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This paper studies a new concept so-called green cell-less radio frequency (RF) wireless power transfer (WPT) networks. We consider a scenario in which multiple indoor access points (APs) equipped with outdoor energy harvesters are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-22 Ha-Vu Tran , Georges Kaddoum

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) and reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) are two advanced transceiver technologies for realizing future sixth-generation (6G) networks. In this paper, we investigate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Enyu Shi , Jiayi Zhang , Ziheng Liu , Yiyang Zhu , Chau Yuen , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Marco Di Renzo , Bo Ai

This letter proposes a multi-stream selection framework for \ac{CF-MIMO} networks. Partially coherent transmission has been considered by clustering \acp{AP} into phase-aligned clusters to address the challenges of phase misalignment and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-09 Esra Aycan Beyazıt , Jeroen Famaey , Nina Slamnik-Kriještorac , Johann M. Marquez-Barja , Miguel Camelo Botero

In this paper, we address two crucial challenges in the design of cell-free (CF) systems: degradation in the performance of CF systems by imperfect channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT) and high computational/signaling loads…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-18 A. Flores , R. C. de Lamare , K. V. Mishra

A scalable framework is developed to allocate radio resources across a large number of densely deployed small cells with given traffic statistics on a slow timescale. Joint user association and spectrum allocation is first formulated as a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-13 Binnan Zhuang , Dongning Guo , Ermin Wei , Michael L. Honig

This paper studies massive access in cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) based Internet of Things and solves the challenging active user detection (AUD) and channel estimation (CE) problems. For the uplink transmission, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-23 Malong Ke , Zhen Gao , Yongpeng Wu , Xiqi Gao , Kat-Kit Wong

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output is a potential candidate for future networks with pervasive connectivity by utilizing coherent joint transmission and distributed antenna arrays. This paper studies the exploitation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Trinh Van Chien , Bui Trong Duc , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Michail Matthaiou

How would a cellular network designed for maximal energy efficiency look like? To answer this fundamental question, tools from stochastic geometry are used in this paper to model future cellular networks and obtain a new lower bound on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-06 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti , Marios Kountouris

In this paper, the problem of energy efficiency in cellular heterogeneous networks (HetNets) is investigated using radio resource and power management combined with the base station (BS) ON/OFF switching. The objective is to minimize the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Hakim Ghazzai , Muhammad Junaid Farooq , Ahmad Alsharoa , Elias Yaacoub , Abdullah Kadri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Cell-free massive MIMO communications is an emerging network technology for 5G wireless communications wherein distributed multi-antenna access points (APs) serve many users simultaneously. Most prior work on cell-free massive MIMO systems…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-22 Asmaa Abdallah , Mohammad M. Mansour

In designing wireless sensor networks, it is important to reduce energy dissipation and prolong network lifetime. In this paper, a new model with energy and monitored objects heterogeneity is proposed for heterogeneous wireless sensor…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-06-01 Tang Liu , Jian Peng , Jin Yang , Chunli Wang

In this paper, a dynamic channel assigning along with dynamic cell sectoring model has been proposed that focuses on the Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR) not only for interference mitigation but also for enhancement of overall system…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-08 Shakil Ahmed , Mohammad Arif Hossain , Mostafa Zaman Chowdhury

The main usage of cellular networks has changed from voice to data traffic, mostly requested by static users. In this paper, we analyze how a cellular network should be designed to provide such wireless broadband access with maximal energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-29 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti , Marios Kountouris

We investigate the energy efficiency performance of cell-free Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), where the access points (APs) are connected to a central processing unit (CPU) via limited-capacity links. Thanks to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-09 Manijeh Bashar , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Alister G. Burr , Hien Quoc Ngo , Erik G. Larsson , Pei Xiao

A critical need in Mobile Wireless Sensor Network (MWSN) is to achieve energy efficiency during routing as the sensor nodes have scarce energy resource. The nodes' mobility in MWSN poses a challenge to design an energy efficient routing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2010-11-25 Getsy S. Sara , Kalaiarasi. R , Neelavathy Pari. S , Sridharan . D

Recently, the so-called cell-free (CF) Massive MIMO architecture has been introduced, wherein a very large number of distributed access points (APs) simultaneously and jointly serve a much smaller number of mobile stations (MSs). The paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-07 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Alessio Zappone

In this paper, a novel cluster-based approach for maximizing the energy efficiency of wireless small cell networks is proposed. A dynamic mechanism is proposed to group locally-coupled small cell base stations (SBSs) into clusters based on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-11-30 Sumudu Samarakoon , Mehdi Bennis , Walid Saad , Matti Latva-aho

The increasing global push for carbon reduction highlights the importance of integrating renewable energy into the supply chain of cellular networks. However, due to the stochastic nature of renewable energy generation and the uneven load…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Yuxi Zhao , Vicente Casares-Giner , Vicent Pla , Luis Guijarro , Iztok Humar , Yi Zhong , Xiaohu Ge

The optimal resource allocation scheme in a full-duplex Wireless Powered Communication Network (WPCN) composed of one Access Point (AP) and two wireless devices is analyzed and derived. AP operates in a full-duplex mode and is able to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-19 Mohamed A. Abd-Elmagid , Alessandro Biason , Tamer ElBatt , Karim G. Seddik , Michele Zorzi

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be used to provide wireless connectivity to support the existing infrastructure in hot-spots or replace it in cases of destruction. UAV-enabled wireless provides several advantages in network performance…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Salim Janji , Adrian Kliks