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To enhance coverage and improve service continuity, satellite-terrestrial integrated radio access network (STIRAN) has been seen as an essential trend in the development of 6G. However, there is still a lack of theoretical analysis on its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Yaohua Sun , Ruiwen Li

As next-generation Internet of Things (NG-IoT) networks continue to grow, the number of connected devices is rapidly increasing, along with their energy demands, creating challenges for resource management and sustainability.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Abdullahi Isa Ahmed , Jamal Bentahar , El Mehdi Amhoud

This paper investigates the performance of the downlink channel in distributed antenna systems. We first establish the ergodic capacity of distributed antennas, under different channel side information (CSI) assumptions. We consider a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-09-15 Sina Firouzabadi , Andrea Goldsmith

Recently heterogeneous base station structure has been adopted in cellular systems to enhance system throughput and coverage. In this paper, the uplink coverage probability for the heterogeneous cellular systems is analyzed and derived in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-03 Haichuan Ding , Shaodan Ma , Chengwen Xing , Zesong Fei , Jingming Kuang

The rapid advancement of Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs), particularly Long Range (LoRa) systems, has positioned them as a cornerstone for Next-Generation Internet of Things (NG-IoT) applications within 5G/6G ecosystems. Despite their…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Abdullahi Isa Ahmed , Jamal Bentahar , El Mehdi Amhoud

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has been considered as a promising solution for improving the spectrum efficiency of next-generation wireless networks. In this paper, the performance of a p-persistent slotted ALOHA system in support…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-25 Ziru Chen , Yong Liu , Sami Khairy , Lin X. Cai , Yu Cheng , Ran Zhang

In this paper, we analyse the coverage probability and the area spectral efficiency (ASE) for the uplink (UL) of dense small cell networks (SCNs) considering a practical path loss model incorporating both line-of-sight (LoS) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Tian Ding , Ming Ding , Guoqiang Mao , Zihuai Lin , David Lopez-Perez , Albert Zomaya

As LoRaWAN networks are actively being deployed in the field, it is important to comprehend the limitations of this Low Power Wide Area Network technology. Previous work has raised questions in terms of the scalability and capacity of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-05-24 Floris Van den Abeele , Jetmir Haxhibeqiri , Ingrid Moerman , Jeroen Hoebeke

Long Term Evolution (LTE)-Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) Path Aggregation (LWPA) based on Multi-path Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) has been under standardization procedure as a promising and cost-efficient solution to boost…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Bolin Chen , Zheng Chen , Nikolaos Pappas , Di Yuan , Jie Zhang

Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) technologies are gaining momentum for internet-of-things (IoT) applications since they promise wide coverage to a massive number of battery-operated devices using grant-free medium access. LoRaWAN, with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-07 Aamir Mahmood , Emiliano Sisinni , Lakshmikanth Guntupalli , Raúl Rondón , Syed Ali Hassan , Mikael Gidlund

Wireless random access protocols are attracting a revived research interest as a simple yet effective solution for machine-type communications. In the quest to improve reliability and spectral efficiency of such schemes, the use of multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-11 Andrea Munari , Federico Clazzer , Gianluigi Liva , Michael Heindlmaier

Long Range (LoRa) is a modem technology for wireless communication in the Internet of Things (IoT), which trades off low data-rate for low power consumption. Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) has an open specification that determines…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-05 Yifan Du

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output is a potential candidate for future networks with pervasive connectivity by utilizing coherent joint transmission and distributed antenna arrays. This paper studies the exploitation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Trinh Van Chien , Bui Trong Duc , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

In this paper we provide an analytic framework for computing the expected downlink coverage probability, and the associated data rate of cellular networks, where base stations are distributed in a random manner. The provided expressions are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-27 Akram Al-Hourani , Sithamparanathan Kandeepan

We investigate a multi-low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system that simultaneously provides positioning and communication services to terrestrial user terminals. To address the challenges of accurately acquiring channel state information in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Yuchen Zhang , Pinjun Zheng , Jie Ma , Henk Wymeersch , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

In this paper, we investigate the performance of large-scale heterogeneous low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks in the context of three association schemes. In contrast to existing studies, where single-tier LEO satellite-based network…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Yuan Guo , Christodoulos Skouroumounis , Symeon Chatzinotas , Ioannis Krikidis

Low power wide area networks (LPWANs), such as the ones based on the LoRaWAN protocol, are seen as enablers of large number of IoT applications and services. In this work, we assess the scalability of LoRaWAN by analyzing the frame success…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-06 René Brandborg Sørensen , Nasrin Razmi , Jimmy Jessen Nielsen , Petar Popovski

The low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite network with mega-constellations can provide global coverage while supporting the high-data rates. The coverage performance of such a network is highly dependent on orbit geometry parameters, including…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-22 Junse Lee , Song Noh , Sooyeob Jeong , Namyoon Lee

Low power wide area network technologies (LPWANs) are attracting attention because they fulfill the need for long range low power communication for the Internet of Things. LoRa is one of the proprietary LPWAN physical layer (PHY)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-21 Reza Ghanaatian , Orion Afisiadis , Matthieu Cotting , Andreas Burg

The need for low power, long range and low cost connectivity to meet the requirements of IoT applications has led to the emergence of Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) networking technologies. The promise of these technologies to wirelessly…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-15 Alexandru-Ioan Pop , Usman Raza , Parag Kulkarni , Mahesh Sooriyabandara