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In this work we treat the unsourced random access problem on a Rayleigh block-fading AWGN channel with multiple receive antennas. Specifically, we consider the slowly fading scenario where the coherence block-length is large compared to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-22 Alexander Fengler , Osman Musa , Peter Jung , Giuseppe Caire

Cell-free communication has the potential to significantly improve grant-free transmission in massive machine-type communication, wherein multiple access points jointly serve a large number of user equipments to improve coverage and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-29 Gangle Sun , Mengyao Cao , Wenjin Wang , Wei Xu , Christoph Studer

The use of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) to serve a crowd of user equipments (UEs) is challenged by the deficit of pilots. Assuming that the UEs are intermittently active, this problem can be addressed by a shared access to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-14 José Carlos Marinello , Taufik Abrão , Richard Demo Souza , Elisabeth de Carvalho , Petar Popovski

With the continuous growth of machine-type devices (MTDs), it is expected that massive machine-type communication (mMTC) will be the dominant form of traffic in future wireless networks. Applications based on this technology, have…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-07-12 Joao V. C. Evangelista , Zeeshan Sattar , Georges Kaddoum , Bassant Selim , Aydin Sarraf

Random Access is an important step in enabling the initial attachment of a User Equipment (UE) to a Base Station (gNB). The UE identifies itself by embedding a Preamble Index (RAPID) in the phase rotation of a known base sequence, which it…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Rohit Singh , Anil Kumar Yerrapragada , Jeeva Keshav S , Radha Krishna Ganti

Many applications in cellular systems and sensor networks involve a random subset of a large number of users asynchronously reporting activity to a base station. This paper examines the problem of multiuser detection (MUD) in random access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Lorne Applebaum , Waheed U. Bajwa , Marco F. Duarte , Robert Calderbank

In this paper, we investigate a joint device activity detection (DAD), channel estimation (CE), and data decoding (DD) algorithm for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) massive unsourced random access (URA). Different from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Tianya Li , Yongpeng Wu , Mengfan Zheng , Wenjun Zhang , Chengwen Xing , Jianping An , Xiang-Gen Xia , Chengshan Xiao

In this paper, an LSTM-aided hybrid random access scheme (LSTMH-RA) is proposed to support diverse quality of service (QoS) requirements in 6G machine-type communication (MTC) networks, where massive MTC (mMTC) devices and ultra-reliable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-01 Wenchao Zhai , Huimei Han , Lei Liu , Jun Zhao

Extra-large massive multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems is a new concept, where spatial non-stationarities allow activate a high number of user equipments (UEs). This paper focuses on a grant-based random access (RA) approach…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-08 Otávio Seidi Nishimura , José Carlos Marinello Filho , Taufik Abrão

This paper proposes a unified semi-blind detection framework for sourced and unsourced random access (RA), which enables next-generation ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) with massive devices. Specifically, the active…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Malong Ke , Zhen Gao , Mingyu Zhou , Dezhi Zheng , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , H. Vincent Poor

This letter proposes a novel hybrid automatic repeat request with chase combining assisted sparse code multiple access (HARQ-CC-SCMA) scheme. Depending on whether the same superimposed packet are retransmitted, synchronous and asynchronous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Man Wang , Zheng Shi , Yunfei Li , Xianda Wu , Weiqiang Tan , Xinrong Ye

Full-duplex (FD) radios at base station (BS) have gained significant interest because of their ability to simultaneously transmit and receive signals on the same frequency band. However, FD communication is hindered by self-interference…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Shreya Khisa , Ali Amhaz , Mohamed Elhattab , Chadi Assi , Sanaa Sharafeddine

Smart grids are exposed to passive eavesdropping, where attackers listen silently to communication links. Although no data is actively altered, such reconnaissance can reveal grid topology, consumption patterns, and operational behavior,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Bochra Al Agha , Razane Tajeddine

Multiple access communication systems enable numerous users to share common communication resources, playing a crucial role in wireless networks. With the emergence of the sixth generation (6G) and beyond communication networks, supporting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Mert Ozates , Mohammad Javad Ahmadi , Mohammad Kazemi , Deniz Gündüz , Tolga M. Duman

Faced with the massive connection, sporadic transmission, and small-sized data packets in future cellular communication, a grant-free non-orthogonal random access (NORA) system is considered in this paper, which could reduce the access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-10 Zhaoji Zhang , Ying Li , Chongwen Huang , Qinghua Guo , Chau Yuen , Yong Liang Guan

In a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) network, multiple access points (APs) actively cooperate to serve users' equipment (UEs). We consider how the random access (RA) problem can be addressed by such a network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Victor Croisfelt , Taufik Abrão , José Carlos Marinello

Future 5G cellular networks supporting ultra-reliable, low-latency communications (URLLC) could employ random access communication to reduce the overhead compared to scheduled access techniques used in 4G networks. We consider a wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-06 Derya Malak , Howard Huang , Jeffrey G. Andrews

Massive machine-type communications (mMTC) in 6G requires supporting a massive number of devices with limited resources, posing challenges in efficient random access. Grant-free random access and uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-01 Thushan Sivalingam , Samad Ali , Nurul Huda Mahmood , Nandana Rajatheva , Matti Latva Aho

We consider a two-user random access system in which each user independently selects a coding scheme from a finite set for every message, without sharing these choices with the other user or with the receiver. The receiver aims to decode…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Nazanin Mirhosseini , Jie Luo

With recent advances on the dense low-earth orbit (LEO) constellation, LEO satellite network has become one promising solution to providing global coverage for Internet-of-Things (IoT) services. Confronted with the sporadic transmission…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-21 Zhaoji Zhang , Ying Li , Chongwen Huang , Qinghua Guo , Lei Liu , Chau Yuen , Yong Liang Guan