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The increasing demand for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) calls for decentralized mechanisms that can allocate transmit power across nodes and channels under stringent resource constraints. Existing optimization-based approaches, however,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Tomer Alter , Nir Shlezinger , Michael Segal

In this paper, we investigate downlink power control in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks with distributed antenna arrays. The base station (BS) in each cell consists of multiple antenna arrays, which are deployed in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Noman Akbar , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson , Nan Yang

In this paper, an optimization framework is proposed for joint transceiver beamforming and admission control in massive MIMO cognitive radio networks. The objective of the optimization problem is to support maximum number of secondary users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-20 Shailesh Chaudhari , Danijela Cabric

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

In this paper, we consider the problem of power control for a wireless network with an arbitrarily time-varying topology, including the possible addition or removal of nodes. A data-driven design methodology that leverages graph neural…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-25 Ivana Nikoloska , Osvaldo Simeone

Jamming attacks pose a critical threat to wireless networks, particularly in cell-free massive MIMO systems, where distributed access points and user equipment (UE) create complex, time-varying topologies. This paper proposes a novel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Ali Hossary , Laura Crosara , Stefano Tomasin

In massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems, the main bottlenecks of location- and orientation-assisted beam alignment using deep neural networks (DNNs) are large training overhead and significant performance degradation. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Yuzhu Lei , Qiqi Xiao , Yinghui He , Guanding Yu

The emerging cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) is a promising scheme to tackle the capacity crunch in wireless networks. Designing the optimal fronthaul network in the CF-mMIMIO is of utmost importance to deploy a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Pouya Agheli , Mohammad Javad Emadi , Hamzeh Beyranvand

In user-centric cell-free multi-antenna systems, pilot contamination degrades spectral efficiency (SE) severely. To mitigate pilot contamination, existing works jointly optimize pilot assignment and power allocation by assuming fixed pilot…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Yao Peng , Tingting Liu , Chenyang Yang

As an emerging artificial intelligence technology, graph neural networks (GNNs) have exhibited promising performance across a wide range of graph-related applications. However, information exchanges among neighbor nodes in GNN pose new…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Jun Li , Weiwei Zhang , Kang Wei , Guangji Chen , Long Shi , Wen Chen

Physical layer network coding (PNC) has been studied to serve wireless network MIMO systems with much lower backhaul load than approaches such as Cloud Radio Access Network (Cloud-RAN) and coordinated multipoint (CoMP). In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-22 Tong Peng , Yi Wang , Alister G. Burr , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

The roll out of new mobile network generations poses hard challenges due to various factors such as cost-benefit tradeoffs, existing infrastructure, and new technology aspects. In particular, one of the main challenges for the 5G deployment…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-09-08 Paul Almasan , José Suárez-Varela , Andra Lutu , Albert Cabellos-Aparicio , Pere Barlet-Ros

This paper investigates the optimal resource allocation in free space optical (FSO) fronthaul networks. The optimal allocation maximizes an average weighted sum-capacity subject to power limitation and data congestion constraints. Both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-29 Zhan Gao , Mark Eisen , Alejandro Ribeiro

Power allocation is an important task in wireless communication networks. Classical optimization algorithms and deep learning methods, while effective in small and static scenarios, become either computationally demanding or unsuitable for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-04 Irched Chafaa , Giacomo Bacci , Luca Sanguinetti

Consider a multiuser downlink beamforming optimization problem for the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmission in a multiple-input single-output (MISO) system. The total transmission power minimization problem is formulated…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-03 Yongwei Huang , Longtao Zhou

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and beamforming are well-established techniques for enabling massive connectivity in future wireless networks. However, many optimal beamforming solutions rely on highly complex iterative algorithms and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Chentong Li , Saeed Mohammadzadeh , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Octavia A. Dobre

This paper develops a graph-based hybrid beamforming framework for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) cell-free integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks. Specifically, we construct a novel MIMO cell-free ISAC network model.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-01 Yanan Du , Sai Xu , Jagmohan Chauhan

The physical layer foundations of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) have been well-established. As a next step, researchers are investigating practical and energy-efficient network implementations. This paper focuses on multiple sets of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Lianet Méndez-Monsanto , Nicola Bastianello , Emma Fitzgerald , Gilles Callebaut

This paper investigates the graph neural network (GNN)-enabled beamforming design for interference channels. We propose a model termed interference channel GNN (ICGNN) to solve a quality-of-service constrained energy efficiency maximization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-07 Changpeng He , Yang Lu , Bo Ai , Octavia A. Dobre , Zhiguo Ding , Dusit Niyato

Despite numerous advantages, non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique can bring additional interference for the neighboring ultra-dense networks if the power consumption of the system is not properly optimized. While targeting on the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-19 Rukhsana Ruby , Shuxin Zhong , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Kaishun Wu , Victor C. M. Leung