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A new wave of wireless services, including virtual reality, autonomous driving and internet of things, is driving the design of new generations of wireless systems to deliver ultra-high data rates, massive number of connected devices and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-24 Zhenyu Liu , Lin Zhang , Zhi Ding

Wireless communications systems are impacted by multi-path fading and Doppler shift in dynamic environments, where the channel becomes doubly-dispersive and its estimation becomes an arduous task. Only a few pilots are used for channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-07 Abdul Karim Gizzini , Marwa Chafii

This paper investigates semi-blind channel estimation for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. To this end, we first estimate a subspace based on all received symbols (pilot and payload) to provide additional information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-22 Franz Weißer , Nurettin Turan , Dominik Semmler , Fares Ben Jazia , Wolfgang Utschick

Channel estimation is essential to massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. While recent generative model-based approaches using lightweight diffusion models (DMs) have achieved superior performance, they typically rely on a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Zhuorui Jiang , Jun Fang , Boyu Ning , Hongbin Li , Ying-Chang Liang

This paper proposes a machine learning-assisted channel estimation approach for massive MIMO systems, leveraging DNNs to outperform traditional LS and MMSE methods. In 5G and beyond, accurate channel estimation mitigates pilot contamination…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-16 Haoran He

This paper proposes a model-driven deep learning (MDDL)-based channel estimation and feedback scheme for wideband millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive hybrid multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the angle-delay domain channels'…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Xisuo Ma , Zhen Gao , Feifei Gao , Marco Di Renzo

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a key enabling technology for sixth-generation (6G) communication systems. Nevertheless, the increase in array aperture and signal bandwidth brings new challenges to wideband…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-23 Qingxia Feng , Yin Fang , Meng Hua , Cheng Zhang , Chunguo Li , Yongming Huang , Luxi Yang

We propose a novel deep learning-based channel estimation technique for high-dimensional communication signals that does not require any training. Our method is broadly applicable to channel estimation for multicarrier signals with any…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-23 Eren Balevi , Jeffrey G. Andrews

In diffusion-based communication, as for molecular systems, the achievable data rate is very low due to the slow nature of diffusion and the existence of severe inter-symbol interference (ISI). Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-23 S. Mohammadreza Rouzegar , Umberto Spagnolini

Deep learning has demonstrated the important roles in improving the system performance and reducing computational complexity for $5$G-and-beyond networks. In this paper, we propose a new channel estimation method with the assistance of deep…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-19 An Le Ha , Trinh Van Chien , Tien Hoa Nguyen , Wan Choi , Van Duc Nguyen

Channel estimation is a challenging task, especially in a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with one-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADC). Traditional deep learning (DL) methods, that learn the mapping from inputs to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-04 Yudi Dong , Huaxia Wang , Yu-Dong Yao

Deep generative models offer a powerful alternative to conventional channel estimation by learning the complex prior distribution of wireless channels. Capitalizing on this potential, this paper proposes a novel channel estimation algorithm…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Xiaotian Fan , Xingyu Zhou , Le Liang , Shi Jin

This paper investigates the robust wideband channel estimation problem in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. In such a scenario, the beam squint effect that the array response vectors vary…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-25 Li Ge , Lin Chen , Xue Jiang , Weifeng Zhu , Qibo Qin , Xingzhao Liu

Due to the low per-antenna SNR and high signaling overhead, channel estimation is a major bottleneck in Massive MIMO systems. Spatial constraints can improve estimation performance by exploiting sparsity. Solutions exist for far field -…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-21 Arkady Molev-Shteiman , Laurence Mailaender , Xiao-Feng Qi

In this paper, we propose a joint pilot design and channel estimation scheme based on the deep learning (DL) technique for multiuser multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) channels. To this end, we construct a pilot designer using two-layer…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-12 Chang-Jae Chun , Jae-Mo Kang , Il-Min Kim

Reliability is becoming increasingly important for many applications envisioned for future wireless systems. A technology that could improve reliability in these systems is massive MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output). One reason for this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-16 Sara Gunnarsson , José Flordelis , Liesbet Van der Perre , Fredrik Tufvesson

We propose GRAM-DIFF, a Gram-matrix-guided diffusion framework for semi-blind multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channel estimation. Recent diffusion-based estimators leverage learned generative priors to improve pilot-based channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-18 Xinyuan Wang , Krishna Narayanan

This paper addresses the problem of estimating sparse channels in massive MIMO-OFDM systems. Most wireless channels are sparse in nature with large delay spread. In addition, these channels as observed by multiple antennas in a neighborhood…

Applications · Statistics 2015-06-22 Mudassir Masood , Laila H. Afify , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Distributed massive MIMO is considered a key advancement for improving the performance of next-generation wireless telecommunication systems. However, its efficacy in scenarios involving user mobility is limited due to channel aging. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-16 Phillip Stephan , Florian Euchner , Stephan ten Brink

Channel estimation is very challenging when the receiver is equipped with a limited number of radio-frequency (RF) chains in beamspace millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input and multiple-output systems. To solve this problem, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-15 Hengtao He , Chao-Kai Wen , Shi Jin , Geoffrey Ye Li