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This two-part paper aims to quantify the cost of device activity detection in an uplink massive connectivity scenario with a large number of devices but device activities are sporadic. Part I of this paper shows that in an asymptotic…
This paper introduces an access point-user (AP-UE) association strategy combined with pilot power allocation to mitigate multiuser interference and enhance spectral efficiency (SE) in clustered cell-free massive MIMO (CCF-mMIMO) networks.…
In this work, we propose a clustering technique based on information rates for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks. Unlike existing clustering approaches that rely on the large scale fading coefficients of the…
In next generation Internet-of-Things, the overhead introduced by grant-based multiple access protocols may engulf the access network as a consequence of the unprecedented number of connected devices. Grant-free access protocols are…
Most existing random access schemes for machine-type communications (MTC) simply adopt a uniform preamble selection distribution, irrespective of the underlying device activity distributions. Hence, they may yield unsatisfactory access…
Grant-free transmission and cell-free communication are vital in improving coverage and quality-of-service for massive machine-type communication. This paper proposes a novel framework of joint active user detection, channel estimation, and…
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…
In this paper, we propose a turbo receiver for joint activity detection and data decoding in grant-free massive random access, which iterates between a detector and a belief propagation (BP)-based channel decoder. Specifically, responsible…
This paper considers the joint channel estimation and device activity detection in the grant-free random access systems, where a large number of Internet-of-Things devices intend to communicate with a low-earth orbit satellite in a sporadic…
Grant-free access schemes are candidates to support future massive multiple access applications owing to their capability to reduce control signaling and latency. As a promising class of grant-free schemes, coded random access schemes can…
Imagine a coverage area with many wireless access points that cooperate to jointly serve the users, instead of creating autonomous cells. Such a cell-free network operation can potentially resolve many of the interference issues that appear…
In this paper, we explore various multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) techniques to design grant-free random access (RA) schemes for low-complexity, low-power battery operated devices in massive machine-type communication (mMTC)…
Future cellular networks are expected to support new communication paradigms such as machine-type communication (MTC) services along with conventional human-type communication (HTC) services. This requires base stations to serve a large…
This paper addresses the problem of joint user identification and channel estimation (JUICE) for grant-free access in massive machine-type communications (mMTC). We consider the JUICE under a spatially correlated fading channel model as…
Distributed multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), also known as cell-free massive MIMO, emerges as a promising technology for sixth-generation (6G) systems to support uniform coverage and reliable communication. For the design and…
Cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output is considered a promising technology for the next generation of wireless communication networks. The main idea is to distribute a large number of access points (APs) in a geographical region…
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…
Cell-free Massive MIMO has emerged as a promising solution for next-generation radio networks. Particularly the user-centric variant where users are served by a limited subset of access points, a so-called cluster, has garnered significant…
Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) in 6G requires supporting a massive number of devices with limited resources, posing challenges in efficient random access. Grant-free random access and uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)…
Massive machine-type communications protocols have typically been designed under the assumption that coordination between users requires significant communication overhead and is thus impractical. Recent progress in efficient activity…