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Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) has been studied for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MUMIMO) systems especially in the presence of imperfect channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter. However, its precoding designs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Wentao Zhou , Yijie Mao , Di Zhang , Mérouane Debbah , Inkyu Lee

Rate splitting multiple access (RSMA) has firmly established itself as a powerful methodology for multiple access, interference management, and multi-user strategy for next-generation communication systems. In this paper, we propose a novel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-17 Sawaira Rafaqat Ali , Shaima Abidrabbu , H. M. Furqan , Hüseyin Arslan

Over the past few years, the prevalence of wireless devices has become one of the essential sources of electromagnetic (EM) radiation to the public. Facing with the swift development of wireless communications, people are skeptical about…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Hanyu Jiang , Li You , Ahmed Elzanaty , Jue Wang , Wenjin Wang , Xiqi Gao , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

We consider a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system with joint unicast and multi-group multicast transmissions. We derive exact closed-form expressions for the downlink achievable spectral efficiency (SE) of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-07 Mustafa S. Abbas , Zahra Mobini , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Downlink coherent multiuser transmission is an essential technique for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) systems, and the availability of channel state information (CSI) at the transmitter is a basic requirement. To…

Despite the extensive research on massive MIMO systems for 5G telecommunications and beyond, the reality is that many deployed base stations are equipped with a limited number of antennas rather than supporting massive MIMO configurations.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-04 Youjin Kim , Jonggyu Jang , Hyun Jong Yang

In what ways could cellular massive MIMO be improved? This technology has already been shown to bring huge performance gains. However, coverage holes and difficulties to transmit multiple streams to multi-antenna users because of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-08 Sara Willhammar , Hiroki Iimori , Joao Vieira , Lars Sundström , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson

This paper considers a multi-way massive multiple-input multiple-output relaying system, where single-antenna users exchange their information-bearing signals with the help of one relay station equipped with unconventionally many antennas.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-04 Chung Duc Ho , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou , Trung Q. Duong

In this paper, the feasibility of adopting an intelligent reflective surface (IRS) in a cell-free wireless communication system is studied. The received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for this IRS-enabled cell-free set-up is optimized by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-28 Diluka Loku Galappaththige , Dhanushka Kudathanthirige , Gayan Amarasuriya

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) has emerged as a novel multiple access technique that enlarges the achievable rate region of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) broadcast channels with linear precoding. In this work, we jointly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Sibo Zhang , Bruno Clerckx , David Vargas , Oliver Haffenden , Andrew Murphy

The cell-free networking paradigm constitutes a revolutionary architecture for future generations of wireless networks, which has been recently considered in synergy with Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs), a promising…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-15 Konstantinos D. Katsanos , George C. Alexandropoulos

Due to the increasing demand of capacity in wireless cellular networks, the small cells such as pico and femto cells are becoming more popular to enjoy a spatial reuse gain, and thus cells with different sizes are expected to coexist in a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-05-05 Kyuho Son , Soohwan Lee , Yung Yi , Song Chong

This letter presents a flexible rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) framework for near-field (NF) integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). The spatial beams configured to meet the communication rate requirements of NF users are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Jiasi Zhou , Cong Zhou , Cheng Zeng , Chintha Tellambura

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) is a promising technique for achieving high spectral efficiency (SE) using multiple distributed access points (APs). However, harsh propagation environments often lead to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Yiyang Zhu , Enyu Shi , Ziheng Liu , Jiayi Zhang , Bo Ai

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) is a robust multiple access scheme for multi-antenna wireless networks. In this work, we study the performance of RSMA in downlink overloaded networks, where the number of transmit antennas is smaller…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-11 Onur Dizdar , Ata Sattarzadeh , Yi Xien Yap , Stephen Wang

We consider a two-way half-duplex relaying system where multiple pairs of single antenna users exchange information assisted by a multi-antenna relay. Taking into account the practical constraint of imperfect channel estimation, we study…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-07 Chuili Kong , Caijun Zhong , Michail Matthaiou , Emil Björnson , Zhaoyang Zhang

We consider a rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA)-based communication and radar coexistence (CRC) system. The proposed system allows an RSMA-based communication system to share spectrum with multiple radars. Furthermore, RSMA enables…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-31 Trung Thanh Nguyen , Nguyen Cong Luong , Shaohan Feng , Tien Hoa Nguyen , Khaled Elbassioni , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim

Considering a two-user multi-antenna Broadcast Channel, this paper shows that linearly precoded Rate-Splitting (RS) with Successive Interference Cancellation (SIC) receivers is a flexible framework for non-orthogonal transmission that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-12 Bruno Clerckx , Yijie Mao , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

Femtocells are an emerging technology aimed at providing gains to both network operators and end-users. These gains come at a cost of increased interference, specifically the cross network interference between the macrocell and femtocell…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-12-10 Brett Kaufman , Jorma Lilleberg , Behnaam Aazhang

This work focuses on wideband intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multiuser MIMO systems. One of the major challenges of this scenario is the joint design of the frequency-dependent base station (BS) precoder and user filters, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Darian Pérez-Adán , Michael Joham , Óscar Fresnedo , José P. González-Coma , Luis Castedo , Wolfgang Utschick