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We study downlink (DL) channel estimation in a multi-cell Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system operating in a time-division duplex. The users must know their effective channel gains to decode their received DL data signals.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Amin Ghazanfari , Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

Channel estimation at millimeter wave (mmWave) is challenging when large antenna arrays are used. Prior work has leveraged the sparse nature of mmWave channels via compressed sensing based algorithms for channel estimation. Most of these…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Nitin Jonathan Myers , Robert W. Heath

The high directionality and intense Doppler effects of millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz (subTHz) channels demand accurate localization of the users and a new paradigm of channel estimation. For orthogonal frequency division…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-13 Enrique T. R. Pinto , Markku Juntti

We consider a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-MaMIMO) communication system in the uplink transmission and propose a novel algorithm for blind or semi-blind joint channel estimation and data detection (JCD). We formulate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-20 Alexander Karataev , Christian Forsch , Laura Cottatellucci

Millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems typically employ hybrid mixed signal processing to avoid expensive hardware and high training overheads. {However, the lack of fully digital beamforming at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Mohammad M. Mansour , Ahmed M. Eltawil

In millimeter wave cellular communication, fast and reliable beam alignment via beam training is crucial to harvest sufficient beamforming gain for the subsequent data transmission. In this paper, we establish fundamental limits in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-22 Chunshan Liu , Min Li , Stephen V. Hanly , Iain B. Collings , Philip Whiting

Pixel-based fluid antennas provide enhanced multiplexing gains and quicker radiation pattern switching than traditional designs. However, this innovation introduces challenges for channel estimation and analog precoding due to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-12 Huayan Guo , Jichen Zhang , Junhui Rao , Ross Murch , Vincent K. N. Lau

In this paper, a novel two-dimensional super-resolution angle-of-departure (AoD) and angle-of-arrival (AoA) estimation technique is proposed for wideband millimeter-wave multiple-input multiple-output systems with cross-polarized antenna…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-09 Dalin Zhu , Junil Choi , Robert W. Heath

The upper mid-band (or FR3, spanning 6-24 GHz) is a crucial frequency range for next-generation mobile networks, offering a favorable balance between coverage and spectrum efficiency. From another perspective, the systems operating in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-05 Ali Rasteh , Raghavendra Palayam Hari , Hao Guo , Marco Mezzavilla , Sundeep Rangan

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

Millimeter-wave is one of the technologies powering the new generation of wireless communication systems. To compensate the high path-loss, millimeter-wave devices need to use highly directional antennas. Consequently, beam misalignment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-22 Steve Blandino , Thibault Bertrand , Claude Desset , Andre Bourdoux , Sofie Pollin

Near-field extremely large multiple input multiple output (XL-MIMO) breaks the assumptions that make classical super-resolution effective: the receiver acquires only a limited set of compressed pilot observations, while each propagation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Sajad Daei , Gabor Fodor , Mikael Skoglund

Millimeter (mm) wave massive MIMO has the potential for delivering orders of magnitude increases in mobile data rates, with compact antenna arrays providing narrow steerable beams for unprecedented levels of spatial reuse. A fundamental…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-05 Maryam Eslami Rasekh , Upamanyu Madhow

Spatial wideband effects are known to affect channel estimation and localization performance in millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Based on perturbation analysis, we show that the spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-20 Shudi Weng , Fan Jiang , Henk Wymeersch

We consider downlink (DL) channel estimation for frequency division duplex based massive MIMO systems under the multipath model. Our goal is to provide fast and accurate channel estimation from a small amount of DL training overhead. Prior…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-23 Cheng Qian , Xiao Fu , Nicholas D. Sidiropoulos

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMAs) represent a novel transceiver array architecture for extremely large-scale (XL) communications, offering the advantages of reduced power consumption and lower hardware costs compared to conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-09 Songjie Yang , Wanting Lyu , Boyu Ning , Yue Xiu , Youzhi Xiong , Hua Chen , Chadi Assi , Chau Yuen

Terahertz (THz) band is expected to be one of the key enabling technologies of the sixth generation (6G) wireless networks because of its abundant available bandwidth and very narrow beam width. Due to high frequency operations,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-28 Ahmet M. Elbir , Wei Shi , Anastasios K. Papazafeiropoulos , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas

We introduce novel blind and semi-blind channel estimation methods for cellular time-division duplexing systems with a large number of antennas at each base station. The methods are based on the maximum a-posteriori principle given a prior…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-31 David Neumann , Michael Joham , Wolfgang Utschick

The terahertz (THz) band radio access with larger available bandwidth is anticipated to provide higher capacities for next-generation wireless communication systems. However, higher path loss at THz frequencies significantly limits the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-01 Hasan Nayir , Erhan Karakoca , Ali Görçin , Khalid Qaraqe

Hybrid beamforming for extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems is challenging in the near field because the channel depends jointly on angle and distance, and the multiuser interference (MUI) is strong.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Xinyang Li , Songjie Yang , Boyu Ning , Zongmiao He , Xiang Ling , Chau Yuen