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In this paper we analyze the performance of single stream and multi-stream spatial multiplexing (SM) systems employing opportunistic scheduling in the presence of interference. In the proposed downlink framework, every active user reports…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-16 Kiran Kuchi

Orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation is a promising solution to handle doubly-selective fading, but its channel estimation is a nontrivial task in terms of maximizing spectral efficiency. Conventional pilot assignment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Yuta Kanazawa , Hiroki Iimori , Chandan Pradhan , Szabolcs Malomsoky , Naoki Ishikawa

Single Input-Multiple Output (SIMO) systems are key enablers of high data rates in the next generation wireless communications. However in SIMO systems, channel estimation and equalization are challenging particularly in the presence of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 K Sai Praneeth , P Aswathylakshmi , Radhakrishna Ganti

This paper proposes a novel joint channel-estimation and source-detection algorithm using successive interference cancellation (SIC)-aided generative score-based diffusion models. Prior work in this area focuses on massive MIMO scenarios,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Sagnik Bhattacharya , Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin , Kamyar Rajabalifardi , John M. Cioffi

This paper studies interference channels with security constraints. The existence of an external eavesdropper in a two-user interference channel is assumed, where the network users would like to secure their messages from the external…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2009-05-04 O. Ozan Koyluoglu , Hesham El Gamal

We consider the problem of coding over the multi-user Interference Channel (IC). It is well-known that aligning the interfering signals results in improved achievable rates in certain setups involving more than two users. We argue that in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-18 F. Shirani , S. S. Pradhan

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is a promising candidate technology for 6G due to its improvement in spectral efficiency and energy efficiency. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal is a mainstream candidate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-19 Lin Wang , Zhiqing Wei , Xu Chen , Zhiyong Feng

The utilization of universal frequency reuse in multi-beam satellite systems introduces a non-negligible level of co-channel interference (CCI), which in turn penalizes the quality of service experienced by users. Taking this as starting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Vincent Boussemart , Loris Marini , Matteo Berioli

The random access methods used for support of machine-type communications (MTC) in current cellular standards are derivatives of traditional framed slotted ALOHA and therefore do not support high user loads efficiently. Motivated by the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-03 Nuno K. Pratas , Henning Thomsen , Cedomir Stefanovic , Petar Popovski

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 following paper presents a novel orthogonal pilot design dedicated for \textcolor{black}{integrated sensing and communications (ISAC)} systems performing multi-user communications and target detection. After careful characterization of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-26 Ahmad Bazzi , Marwa Chafii

This letter focuses on the pilot contamination problem in the uplink and downlink of cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output networks with different degrees of cooperation between access points. The optimum minimum mean square…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Alberto Alvarez Polegre , Luca Sanguinetti , Ana Garcia Armada

Receivers with joint channel estimation and signal detection using superimposed pilots (SP) can achieve high transmission efficiency in orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) systems. However, existing receivers have high computational…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Fupeng Huang , Qinghua Guo , Youwen Zhang , Yuriy Zakharov

In this work, we propose three pilot assignment schemes to reduce the effect of pilot contamination in cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Our first algorithm, which is based on the idea of random sequential…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-21 Priyabrata Parida , Harpreet S. Dhillon

Wireless random access protocols are attracting a revived research interest as a simple yet effective solution for machine-type communications. In the quest to improve reliability and spectral efficiency of such schemes, the use of multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-11 Andrea Munari , Federico Clazzer , Gianluigi Liva , Michael Heindlmaier

Carrier frequency and timing synchronization play the fundamental roles in cooperative integrating communication and sensing (ISAC). To mitigate the effects of synchronization error, this paper develops a novel synchronization scheme in…

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In this paper, a new detection algorithm is proposed for turbo coded Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) signals in detect and forward cooperative channels. Use of user cooperation makes much improvement in the performance of CDMA systems.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-03-13 Ebrahim Karami

This paper introduces a novel iterative algorithm for optimizing pilot and data power control (PC) in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) systems, aiming to enhance system performance under real-time channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-05 Saeed Mohammadzadeh , Mostafa Rahmani , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Alister Burr , Pei Xiao

This paper considers the problem of pilot design for compressive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel estimation. In particular, we are interested in estimating the channels for multiple transmitters simultaneously when the pilot…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-11-05 Peng Zhang , Lu Gan , Sumei Sun , Cong Ling

The radiation pattern of transmit antennas varies and fluctuates as receivers change their location, other objects move around, and due to the antenna design itself. In this paper, we demonstrate how this observation can be exploited to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Milad Johnny , Alireza Vahid