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Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), with a large number of distributed access points (APs) that jointly serve the user equipments (UEs), is a promising network architecture for future wireless communications. To reduce…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Jiayi Zhang , Yinghua Wei , Emil Björnson , Yu Han , Xu Li

This paper introduces an access point-user (AP-UE) association strategy combined with pilot power allocation to mitigate multiuser interference and enhance spectral efficiency (SE) in clustered cell-free massive MIMO (CCF-mMIMO) networks.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-08 S. Mohammadzadeh , S. Mashdour , R. C. de Lamare , K. Cumanan , C. Li

Cell-Free Massive MIMO is a highly promising approach to enhance network capacity by moving a large number of distributed access points (AP) closer to mobile users while utilizing simple matched filtering and conjugate beamforming. Recent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Indu L. Shakya , Falah H. Ali

Cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) is expected to provide reliable wireless services for a large number of user equipments (UEs) using access points (APs) distributed across a wide area. When the UEs are battery-powered, uplink energy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-10 Thomas Choi , Masaaki Ito , Issei Kanno , Takeo Oseki , Kosuke Yamazaki , Andreas F. Molisch

Cell-Free Massive MIMO (CF mMIMO) has emerged as a potential enabler for future networks. It has been shown that these networks are much more energy-efficient than classical cellular systems when they are serving users at peak capacity.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-30 Robbert Beerten , Vida Ranjbar , Andrea P. Guevara , Hazem Sallouha , Sofie Pollin

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

This paper investigates the simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) capability of a modular extremely large multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) system, in the context of power consumption (PC) efficiency. The…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-26 Muhammad Zeeshan Mumtaz , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

While scalable cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) shows advantages in static conditions, the impact of its changing serving access point (AP) set in a mobile network is not yet addressed. In this paper we first derive the CPU cluster and AP…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-04 Yunlu Xiao , Petri Mähönen , Ljiljana Simić

This paper investigates the rate-energy trade-off for pinching-antenna systems (PASS)-assisted simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) systems. Both the single information user (IU)/energy user (EU) and multiple IUs/EUs…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Qi Yang , Kai Liu , Jingjing Zhao , Kaiquan Cai , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) systems are emerging as promising alternatives to cellular networks, especially in ultra-dense environments. However, further capacity enhancement requires the deployment of more…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Enyu Shi , Jiayi Zhang , Jiancheng An , Guangyang Zhang , Ziheng Liu , Chau Yuen , Bo Ai

This study explores a next-generation multiple access (NGMA) framework for cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems enhanced by stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs), aiming to improve simultaneous wireless information and power transfer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Thien Duc Hua , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

We consider the cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink, where a very large number of distributed multiple-antenna access points (APs) serve many single-antenna users in the same time-frequency resource. A simple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Hien Quoc Ngo , Le-Nam Tran , Trung Q. Duong , Michail Matthaiou , Erik G. Larsson

We consider network-assisted full-duplex (NAFD) cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) systems, where full-duplex (FD) transmission is virtually realized via half-duplex (HD) hardware devices. The HD access points (APs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-17 Mohammadali Mohammadi , Tung T. Vu , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

Cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) provides wireless connectivity for a large number of user equipments (UEs) using access points (APs) distributed across a wide area with high spectral efficiency (SE). The energy efficiency (EE) of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-10 Thomas Choi , Masaaki Ito , Issei Kanno , Jorge Gomez-Ponce , Colton Bullard , Takeo Ohseki , Kosuke Yamazaki , Andreas F. Molisch

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multipleoutput (MIMO) provides a ubiquitous coverage to user equipments (UEs) but it is also susceptible to interference. Ratesplitting (RS) effectively extracts data by decoding interference, yet its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Jiakang Zheng , Jiayi Zhang , Hongyang Du , Ruichen Zhang , Dusit Niyato , Octavia A. Dobre , Bo Ai

We consider a two-way half-duplex decode-and-forward (DF) relaying system with multiple pairs of single-antenna users assisted by a cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) architecture with multiple-antenna access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Anastasios K. Papazafeiropoulos , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

In this work, we propose iterative access point (AP) selection (APS), linear minimum mean-square error (MMSE) precoding and power allocation techniques for Cell-Free Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-13 V. Palhares , A. R. Flores , R. C. de Lamare

An IoT (Internet of things) system supports a massive number of IoT devices wirelessly. We show how to use Cell-Free Massive MIMO (multiple-input and multiple-output) to provide a scalable and energy efficient IoT system. We employ optimal…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-17 Hangsong Yan , Alexei Ashikhmin , Hong Yang

We propose a distributed implementation for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) backed by a massive multiple input multiple output (CF-mMIMO) architecture without cells. Distributed multi-antenna access points (APs) simultaneously…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Mohamed Elfiatoure , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Hyundong Shin , Michail Matthaiou

This paper investigates pilot assignment and access point (AP) selection strategies for uplink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) systems. We propose channel similarity-aware pilot assignment (CAPA) and AP selection…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Saeed Mohammadzadeh , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Pei Liu , Hien Quoc Ngo