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This paper studies the precoder design problem of achieving max-min fairness (MMF) amongst users in multigateway multibeam satellite communication systems with feeder link interference. We propose a beamforming strategy based on a newly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-12 Zhi Wen Si , Longfei Yin , Bruno Clerckx

Thanks to the strong ability against the inter-cell interference, cell-free network is considered as a promising technique to improve network capacity. However, further capacity improvement requires to deploy more base stations (BSs) with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-01 Zijian Zhang , Linglong Dai

Cognitive satellite-terrestrial networks (STNs) have been recognized as the promising architecture for addressing spectrum scarcity in the next generation communication networks. In this letter, we investigate the secure transmission…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-06 Bin Li , Zesong Fei , Xiaoming Xu , Zheng Chu

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) has emerged as a novel multiple access technique that enlarges the achievable rate region of Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) broadcast channels with linear precoding. In this work, we jointly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Sibo Zhang , Bruno Clerckx , David Vargas , Oliver Haffenden , Andrew Murphy

The interference management technique that treats interference as noise (TIN) is optimal when the interference is sufficiently low. Scheduling algorithms based on the TIN optimality condition have recently been proposed, e.g., for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Mudasar Bacha , Marco Di Renzo , Bruno Clerckx

This paper studies the codebook-based configuration of a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) that extends the coverage of a base station (BS) while utilizing energy harvesting to facilitate self-sustainable operation. For a given…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-23 Friedemann Laue , Sebastian Lotter , Nikita Shani , Robert Schober

With the expanding demand for high data rates and extensive coverage, high throughput satellite (HTS) communication systems are emerging as a key technology for future communication generations. However, current frequency bands are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-01 Malek Khammassi , Abla Kammoun , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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

This paper considers the Sum-Rate (SR) maximization problem in downlink MU-MISO systems under imperfect Channel State Information at the Transmitter (CSIT). Contrary to existing works, we consider a rather unorthodox transmission scheme. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-25 Hamdi Joudeh , Bruno Clerckx

Massive multi-input multiple-out (MIMO) is a key ingredient in improving the spectral efficiencies for next-generation cellular systems. Thanks to the channel reciprocity, in time-division-duplexing mode, each base station (BS) can acquire…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-30 Deokhwan Han , Namyoon Lee

The evolution of mobile networks towards user-centric cell-free distributed Massive MIMO configurations requires the development of novel signal processing techniques. More specifically, digital precoding algorithms have to be designed or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-10 Emiel Vanspranghels , Raquel Marina Noguera Oishi , Franco Minucci , Sofie Pollin

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) has recently appeared as a powerful and robust multiple access and interference management strategy for downlink Multi-user (MU) multi-antenna communications. In this work, we study the precoder design…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Anup Mishra , Yijie Mao , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx

This paper delves into an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system bolstered by a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS). Within this system, a base station (BS) is equipped with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Yuan Liu , Ruichen Zhang , Ruihong Jiang , Yongdong Zhu , Huimin Hu , Qiang Ni , Zesong Fei , Dusit Niyato

This work focuses on the promising Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) and its beamforming design problem to achieve max-min fairness (MMF) among multiple co-channel multicast groups with imperfect channel state information at the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-11 Longfei Yin , Bruno Clerckx

In this paper, we investigate real-time interference mitigation in multiuser wireless networks assisted by simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (STAR-RISs). Unlike conventional methods that rely on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-17 Abuzar B. M. Adam , Mohammed A. M. Elhassan , Elhadj Moustapha Diallo , Mohamed Amine Ouamri

Cloud radio access networks (C-RAN) enable a network platform for beyond the fifth generation of communication networks (B5G), which incorporates the advances in cloud computing technologies to modern radio access networks. Recently, rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Alaa Alameer Ahmad , Yijie Mao , Aydin Sezgin , Bruno Clerckx

Imperfect Channel State Information at the Transmitter (CSIT) is inevitable in modern wireless communication networks, and results in severe multi-user interference in multi-antenna Broadcast Channel (BC). While the capacity of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-08-05 Yijie Mao , Bruno Clerckx

This paper studies the beamforming design problem to achieve max-min fairness (MMF) in multibeam satellite communications. Contrary to the conventional linear precoding (NoRS) that relies on fully treating any residual interference as…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Longfei Yin , Bruno Clerckx

This work explores the integration of rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA), simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT), and beyond-diagonal reconfigurable intelligent surface (BD-RIS) to enhance the spectral-efficiency,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-12 Muhammad Asif , Zain Ali , Asim Ihsan , Ali Ranjha , Zhu Shoujin , Manzoor Ahmed , Xingwang Li , Symeon Chatzinotas

Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) has appeared as a powerful transmission and multiple access strategy for multi-user multi-antenna communications. Uniquely, this paper studies the optimization of the sum-rate of RSMA with imperfect…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-22 Jihye An , Onur Dizdar , Bruno Clerckx , Wonjae Shin