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The millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies offer the potential of orders of magnitude increases in capacity for next-generation cellular systems. However, links in mmWave networks are susceptible to blockage and may suffer from rapid…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-04-27 Marco Giordani , Marco Mezzavilla , Sundeep Rangan , Michele Zorzi

Upcoming large satellite constellations and the advent of tighter steerable beams will offer unprecedented flexibility. This new flexibility will require resource management strategies to be operated in high-dimensional and dynamic…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-04-28 Juan Jose Garau-Luis , Sergi Aliaga , Guillem Casadesus , Nils Pachler , Edward Crawley , Bruce Cameron

This paper addresses the problem of estimating sparse channels in massive MIMO-OFDM systems. Most wireless channels are sparse in nature with large delay spread. In addition, these channels as observed by multiple antennas in a neighborhood…

Applications · Statistics 2015-06-22 Mudassir Masood , Laila H. Afify , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

This paper proposes a novel inventory management model for the replenishment strategy of a satellite mega-constellation incorporating dual supply modes: normal and auxiliary. The proposed framework employs an indirect channel for normal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Jaewoo Kim , Jaemyung Ahn , Taehyun Sung

Conventional beamforming is based on channel estimation, which can be computationally intensive and inaccurate when the antenna array is large. In this work, we study the outage probability of positioning-assisted beamforming systems.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-12 Bingcheng Zhu , Zaichen Zhang , Julian Cheng

Due to increasing demands of seamless connection and massive information exchange across the world, the integrated satellite-terrestrial communication systems develop rapidly. To shed lights on the design of this system, we consider an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-25 Lina Zhu , Lin Bai , Lin Zhou , Jinho Choi

User pairing in Non-Orthogonal Multiple-Access (NOMA) uplink based on channel state information is investigated considering some predefined power allocation schemes. The base station divides the set of users into disjunct pairs and assigns…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-07 Mohammad A. Sedaghat , Ralf R. Müller

Small satellite systems enable whole new class of missions for navigation, communications, remote sensing and scientific research for both civilian and military purposes. As individual spacecraft are limited by the size, mass and power…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-29 Radhika Radhakrishnan , William Edmonson , Fatemeh Afghah , R. Rodriguez-Osorio , Frank Pinto , Scott Burleigh

Satellite constellations in low-Earth orbit are now widespread, enabling positioning, Earth imaging, and communications. In this paper we address the solution of learning problems using these satellite constellations. In particular, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Ruxandra-Stefania Tudose , Moritz H. W. Grüss , Grace Ra Kim , Karl H. Johansson , Nicola Bastianello

With growing popularity, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are pivotally extending conventional terrestrial Internet of Things (IoT) into the sky. To enable high-performance two-way communications of UAVs with their ground pilots/users,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-26 Jiangbin Lyu , Rui Zhang

Today's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks, exemplified by SpaceX's Starlink, play a crucial role in delivering global internet access to millions of users. However, managing the dynamic and expansive nature of these networks poses…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-24 Dara Ron , Faisal Ahmed Yusufzai , Sebastian Kwakye , Satyaki Roy , Nishanth Sastry , Vijay K. Shah

Pinching antennas, realized through position-adjustable radiating elements along dielectric waveguides, have emerged as a promising flexible-antenna technology thanks to their ability to dynamically reshape large-scale channel conditions.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-05 Yanqing Xu , Yang Lu , Zhiguo Ding , Tsung-Hui Chang

In frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO systems, reliable downlink channel estimation is essential for the subsequent data transmission but is realized at the cost of massive pilot overhead due to hundreds of antennas at base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-01 An Chen , Wenbo Xu , Liyang Lu , Yue Wang

In-band full-duplex (FD) communications have been optimistically promoted to improve the spectrum utilization and efficiency. However, the penetration of FD communications to the cellular networks domain is challenging due to the imposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-12 Ahmad AlAmmouri , Hesham ElSawy , Osama Amin , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

With the ever-increasing lunar missions, a growing interest develops in designing data relay satellite constellations for cislunar communications, which is challenged by the constrained visibility and huge distance between the earth and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-11 Afang Yuan , Zhouyong Hu , Zhili Sun , Qinyu Zhang , Zhihua Yang

Uplink pre-compensation in ground-to-satellite optical links remains a problem, with an appropriate measurement of the wavefront error in the uplink path often not being available. We present a method that uses successive measurements of…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2025-09-12 Alex Frost , Nicolas Maron , Shane Walsh , Benjamin Dix-Matthews , Sascha Schediwy , Michael Hart

In ultra-dense LEO satellite networks, conventional communication-oriented beam pattern design cannot provide multiple favorable signals from different satellites simultaneously, and thus leads to poor positioning performance. To tackle…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-01 Yu Wang , Ying Chen , Yunfei Qiao , Hejia Luo , Xiaolu Wang , Rong Li , Jun Wang

We study optimal delivery strategies of one common and $K$ independent messages from a source to multiple users in wireless environments. In particular, two-layered superposition of broadcast/multicast and unicast signals is considered in a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-05 David Vargas , Yong Jin Daniel Kim

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

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is envisioned to be one of the most beneficial technologies for next generation wireless networks due to its enhanced performance compared to other conventional radio access techniques. Although the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Rukhsana Ruby , Shuxin Zhong , Hailiang Yang , Kaishun Wu