (DFO) leads to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-03 Jiakang Zheng , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Zhetao Li , Bo Ai

In this paper, an optimization framework is proposed for joint transceiver beamforming and admission control in massive MIMO cognitive radio networks. The objective of the optimization problem is to support maximum number of secondary users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-20 Shailesh Chaudhari , Danijela Cabric

We study a full-duplex (FD) cell-free massive MIMO system where distributed access points (APs) operate in FD mode while user equipments (UEs) remain half-duplex. Although simultaneous uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) transmissions improve…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-11 Bikshapathi Gouda , Antti Tölli