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In this paper, we design an association scheme to maximize the sum energy efficiency for massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) enabled heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs). Considering that the final formulated problem is in a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-06 Tianqing Zhou

The coupling of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) with Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is investigated in this paper. A MEC-enabled CF-mMIMO architecture implementing a distributed user-centric approach both from the radio and the computational…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-30 Giovanni Interdonato , Stefano Buzzi

We reconsider the problem of joint power control and beamforming design to maximize the weighted sum rate in large and potentially cell-free massive MIMO networks. In contrast to the available short-term methods, where an iterative…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-09 Lorenzo Miretti , Emil Björnson , Sławomir Stańczak

An IoT (Internet of things) system supports a massive number of IoT devices wirelessly. We show how to use Cell-Free Massive MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output) to provide a scalable and energy efficient IoT system. We employ optimal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-17 Hangsong Yan , Alexei Ashikhmin , Hong Yang

This paper presents an energy-efficient downlink precoding scheme with the objective of maximizing system energy efficiency in a multi-cell massive MIMO system. The proposed precoding design jointly considers the issues of power control,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-27 Shuai Zhang , Lu Liu , Yu Cheng , Xianghui Cao , Sheng Zhou , Zhisheng Niu , Hangguan Shan

We consider the system-wide utility maximization problem in the downlink of a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system whereby a very large number of access points (APs) simultaneously serve a group of users.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-22 Muhammad Farooq , Hien Quoc Ngo , Een-Kee Hong , Le-Nam Tran

This paper studies massive access in cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) based Internet of Things and solves the challenging active user detection (AUD) and channel estimation (CE) problems. For the uplink transmission, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Malong Ke , Zhen Gao , Yongpeng Wu , Xiqi Gao , Kat-Kit Wong

One of the most important challenges in the fifth generation (5G) of telecommunication systems is the efficiency of energy and spectrum. Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems have been proposed by researchers to resolve…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-28 Abdolrasoul Sakhaei Gharagezlou , Nima Imani , Mahdi Nangir

In this paper, we investigate energy-efficient (EE) power allocation (PA) for a special downlink scenario of the massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider a minimum power required for each user to ensure that the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-10 Abdolrasoul Sakhaei Gharagezlou , Mahdi Nangir , Nima Imani , Erfan Mirhosseini

In multicell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks, base stations (BSs) with multiple antennas deliver their radio frequency energy in the downlink, and Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-25 Zhongyu Wang , Zhipeng Lin , Tiejun Lv , Wei Ni

We consider the problem of max-min fairness for uplink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output which is a potential technology for beyond 5G networks. More specifically, we aim to maximize the minimum spectral efficiency of all…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-11 Muhammad Farooq , Hien Quoc Ngo , Le Nam Tran

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)-aided integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems are investigated where distributed access points jointly serve users and sensing targets. We demonstrate that only a subset of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Nguyen Xuan Tung , Le Tung Giang , Trinh Van Chien , Hoang Trong Minh , Lajos Hanzo

This paper considers the sum spectral efficiency (SE) optimization problem in multi-cell Massive MIMO systems with a varying number of active users. This is formulated as a joint pilot and data power control problem. Since the problem is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Trinh Van Chien , Thuong Nguyen Canh , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

Cell-free Massive MIMO systems consist of a large number of geographically distributed access points (APs) that serve users by coherent joint transmission. Downlink power allocation is important in these systems, to determine which APs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-03 Sucharita Chakraborty , Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti

In this paper, we investigate energy-efficient power allocation for the downlink of the massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) systems. In our proposed scheme, we divide a cell into two zones.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-15 Abdolrasoul Sakhaei Gharagezlou , Jafar Pourrostam , Mahdi Nangir , Mir Mahdi Safari

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

In this paper, we consider an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system, where the beamforming at access points and the phase shifts at IRSs are jointly optimized to maximize energy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-27 Si-Nian Jin , Dian-Wu Yue , Yi-Ling Chen , Qing Hu

This paper considers a mobile edge computing-enabled cell-free massive MIMO wireless network. An optimization problem for the joint allocation of uplink powers and remote computational resources is formulated, aimed at minimizing the total…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Giovanni Interdonato , Stefano Buzzi

Joint unicast and multicast transmissions are becoming increasingly important in practical wireless systems, such as Internet of Things networks. This paper investigates a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output system that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-20 Mustafa S. Abbas , Zahra Mobini , Hien Quoc Ngo , Hyundong Shin , Michail Matthaiou

The physical layer foundations of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) have been well-established. As a next step, researchers are investigating practical and energy-efficient network implementations. This paper focuses on multiple sets of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Lianet Méndez-Monsanto , Nicola Bastianello , Emma Fitzgerald , Gilles Callebaut