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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

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)-assisted cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) systems have emerged as a promising technology for sixth-generation communication systems. These systems capitalize on RIS to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 Yu Lu , Jiayi Zhang , Enyu Shi , Peng Zhang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Dusit Niyato , Bo Ai

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 (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are expected to implement advanced cooperative communication techniques to let geographically distributed access points jointly serve user equipments. Building on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Jiakang Zheng , Jiayi Zhang , Bo Ai

Existing works on Cell-Free Massive MIMO primarily focus on optimising system throughput and energy efficiency under high-traffic scenarios with only a limited focus on variable user demand as required by higher network layers.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Robbert Beerten , Vida Ranjbar , Hazem Sallouha , Sofie Pollin

A wireless massive MIMO system entails a large number (tens or hundreds) of base station antennas serving a much smaller number of users, with large gains in spectral-efficiency and energy-efficiency compared with conventional MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-11-18 Alexei Ashikhmin , Thomas L. Marzetta , Liangbin Li

Cell-free Massive MIMO (mMIMO) is envisaged to be a next-generation technology beyond 5G with its high spectral efficiency and superior spatial diversity as compared to that of conventional MIMO technology. The main principle is that many…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-09 Zakir Hussain Shaik , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

This paper proposes a novel optimization framework for enhancing the security resilience of cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) networks with multi-antenna access points (APs) and protective partial zero-forcing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Junbin Yu , Tianyu Lu , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Michail Matthaiou

This paper studies the security aspect of a recently introduced network ("cell-free massive MIMO") under a pilot spoofing attack. Firstly, a simple method to recognize the presence of this type of an active eavesdropping attack to a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Tiep M. Hoang , Hien Quoc Ngo , Trung Q. Duong , Hoang D. Tuan , Alan Marshall

Cell-Free (CF) Massive MIMO is an alternative topology for future wireless networks, where a large number of single-antenna access points (APs) are distributed over the coverage area. There are no cells but all users are jointly served by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-20 Zheng Chen , Emil Björnson

While cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) offers high network-wide throughput in static networks, especially for the worst-served users, its performance in mobile networks is not yet fully addressed. In this paper, we evaluate the performance…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Yunlu Xiao , Marina Petrova , Ljiljana Simić

This paper takes a new look at Cell-free Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) through the lens of the dynamic cooperation cluster framework from the Network MIMO literature. The purpose is to identify and address scalability issues…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti

A continuous goal in all communication systems is to enhance the users experience and provide them with the highest possible data rates. Recently, the concept of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems has been considered to enhance the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Ahmed Almehdhar , Mohanad Obeed , Anas Chaaban , Salam A. Zummo

How to manage the interference introduced by the enormous wireless devices is a crucial issue to address in the prospective sixth-generation (6G) communications. The treating interference as noise (TIN) optimality conditions are commonly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Shuaifei Chen , Jiayi Zhang , Zheng Chen , Bo Ai

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising technology for next-generation communication systems. This work proposes a novel partially coherent (PC) transmission framework to cope with the challenge of phase…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-04 Unnikrishnan Kunnath Ganesan , Tung Thanh Vu , Erik G. Larsson

The pilot contamination in cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) must be addressed for accommodating a large number of users. In previous works, we have investigated a decontamination method called subspace projection…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Noboru Osawa , Fabian Göttsch , Issei Kanno , Takeo Ohseki , Yoshiaki Amano , Kosuke Yamazaki , Giuseppe Caire

Large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems typically operate in dense array deployments with limited scattering environments, leading to highly correlated and ill-conditioned channel matrices that severely degrade the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Kabuto Arai , Takumi Yoshida , Takumi Takahashi , Koji Ishibashi

In the context of cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (CFmMIMO), zero-forcing precoding (ZFP) is superior in terms of spectral efficiency. However, it suffers from channel aging owing to fronthaul and processing delays. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

Due to its communication efficiency and privacy-preserving capability, federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising framework for machine learning in 5G-and-beyond wireless networks. Of great interest is the design and optimization of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-13 Tung T. Vu , Duy T. Ngo , Hien Quoc Ngo , Minh N. Dao , Nguyen H. Tran , Richard H. Middleton

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with a large number of basestation antennas, often called massive MIMO, have received much attention in academia and industry as a means to improve the spectral efficiency, energy efficiency,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-20 Hyoungju Ji , Younsun Kim , Juho Lee , Eko Onggosanusi , Younghan Nam , Jianzhong Zhang , Byungju Lee , Byonghyo Shim