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Heterogeneous network (HetNet) is a key enabler to largely boost network coverage and capacity in the forthcoming fifth-generation (5G) and beyond. To support the explosively growing mobile data volumes, wireless communications with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-01-30 Guang Yang , Ming Xiao , Muhammad Alam , Yongming Huang

Stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) and fluid antenna systems (FAS) are emerging technologies for wave-domain and spatial signal manipulation, respectively.This letter proposes a novel joint SIM-FAS communication model in which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos

This letter considers a fluid antenna system (FAS)-aided secure and covert communication system, where the transmitter adjusts multiple fluid antennas' positions to achieve secure and covert transmission under the threat of an eavesdropper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-15 Junteng Yao , Liangxiao Xin , Tuo Wu , Ming Jin , Kai-Kit Wong , Chau Yuen , Hyundong Shin

A novel content caching strategy is proposed for a cache enabled device-to-device (D2D) network where the user devices are allowed to communicate using millimeter wave (mmWave) D2D links (> 6 GHz) as well as conventional sub 6 GHz cellular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-17 Theshani Nuradha , Tharaka Samarasinghe , Kasun T. Hemachandra

Recently, a mmWave-based access and backhaul integration HetNetsarchitecture (mABHetNets) has been envisioned to provide the high link capacity in both access and backhaul links. In mABHetNets, the access link and the backhaul link will…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Hao Wu , Chenwu Zhang , Hancheng Lu , Qi Hu

Caching at base stations (BSs) is a promising approach for supporting the tremendous traffic growth of content delivery over future small-cell wireless networks with limited backhaul. This paper considers exploiting spatial caching…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-09 Wei Han , An Liu , Wei Yu , Vincent K. N. Lau

We study the problem of joint load balancing and interference mitigation in heterogeneous networks (HetNets) in which massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) macro cell base station (BS) equipped with a large number of antennas,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-07-11 Trung Kien Vu , Mehdi Bennis , Sumudu Samarakoon , Mérouane Debbah , Matti Latva-aho

Small cells deployment is one of the most significant long-term strategic policies of the mobile network operators. In heterogeneous networks (HetNets), small cells serve as offloading spots in the radio access network to offload macro…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Mirza Golam Kibria , Gabriel Porto Villardi , Wei-Shun Liao , Kien Nguyen , Kentaro Ishizu , Fumihide Kojima

Interference and scattering, often deemed undesirable, are inevitable in wireless communications, especially when the current mobile networks and upcoming sixth generation (6G) have turned into ultra-dense networks. Current approaches…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-02-10 Baiyang Liu , Kin-Fai Tong , Kai-Kit Wong , Chan-Byoung Chae , Hang Wong

A K-tier heterogeneous downlink millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular network with user-centric small cell deployments is studied in this paper. In particular, we consider a heterogeneous network model with user equipments (UEs) being…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Xueyuan Wang , Esma Turgut , M. Cenk Gursoy

This paper investigates a multiuser millimeter-wave (mmWave) uplink system in which each user is equipped with a multi-antenna fluid antenna system (FAS) while the base station (BS) has multiple fixed-position antennas. Our primary…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Hao Xu , Kai-Kit Wong , Wee Kiat New , Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Gui Zhou , Ross Murch , Chan-Byoung Chae , Yongxu Zhu , Shi Jin

In this paper, we consider a heterogenous network (HetNet), where low-power indoor femtocells are deployed in the coverage area of the existing macro base station (MBS). This paper proposes a novel coordinated random beamforming and user…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-09 Jun Zhu , Hong-Chuan Yang

This paper presents switched Multi- Element Antennas (MEAs) as a simple, yet effective, method of enhancing the performance of small cell heterogeneous networks and compensating for the small cell base station sub-optimal placement. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-07-17 Hamed Ahmadi , Danny Finn , Rouzbeh Razavi , Holger Claussen , Luiz A. DaSilva

Wireless network virtualization has been well recognized as a way to improve the flexibility of wireless networks by decoupling the functionality of the system and implementing infrastructure and spectrum as services. Recent studies have…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-07-19 Zhiwen Hu , Zijie Zheng , Tao Wang , Lingyang Song , Xiaoming Li

Carrier aggregation (CA) and small cells are two distinct features of next-generation cellular networks. Cellular networks with small cells take on a very heterogeneous characteristic, and are often referred to as HetNets. In this paper, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Xingqin Lin , Jeffrey G. Andrews , Amitava Ghosh

Fluid antenna systems (FAS) are an emerging technology that promises a significant diversity gain even in the smallest spaces. Motivated by the groundbreaking potentials of liquid antennas, researchers in the wireless communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-02 Malek Khammassi , Abla Kammoun , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper investigates a novel fluid antenna multiple access (FAMA)-assisted wireless powered communication network (WPCN), in which a hybrid access point (HAP) equipped with multiple fixed position antennas (FPAs) provides integrated data…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Xiao Lin , Yizhe Zhao , Halvin Yang , Jie Hu

The emerging technology of fluid antenna systems (FASs) represents a promising next-generation reconfigurable antenna solution, capable of exploiting the full spatial diversity within a predefined space by finely reconfiguring the positions…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Jiangsheng Huangfu , Zhengyu Song , Tianwei Hou , Anna Li , Yuanwei Liu , Arumugam Nallanathan

Fluid antenna systems (FAS) have recently emerged as a promising paradigm for achieving spatially reconfigurable, compact, and energy-efficient wireless communications in beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and sixth-generation (6G) networks. By…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Saeid Pakravan , Mohsen Ahmadzadeh , Ming Zeng , Wessam Ajib , Ji Wang , Xingwang Li

Heterogenous wireless networks (Hetnets) provide a powerful approach to meet the massive growth in traffic demands, but also impose a significant challenge on backhaul. Caching at small base stations (BSs) and wireless small cell backhaul…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-21 Ying Cui , Fan Lai , Stephen Hanly , Philip Whiting