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In the evolution of 6th Generation (6G) technology, the emergence of cell-free networking presents a paradigm shift, revolutionizing user experiences within densely deployed networks where distributed access points collaborate. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-15 Dieter Verbruggen , Hazem Sallouha , Sofie Pollin

In future networks, an operator may employ a wide range of access points using diverse radio access technologies (RATs) over multiple licensed and unlicensed frequency bands. This paper studies centralized user association and spectrum…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-01 Zhiyi Zhou , Dongning Guo , Michael L. Honig

In what ways could cellular massive MIMO be improved? This technology has already been shown to bring huge performance gains. However, coverage holes and difficulties to transmit multiple streams to multi-antenna users because of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-08 Sara Willhammar , Hiroki Iimori , Joao Vieira , Lars Sundström , Fredrik Tufvesson , Erik G. Larsson

Multi-tier networks with large-array base stations (BSs) that are able to operate in the "massive MIMO" regime are envisioned to play a key role in meeting the exploding wireless traffic demands. Operated over small cells with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-05 Qiaoyang Ye , Ozgun Y. Bursalioglu , Haralabos C. Papadopoulos

The paper proposes a new architecture for Distributed MIMO (D-MIMO) in which the base station (BS) jointly transmits with wireless mobile nodes to serve users (UEs) within a cell for 6G communication systems. The novelty of the architecture…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-04 Kumar Sai Bondada , Daniel J. Jakubisin , Karim Said , R. Michael Buehrer , Lingjia Liu

The utilization of unlicensed spectrum presents a promising solution to the issue of spectrum scarcity in densely populated areas, while also offering a cost-effective means to connect underserved regions. In response to this potential,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Karim Saifullin , Hussein Al-Shatri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO), which offers vast spatial degrees of freedom, has emerged as a potentially pivotal enabling technology for the sixth generation (6G) of wireless mobile networks. With its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-04 Zhe Wang , Jiayi Zhang , Hongyang Du , Dusit Niyato , Shuguang Cui , Bo Ai , Mérouane Debbah , Khaled B. Letaief , H. Vincent Poor

The increasing demand for wireless data transfer has been the driving force behind the widespread adoption of Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) technology in 5G. The next-generation MIMO technology is now being developed to…

Massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) has evolved along two tracks: cellular and cell-free, each with unique advantages and limitations. The cellular approach suffers from worse user spectral efficiency at cell edges, whereas the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

Low-latency localization is critical in cellular networks to support real-time applications requiring precise positioning. In this paper, we propose a distributed machine learning (ML) framework for fingerprint-based localization tailored…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Manish Kumar , Tzu-Hsuan Chou , Byunghyun Lee , Nicolò Michelusi , David J. Love , Yaguang Zhang , James V. Krogmeier

A large-scale distributed antenna system that serves the users by coherent joint transmission is called Cell-free Massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output). For a given user set, only a subset of the access points (APs) is likely needed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-27 Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

A limitation of bandwidth in the wireless network and the exponential rise in the high data rate requirement prompted the development of Massive Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) technique in 5G. Using this method the ever rising data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-11 Mariea Sharaf Anzum , Moontasir Rafique , Md. Asif Ishrak Sarder , Fehima Tajrian , Abdullah Bin Shams

This paper explores the integration of simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) with gigantic multiple-input multiple-output (gMIMO) technology operating in the upper mid-band frequency range (7-24 GHz). The near-field…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-03 Özlem Tugfe Demir , Mustafa Ozger , Ferdi Kara , Woong-Hee Lee , Emil Björnson

Realizing capacity demands of future wireless communications requires improved spectral efficiency in the sub-6-GHz frequency bands. This paper proposes a novel eight-element multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna that can be tuned…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-24 Jari-Matti Hannula , Tapio O. Saarinen , Anu Lehtovuori , Jari Holopainen , Ville Viikari

This article introduces an energy and spectral efficient multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) transmission scheme designed for the future sixth generation (6G) wireless communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-10 Sen Wang , Tianxiong Wang , Shulun Zhao , Zhen Feng , Guangyi Liu , Chunfeng Cui , Chih-Lin I , Jiangzhou Wang

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication has led to immense enhancements in data rates and efficient spectrum management. The evolution of MIMO, though, has been accompanied by increased hardware complexity and array sizes,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-25 Miguel Rodrigo Castellanos , Siyun Yang , Chan-Byoung Chae , Robert W. Heath

Large-scale distributed antenna systems with many access points (APs) that serve the users by coherent joint transmission is being considered for 5G-and-beyond networks. The technology is called Cell-free Massive MIMO and can provide a more…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-06-30 Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

We consider efficient communications over the multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiway distributed relay channel (MDRC) with full data exchange, where each user, equipped with multiple antennas, broadcasts its message to all the other…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-28 Xiang Zhao , Jianwen Zhang , Yingjun Zhang , Xiaojun Yuan

The benefit of multi-antenna receivers is investigated in wireless ad hoc networks, and the main finding is that network throughput can be made to scale linearly with the number of receive antennas nR even if each transmitting node uses…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Nihar Jindal , Jeffrey G. Andrews , Steven Weber

To boost the capacity of the cellular system, the operators have started to reuse the same licensed spectrum by deploying 4G LTE small cells (Femto Cells) in the past. But in time, these small cell licensed spectrum is not sufficient to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Vanlin Sathya