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This paper proposes a new channel estimation scheme for the multiuser massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems in time-varying environment. We introduce a discrete Fourier transform (DFT) aided spatial-temporal basis expansion…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-01 Hongxiang Xie , Feifei Gao , Shun Zhang , Shi Jin

Integrated ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (UM-MIMO) and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) systems are promising for 6G and beyond Terahertz (0.1-10 THz) communications, to effectively bypass the barriers of limited coverage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-27 Yuhang Chen , Renwang Li , Chong Han , Shu Sun , Meixia Tao

Extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple output (XL-MIMO) is a promising technology to achieve high spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) in future wireless systems. The larger array aperture of XL-MIMO makes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Bokai Xu , Jiayi Zhang , Hongyang Du , Zhe Wang , Yuanwei Liu , Dusit Niyato , Bo Ai , Khaled B. Letaief

The Terahertz band is envisioned to meet the demanding 100 Gbps data rates for 6G wireless communications. Aiming at combating the distance limitation problem with low hardware-cost, ultra-massive MIMO with hybrid beamforming is promising.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Yuhang Chen , Longfei Yan , Chong Han

To realize holographic communications, a potential technology for spectrum efficiency improvement in the future sixth-generation (6G) network, antenna arrays inlaid with numerous antenna elements will be deployed. However, the increase in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-17 Shaohua Yue , Shuhao Zeng , Liang Liu , Boya Di

With antenna spacing much less than half a wavelength in confined space, holographic multiple-input multiple-output (HMIMO) technology presents a promising frontier in next-generation mobile communication. We delve into the research of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-14 Mengyu Qian , Li You , Xiang-Gen Xia , Xiqi Gao

We consider the downlink of a multi-cell system with multi-antenna base stations and single-antenna user terminals, arbitrary base station cooperation clusters, distance-dependent propagation pathloss, and general "fairness" requirements.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Hoon Huh , Antonia M. Tulino , Giuseppe Caire

We study downlink (DL) channel estimation in a multi-cell Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system operating in a time-division duplex. The users must know their effective channel gains to decode their received DL data signals.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Amin Ghazanfari , Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

The employment of extremely large antenna arrays and high-frequency signaling makes future 6G wireless communications likely to operate in the near-field region. In this case, the spherical wave assumption which takes into account both the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-29 Xing Zhang , Haiyang Zhang , Yonina C. Eldar

Integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) is a key use case for sixth-generation (6G) wireless systems, where parametric channel estimation (PCE) plays a central role in enabling sensing, localization, and channel equalization in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Enrique T. R. Pinto , André L. F. de Almeida , Markku Juntti

Uplink sensing in integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) systems, such as Perceptive Mobile Networks, is challenging due to the clock asynchronism between transmitter and receiver. Existing solutions typically require the presence of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-18 Yanmo Hu , J. Andrew Zhang , Weibo Deng , Y. Jay Guo

In a cell-free massive MIMO architecture a very large number of distributed access points simultaneously and jointly serves a much smaller number of mobile stations; a variant of the cell-free technique is the user-centric approach, wherein…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-28 Mario Alonzo , Stefano Buzzi , Alessio Zappone , Ciro D'Elia

Ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output MIMO (UM-MIMO) leverages large antenna arrays at high frequencies, transitioning communication paradigm into the radiative near-field (NF), where spherical wavefronts enable full-vector…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-21 Ahmed Hussain , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil

In this paper, we consider uplink channel estimation for massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems with partially connected hybrid beamforming (PC-HBF) structures. Existing beam design and channel estimation schemes are usually based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-03 Yufan Zhou , Yongbo Xiao , An Liu

The deployment of extremely large antenna arrays (ELAAs) in extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems introduces significant near-field effects, such as spherical wavefront propagation and spatially…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Anzheng Tang , Jun-Bo Wang , Yijin Pan , Tuo Wu , Yijian Chen , Hongkang Yu , Maged Elkashlan

Cell-free massive MIMO has matured into a key candidate technology for 6G and beyond, owing to its ability to provide nearly uniform service quality to many user equipments (UEs) over the same time-frequency resources. Unlike conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-25 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Salih Gümüşbuğa

This paper proposes a model-driven deep learning (MDDL)-based channel estimation and feedback scheme for wideband millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive hybrid multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where the angle-delay domain channels'…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-20 Xisuo Ma , Zhen Gao , Feifei Gao , Marco Di Renzo

This paper presents a mutual coupling based calibration method for time-division-duplex massive MIMO systems, which enables downlink precoding based on uplink channel estimates. The entire calibration procedure is carried out solely at the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-22 Joao Vieira , Fredrik Rusek , Ove Edfors , Steffen Malkowsky , Liang Liu , Fredrik Tufvesson

Acquiring accurate channel state information (CSI) at an access point (AP) is challenging for wideband millimeter wave (mmWave) ultra-massive multiple-input and multiple-output (UMMIMO) systems, due to the high-dimensional channel matrices,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-20 Kuiyu Wang , Zhen Gao , Sheng Chen , Boyu Ning , Gaojie Chen , Yu Su , Zhaocheng Wang , H. Vincent Poor

This paper addresses the intricate task of hybrid-field channel estimation in extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) systems, critical for the progression of 6G communications. Within these systems, comprising a line-of-sight (LoS) channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Yoonseong Kang , Hyowoon Seo , Wan Choi