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In this paper, we investigate downlink power control in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks with distributed antenna arrays. The base station (BS) in each cell consists of multiple antenna arrays, which are deployed in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Noman Akbar , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson , Nan Yang

The energy spectral efficiency maximization (ESEM) problem of a multi-user, multi-relay, multi-cell system is considered, where all the network nodes are equipped with multi-antenna transceivers. To deal with the potentially excessive…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-26 Kent Tsz Kan Cheung , Shaoshi Yang , Lajos Hanzo

This paper studies a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where its access points (APs) and users are equipped with multiple antennas. Two transmission protocols are considered. In the first transmission protocol,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-27 Trang C. Mai , Hien Quoc Ngo , Trung Q. Duong

Clustered cell-free networking, which dynamically partitions the whole network into nonoverlapping subnetworks, has been recently proposed to mitigate the cell-edge problem in cellular networks. However, prior works only focused on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-04 Junyuan Wang , Tianyao Wu , Ouyang Zhou , Yaping Zhu

We consider single cell multi-user OFDMA downlink resource allocation on a flat-fading channel such that average supply power is minimized while fulfilling a set of target rates. Available degrees of freedom are transmission power and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-12 Hauke Holtkamp , Gunther Auer , Harald Haas

Multi-connectivity is emerging as promising solution to provide reliable communications and seamless connectivity at the millimeter-wave frequency range. Due to the obstacles that cause frequent interruptions at such high frequency range,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-18 Cristian Tatino , Ilaria Malanchini , Nikolaos Pappas , Di Yuan

In this paper, we investigate the distributed power allocation for multi-cell OFDMA networks taking both energy efficiency and inter-cell interference (ICI) mitigation into account. A performance metric termed as throughput contribution is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-22 Zesong Fei , Chengwen Xing , Na Li , Jingming Kuang

We provide a general framework for the problem of data offloading in a heterogeneous wireless network, where some demand of cellular users is served by a complementary network. The complementary network is either a small-cell network that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Chin Keong Ho , Di Yuan , Sumei Sun

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) implemented in virtualized cloud radio access networks (V-CRAN) has emerged as a promising architecture to enhance spectral efficiency (SE), network flexibility, and energy efficiency…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-23 Derya Nurcan-Atceken , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Aysegul Altin-Kayhan , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar , Bulent Tavli

This paper focuses on the use of a deep learning approach to perform sum-rate-max and max-min power allocation in the uplink of a cell-free massive MIMO network. In particular, we train a deep neural network in order to learn the mapping…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-30 Carmen D'Andrea , Alessio Zappone , Stefano Buzzi , Merouane Debbah

In heterogeneous networks (HetNets), how to improve spectrum efficiency is a crucial issue. Meanwhile increased energy consumption inspires network operators to deploy renewable energy sources as assistance to traditional electricity. Based…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Qiaoni Han , Bo Yang , Nan Song , Yuwei Li , Ping Wei

This paper proposes energy-efficient coordinated beamforming strategies for multi-cell multi-user multiple-input single-output system. We consider a practical power consumption model, where part of the consumed power depends on the base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-03 Oskari Tervo , Antti Tölli , Markku Juntti , Le-Nam Tran

Cell-free networks leverage distributed access points (APs) to achieve macro-diversity, yet their performance is often constrained by large disparities in channel quality arising from user geometry and blockages. To address this, rotatable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Xingxiang Peng , Qingqing Wu , Ziyuan Zheng , Yanze Zhu , Wen Chen , Penghui Huang , Ying Gao , Honghao Wang

Power allocation remains a fundamental challenge in wireless communication networks, particularly under dynamic user loads and large-scale deployments. While Transformerbased models have demonstrated strong performance, their computational…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-30 Irched Chafaa , Giacomo Bacci , Luca Sanguinetti

We present a general framework for the characterization of the packet error probability achievable in cell-free Massive multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) architectures deployed to support ultra-reliable low-latency (URLLC) traffic. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-17 Alejandro Lancho , Giuseppe Durisi , Luca Sanguinetti

This paper considers a cellular system with a full-duplex base station and half-duplex users. The base station can activate one user in uplink or downlink (half-duplex mode), or two different users one in each direction simultaneously…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Shahram Shahsavari , David Ramirez , Elza Erkip

Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) can be implemented together with Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) over commodity platforms to offer low-cost deployment and bring the services closer to end-users. In this paper, a joint O-RAN/MEC…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Fahri Wisnu Murti , Samad Ali , Matti Latva-aho

In order to cope with the ever increasing traffic load that networks will need to support, a new approach for planning cellular networks deployments should be followed. Traditionally, cell association and resource allocation has been based…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-08 Gabriel Otero Pérez , Manuel Fernández Veiga

Model predictive control (MPC) is a powerful tool for controlling complex nonlinear systems under constraints, but often struggles with model uncertainties and the design of suitable cost functions. To address these challenges, we discuss…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-08 Sebastian Hirt , Andreas Höhl , Johannes Pohlodek , Joachim Schaeffer , Maik Pfefferkorn , Richard D. Braatz , Rolf Findeisen

In the pursuit of designing safer and more efficient energy-absorbing structures, engineers must tackle the challenge of improving crush performance while balancing multiple conflicting objectives, such as maximising energy absorption and…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-02-25 Hirak Kansara , Siamak F. Khosroshahi , Leo Guo , Miguel A. Bessa , Wei Tan