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Communication at millimeter wave (mmWave) bands is expected to become a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective mmWave communications require fast and reliable methods for beamforming at both the User Equipment…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

We propose pilot reuse (PR) in single cell for massive multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmission to reduce the pilot overhead. For spatially correlated Rayleigh fading channels, we establish a relationship between channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-10 Li You , Xiqi Gao , Xiang-Gen Xia , Ni Ma , Yan Peng

We propose a novel algorithm to design user load-achieving pilot sequences that mitigate pilot contamination in multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks. To this end, we first derive expressions for the user load…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Noman Akbar , Nan Yang , Parastoo Sadeghi , Rodney A. Kennedy

Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) with hybrid precoding is a promising technique to meet the high data rate requirements for future 6G communications. To realize efficient hybrid precoding, it is essential to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Mingyao Cui , Linglong Dai

This paper addresses the challenge of channel estimation in extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems, pivotal for the advancement of 6G communications. XL-MIMO systems, characterized by their vast antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-22 Sunho Kim , Wan Choi

The mid-band frequency range, combined with extra large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO), is emerging as a key enabler for future communication systems. Thanks to the advent of new spectrum resources and degrees of freedom…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-06 Jiachen Tian , Yu Han , Zhengtao Jin , Xi Yang , Jie Yang , Wankai Tang , Xiao Li , Wenjin Wang , Shi Jin

Channel estimation is of crucial importance for tomorrow's wireless mobile communication systems. This paper focuses on the solution of channel parameters estimation problem in a scenario involving multiple paths in the presence of additive…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-05 Amir Ebrahimi , Ardavan Rahimian

In this work, we analyze the performance of the uplink (UL) of a massive MIMO network considering an asymptotically large number of antennas at base stations (BSs). We model the locations of BSs as a homogeneous Poisson point process (PPP)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-07 Priyabrata Parida , Harpreet S. Dhillon

Thanks to its capability to provide a uniform service rate for the User Equipments (UEs), Cell-free (CF) massive Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output (mMIMO), has recently attracted considerable attention, both in academia and in industry, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-24 Salman Mohebi , Andrea Zanella , Michele Zorzi

Massive MIMO is one of the key technologies to support the growth of massive access attempts by devices, such as in massive machine type communication (mMTC). The evolution of antenna array technology brought the recent extra-large scale…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-02 Thiago Augusto Bruza Alves , Taufik Abrão

The spectral efficiency (SE) of Massive MIMO (MaMIMO) systems is affected by low quality channel estimates. Rate-Splitting (RS) has recently gained some interest in multiuser multiple antenna systems as an effective means to mitigate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Bruno Clerckx , Luca Sanguinetti , Dirk Slock

Future sixth-generation (6G) systems are expected to leverage extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) technology, which significantly expands the range of the near-field region. The spherical wavefront characteristics…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Shicong Liu , Xianghao Yu , Zhen Gao , Jie Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Shuguang Cui

We investigate the coexistence of underlay spectrum sharing in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. A primary system with geographically distributed primary access points (P-APs) serves a multitude of primary…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-21 Diluka Loku Galappaththige , Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge

This work establishes a framework of near-field communication under different array geometries of extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO). We first formulate the near-field spatial non-stationary channel model which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-19 Kangda Zhi , Yi Song , Tianyu Yang , Tuo Wu , Tengjiao Wang , Songyan Xue , Fangzhou Wu , Giuseppe Caire

Real-world wireless transmitter front-ends exhibit certain nonlinear behavior, e.g., signal clipping by a Power Amplifier (PA). Although many resource allocation solutions do not consider this for simplicity, it leads to inaccurate results…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-05 Siddarth Marwaha , Pawel Kryszkiewicz , Eduard Jorswieck

Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is a promising technique to achieve ultra-high spectral efficiency for future 6G communications. The mixed line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) XL-MIMO near-field…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-18 Ming Ye , Xiao Liang , Cunhua Pan , Yinfei Xu , Ming Jiang , Chunguo Li

This paper investigates joint antenna selection and optimal transmit power in multi cell massive multiple input multiple output systems. The pilot interference and activated transmit antenna selection plays an essential role in maximizing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-08 Adeeb Salh , Lukman Audah , Nor Shahida Mohd Shah , Qazwan Abdullah , Noorsaliza Abdullah , Jameel Mukred , Shipun Hamzah

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) are expected to significantly enhance the spectrum efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) of future cellular systems. Since the performance gain of massive MIMO is fundamentally limited by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-17 Yuwei Ren , Yingzhe Li , Jeffrey G. Andrews , Yingmin Wang

One of the most important technologies in the fifth generation (5G) and the sixth generation (6G) is massive multiple input multiple outputs (MIMO) or extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO). With the evolving high-frequency technologies in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Xiangyu Cui , Ki-Hong Park , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

We consider a scalable user-centric wireless network with dynamic cluster formation as defined by Bj\"ornsson and Sanguinetti. Several options for scalable uplink (UL) processing are examined including: i) cluster size and SNR threshold…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-11 Fabian Göttsch , Noboru Osawa , Takeo Ohseki , Kosuke Yamazaki , Giuseppe Caire