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In this paper, the performance of an underlay multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) cognitive radio system is analytically studied. In particular, the secondary transmitter operates in a spatial multiplexing transmission mode, while a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-23 Nikolaos I. Miridakis , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , George C. Alexandropoulos

This paper shows that wirelessly powered backscatter communications is subject to a fundamental tradeoff between the harvested energy at the tag and the reliability of the backscatter communication, measured in terms of SNR at the reader.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Bruno Clerckx , Zati Bayani Zawawi , Kaibin Huang

We consider a Multiple Input Single Output (MISO) point-to-point communication system in which the transmitter is designed such that, each antenna can transmit information or harvest energy at any given point in time. We evaluate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-22 Y. Ozan Basciftci , Amr Abdelaziz , C. Emre Koksal

Massive MIMO is a new technique for wireless communications that claims to offer very high system throughput and energy efficiency in multi-user scenarios. The cost is to add a very large number of antennas at the base station. Theoretical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-23 Àlex Oliveras Martínez , Elisabeth De Carvalho , Jesper Ødum Nielsen

Backscatter communication (BackCom) has been emerging as a prospective candidate in tackling lifetime management problems for massively deployed Internet-of-Things devices, which suffer from battery-related issues, i.e., replacements,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-23 Ahsan Waleed Nazar , Syed Ali Hassan , Haejoon Jung , Aamir Mahmood , Mikael Gidlund

Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) offers low-cost and low-power connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT), where a backscatter tag (BT) modulates incident signals transmitted by an ambient radio frequency (RF) source and reflects…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Yuxin Li , Guangyue Lu , Yinghui Ye , Liqin Shi , Daniel Benevides da Costa

The performance of a multiuser communication system with single-antenna transmitting terminals and a multi-antenna base-station receiver is analytically investigated. The system operates under independent and non-identically distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-27 Nikolaos I. Miridakis , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Corbett Rowell

Achieving long-range, high data rate, concurrent two-way mmWave communication with power-constrained IoT devices is fundamental to scaling future ubiquitous sensing systems, yet the substantial power demands and high cost of mmWave hardware…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Skanda Harisha , Jimmy G. D. Hester , Aline Eid

Internet-of-Things (IoT) is featured with low-power communications among a massive number of ubiquitously-deployed and energy-constrained electronics, e.g., sensors and actuators. To cope with the demand, wireless-powered cooperative…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Xiao Lu , Dusit Niyato , Hai Jiang , Ekram Hossain , Ping Wang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a key technology of next generation wireless communication. Backscatter communication (BackCom) plays an important role for internet of things (IoT). Then the integration of ISAC with BackCom…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-06 Zongyao Zhao , Tiankuo Wei , Zhenyu Liu , Xinke Tang , Xiao-Ping Zhang , Yuhan Dong

This paper proposes an adaptive multi-mode transmission strategy to improve the spectral efficiency achieved in the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) broadcast channel with delayed and quantized channel state information. The adaptive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Jun Zhang , Marios Kountouris , Jeffrey G. Andrews , Robert W. Heath

Supply chain management is aimed to keep going long-term performance of the supply chain and minimize the costs. Backscatter technology provides a more efficient way of being able to identify items and real-time monitoring. Among the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-21 Yun-Hao Liu , Tao Liu , Yimeng Huang , Han Ding , Wei Xi , Wei Gong

The probability density function (pdf) of the received signal of an ambient backscatter communication system is derived, assuming that on-off keying (OOK) is performed at the tag, and that the ambient radio frequency (RF) signal is white…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-28 Sudarshan Guruacharya , Xiao Lu , Ekram Hossain

In this paper, we study a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system where one multi-antenna base station (BS) sends information to a user with multiple antennas in the downlink and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-21 Chan Xu , Shuowen Zhang

Distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) combines the array gain of coherent MIMO processing with the proximity gains of distributed antenna setups. In this paper, we analyze how transceiver hardware impairments affect the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-04 Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Antonios Pitarokoilis , Erik G. Larsson

Backscatter Communication (BackCom) nodes harvest energy from and modulate information over external carriers. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) adapts phase shift response to alter channel strength in specific directions. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Yang Zhao , Bruno Clerckx

We consider an ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) system aided by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS). The optimization of the IRS to assist AmBC is extremely difficult when there is no prior channel knowledge, for which no design…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-27 Xiaolun Jia , Xiangyun Zhou

In this paper, we investigate secure and reliable transmission strategies for multi-cell multi-user massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with a multi-antenna active eavesdropper. We consider a time-division duplex system…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-12 Yongpeng Wu , Robert Schober , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Chengshan Xiao , Giuseppe Caire

Attaining the vision of Smart Cities requires the deployment of an enormous number of sensors for monitoring various conditions of the environment. Backscatter-sensors have emerged to be a promising solution due to the uninterruptible…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-11 Guangxu Zhu , Seung-Woo Ko , Kaibin Huang

In this paper, for the first time, we propose two new solutions to boost the data rate between small connected objects such as glasses and cams and the 5th generation (5G) mobile network, based on spatial modulation, single carrier…