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How to manage the interference introduced by the enormous wireless devices is a crucial issue to address in the prospective sixth-generation (6G) communications. The treating interference as noise (TIN) optimality conditions are commonly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-16 Shuaifei Chen , Jiayi Zhang , Zheng Chen , Bo Ai

Cell-free (CF) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems generally employ linear precoding techniques to mitigate the effects of multiuser interference. However, the power loss, efficiency, and precoding accuracy of linear precoders are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-27 A. Flores , R. C. de Lamare , K. V. Mishra

We present a unified model for connected antenna arrays with a large number of tightly integrated (i.e., coupled) antennas in a compact space within the context of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication. We refer to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-09 Mohamed Akrout , Volodymyr Shyianov , Faouzi Bellili , Amine Mezghani , Robert W. Heath

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is expected to be a vital component in future 5G systems. As such, there is a need for new modeling in order to investigate the performance of massive MIMO not only at the physical layer, but…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-13 Emma Fitzgerald , Michał Pióro , Fredrik Tufvesson

In this paper, a downlink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF massive MIMO) system and a network clustering is considered. Closed form sum-rate expressions are derived for CF and the clustered CF (CLCF) networks where…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-28 S. Mashdour , R. C. de Lamare

We investigate a fronthaul-limited cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system and propose a hybrid centralized-distributed precoding strategy that dynamically adapts to varying fronthaul and spectral efficiency (SE)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-15 Zahra Mobini , Hien Quoc Ngo , Ardavan Rahimian , Anvar Tukmanov , David Townend , Michail Matthaiou , Simon L. Cotton

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) systems are characterized by having many more access points (APs) than user equipments (UEs). A key challenge is to determine which APs should serve which UEs. Previous work has…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Shuaifei Chen , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Bo Ai

Cell-free (CF) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) combines CF architecture with ISAC. CF employs distributed access points, eliminates cell boundaries, and enhances coverage, spectral efficiency, and reliability. ISAC unifies radar…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Diluka Galappaththige , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Gayan Aruma Baduge , Chintha Tellambura

This paper investigates the combined benefits of full-duplex (FD) and cell-free massive multiple-input multipleoutput (CF-mMIMO), where a large number of distributed access points (APs) having FD capability simultaneously serve numerous…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-10 Hieu V. Nguyen , Van-Dinh Nguyen , Octavia A. Dobre , Shree Krishna Sharma , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten , Oh-Soon Shin

This paper investigates a cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system that addresses the critical challenge of information leakage to potential eavesdroppers located within…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-20 Ruiguang Wang , Takumi Takahashi , Hideki Ochiai

In the Fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems, a majority of the traffic demands is contributed by various multimedia applications. To support the future 5G multimedia communication systems, the massive multiple-input…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-11 Xiaohu Ge , Haichao Wang , Ran Zi , Qiang Li , Qiang Ni

This letter proposes a multi-stream selection framework for \ac{CF-MIMO} networks. Partially coherent transmission has been considered by clustering \acp{AP} into phase-aligned clusters to address the challenges of phase misalignment and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-09 Esra Aycan Beyazıt , Jeroen Famaey , Nina Slamnik-Kriještorac , Johann M. Marquez-Barja , Miguel Camelo Botero

In this paper, we investigate the impact of channel aging on the performance of cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with both spatial correlation and pilot contamination. We derive novel closed-form uplink…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-26 Jiakang Zheng , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Bo Ai

In this paper, we propose a novel joint caching and massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission scheme, referred to as cache-aided massive MIMO, for advanced downlink cellular communications. In addition to reaping the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-25 Xiao Wei , Lin Xiang , Laura Cottatellucci , Tao Jiang , Robert Schober

Massive MIMO is a compelling wireless access concept that relies on the use of an excess number of base-station antennas, relative to the number of active terminals. This technology is a main component of 5G New Radio (NR) and addresses all…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Liesbet Van der Perre , Liang Liu , Erik G. Larsson

Due to the relatively high cost of deploying optical fibers, free space optical (FSO) links have been developed as a cost-effective alternative technology for next generation cellular networks. However, in order to have a practical role in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Himan Savojbolaghchi , Seyed Mohammad Sajad Sadough

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) offers significant advantages in spectral and energy efficiencies, positioning it as a cornerstone technology of fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication systems and a promising solution for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Zhenzhou Jin , Li You , Huibin Zhou , Yuanshuo Wang , Xiaofeng Liu , Xinrui Gong , Xiqi Gao , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Xiang-Gen Xia

Cache-aided MIMO communications aims to jointly exploit both coded caching~(CC) and spatial multiplexing gains to enhance communication efficiency. In this paper, we analyze both the achievable degrees of freedom~(DoF) under linear…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Mohammad NaseriTehrani , MohammadJavad Salehi , Antti Tölli

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is becoming a mature technology, and has been approved for standardization in the 5G ecosystem. Although there is a large body of papers on the theoretical analysis of massive MIMO, the majority…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-13 Michail Matthaiou , Hien Quoc Ngo , Peter J. Smith , Harsh Tataria , Shi Jin

The proliferation of cell-free Massive MIMO represents a transformative shift in wireless network architecture, addressing critical limitations of conventional distributed Massive MIMO systems. This paper presents an intelligent radio…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-29 Valdemar Farré , David Vega , Juan Estrada , Juan A. Vásquez Peralvo , Symeon Chatzinotas