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Multiple antennas have been exploited for spatial multiplexing and diversity transmission in a wide range of communication applications. However, most of the advances in the design of high speed wireless multiple-input multiple output…
5G New Radio (NR) promises to support diverse services such as enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB), ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC), and massive machine-type communication (mMTC). This requires spectrum, most of which is…
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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…