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We address the problem of noise and interference corrupted channel estimation in massive MIMO systems. Interference, which originates from pilot reuse (or contamination), can in principle be discriminated on the basis of the distributions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-07 Haifan Yin , Laura Cottatellucci , David Gesbert , Ralf R. Müller , Gaoning He

In millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, we investigate uplink user scheduling when a basestation employs low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) with a large number of antennas. To reduce power consumption in the receiver,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-01 Jinseok Choi , Brian L. Evans

In this paper, the problem of pilot beam pattern design for channel estimation in massive multiple-input multiple-output systems with a large number of transmit antennas at the base station is considered, and a new algorithm for pilot beam…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-17 Song Noh , Michael D. Zoltowski , Youngchul Sung , David J. Love

Massive multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple- output (MIMO) is widely believed to be a core technology for the upcoming fifth-generation (5G) wireless communication standards. The use of low-precision digital-to-analog converters (DACs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-09 Sven Jacobsson , Giuseppe Durisi , Mikael Coldrey , Tom Goldstein , Christoph Studer

This work proposes an iterative detection, decoding and channel estimation scheme for multiple-antenna systems assisted by multiple reflective intelligent surfaces (RIS). A novel channel estimation technique that exploits low-density…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Roberto C. G. Porto , Rodrigo C. de Lamare

In time division duplexing (TDD) millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, downlink channel state information (CSI) can be obtained from uplink channel estimation thanks to channel reciprocity. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-13 Binggui Zhou , Xi Yang , Shaodan Ma , Feifei Gao , Guanghua Yang

A massive MIMO system, represented by a base station with hundreds of antennas, is capable of spatially multiplexing many devices and thus naturally suited to serve dense crowds of wireless devices in emerging applications, such as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-06 Elisabeth de Carvalho , Emil Björnson , Jesper H. Sørensen , Erik G. Larsson , Petar Popovski

According to the recent 3GPP decisions on 6G air interface, orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based waveforms are the primary candidates for future integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-12 Jialiang Zhu , Hamza Haif , Abdelali Arous , Huseyin Arslan , Arman Farhang

Massive MIMO (mMIMO) enables users with different requirements to get connected to the same base station (BS) on the same set of resources. In the uplink of Multiuser massive MIMO (MU-mMIMO), while such heterogeneous users are served,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-28 S. Sowmya , Gokularam Muthukrishnan , K. Giridhar

We provide a new generation solution to the fundamental old problem of a doubly selective fading channel estimation for orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. For systems based on OFDM, we propose a deep learning…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-16 Tilahun M. Getu , Nada T. Golmie , David W. Griffith

Pilot contamination has been regarded as the main bottleneck in time division duplexing (TDD) multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The pilot contamination problem cannot be addressed with large-scale antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-11-10 Xun Zou , Hamid Jafarkhani

We provide a performance evaluation of orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation in cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) systems. By leveraging the inherent sparsity of the delay-Doppler (DD) representation of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-13 Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

This paper considers an uplink multiuser massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system with low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), in which K users with a single-antenna communicate with one base station (BS) with Nr…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-12 Song-Nam Hong , Seonho Kim , Namyoon Lee

We present a beamforming algorithm for multiuser wideband millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems where one access point uses hybrid analog/digital beamforming while multiple user stations have phased-arrays with a single RF chain.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-13 Carlos A. Viteri-Mera , Fernando L. Teixeira

Recently, channel extrapolation has been widely investigated in frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO systems. However, in time division duplex (TDD) fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) systems, the channel extrapolation problem…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-16 Yubo Wan , An Liu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) represents a key paradigm for future wireless networks. However, existing approaches require waveform modifications, dedicated pilots, or overhead that complicates standards integration. We…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-09 Wentao Yu , Khaled B. Letaief , Lizhong Zheng

Due to the limited number of traditional orthogonal pilots, pilot collision will severely degrade the performance of contention-based grant-free transmission. To alleviate the pilot collision and exploit the spatial degree of freedom as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Zhifeng Yuan , Zhigang Li , Weimin Li , Yihua Ma

In this paper, we propose an algorithm based on the Alternating Minimization technique to solve the uplink massive MIMO detection problem. The proposed algorithm provides a lower complexity compared to the conventional MMSE detection…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-26 Anis Elgabli , Ali Elghariani , Vaneet Aggarwal , Mark Bell

We propose a new antenna selection scheme for a massive MIMO system with a single user terminal and a base station with a large number of antennas. We consider a practical scenario where there is a realistic correlation among the antennas…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-09 De Mi , Mehrdad Dianati , Sami Muhaidat , Yan Chen

Although the benefits of precoding and combining of data signals are widely recognized, the potential of these techniques for pilot transmission is not fully understood. This is particularly relevant for multiuser multiple-input…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Nima N. Moghadam , Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Gabor Fodor , Mats Bengtsson , Carlo Fischione