English
Related papers

Related papers: Location-Based Load Balancing for Energy-Efficient…

200 papers

Energy Efficiency (EE) is of high importance while considering Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (M-MIMO) networks where base stations (BSs) are equipped with an antenna array composed of up to hundreds of elements. M-MIMO…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-23 Marcin Hoffmann , Pawel Kryszkiewicz , Adrian Kliks

Standard cell-free (CF) multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) systems is a promising technology to cover the demands for higher data rates in fifth-generation (5G) networks and beyond. These systems assume a large number of distributed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-31 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Emil Björnson , Pandelis Kourtessis , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

Cell Switch-Off (CSO) is recognized as a promising approach to reduce the energy consumption in next-generation cellular networks. However, CSO poses serious challenges not only from the resource allocation perspective but also from the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-07 David González G. , Jyri Hämäläinen , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Mario García-Lozano , Gamini Senarath

Cell-free massive MIMO (CF-M-MIMO) systems represent an evolution of the classical cellular architecture that has dominated the mobile landscape for decades. In CF-M-MIMO, a central processing unit (CPU) controls a multitude of access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-27 Felip Riera-Palou , Guillem Femenias

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS)-assisted cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) systems have emerged as a promising technology for sixth-generation communication systems. These systems capitalize on RIS to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-24 Yu Lu , Jiayi Zhang , Enyu Shi , Peng Zhang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Dusit Niyato , Bo Ai

This paper investigates multi-target detection in an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system within a cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) framework. We adopt a user-centric approach for communication user equipments (UEs) and a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-24 Zinat Behdad , Ozlem Tugfe Demir , Ki Won Sung , Cicek Cavdar

In this letter, we consider the uplink of a cell-free Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network where each user is decoded by a subset of access points (APs). An additional step is introduced in the cell-free Massive MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-07 Carmen D'Andrea , Erik G. Larsson

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) has emerged as a prominent candidate for future networks due to its ability to significantly enhance spectral efficiency by eliminating inter-cell interference. However, its…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Yukun Ma , Jiayi Zhang , Ziheng Liu , Guowei Shi , Bo Ai

Assume that a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system is designed from scratch to uniformly cover a given area with maximal energy efficiency (EE). What are the optimal number of antennas, active users, and transmit power?…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-22 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti , Jakob Hoydis , Mérouane Debbah

We consider a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) network, where unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with multiple antennas serve as distributed UAV-access points (UAV-APs). These UAV-APs provide seamless coverage…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-10 Neetu R. R , Ozan Alp Topal , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Emil Björnson , Cicek Cavdar , Gourab Ghatak , Vivek Ashok Bohara

Cell-Free (CF) Massive MIMO is an alternative topology for future wireless networks, where a large number of single-antenna access points (APs) are distributed over the coverage area. There are no cells but all users are jointly served by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-20 Zheng Chen , Emil Björnson

This paper introduces a robust resource allocation framework for the downlink of cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (CF-mMIMO) networks to address the effects caused by imperfect channel state information (CSI). In particular, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-11 S. Mashdour , A. R. Flores , S. Salehi , R. C. de Lamare , Anke Schmeink

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) systems are expected to provide faster and more robust connections to user equipments (UEs) by cooperation of a massive number of distributed access points, and to be one of the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-05 Masaaki Ito , Issei Kanno , Takeo Ohseki , Kosuke Yamazaki , Yoji Kishi , Thomas Choi , Andreas F. Molisch

We consider a dynamic time division duplex (DTDD) enabled cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system, where each half-duplex (HD) access point (AP) is scheduled to operate in the uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) mode…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-05-24 Anubhab Chowdhury , Ribhu Chopra , Chandra R. Murthy

Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO is important for beyond 5G or 6G wireless communication networks. The goal of this paper is to establish successful communication between the cellular base stations and devices, focusing on the problem of joint…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-08 Yinchuan Li , Yuancheng Zhan , Le Zheng , Xiaodong Wang

This paper proposes a dynamic access point (AP) selection and pilot power allocation (DAPPA) framework for uplink cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CFmMIMO) systems, aiming to mitigate inter-user interference and improve…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-24 Saeed Mohammadzadeh , Rodrigo C. De Lamare , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Hien Quoc Ngo

We study an uplink scenario of a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system with limited capacity fronthaul links (LC-FHLs) connecting each access point (AP) to the central unit (CU), where user equipments and APs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Hamed Masoumi , Mohammad Javad Emadi

This paper investigates Cell-Free massive MIMO networks, where each access point (AP) is equipped with a hybrid transceiver, reducing the complexity and cost compared to a fully digital transceiver. Asymptotic approximations for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-16 Carles Diaz-Vilor , Alexei Ashikhmin , Hong Yang

How would a cellular network designed for high energy efficiency look like? To answer this fundamental question, we model cellular networks using stochastic geometry and optimize the energy efficiency with respect to the density of base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-04 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti , Marios Kountouris

In this paper, we examine the fundamental trade-off between radiated power and achieved throughput in wireless multi-carrier, multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems that vary with time in an unpredictable fashion (e.g. due to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-10 Ioannis Stiakogiannakis , Panayotis Mertikopoulos , Corinne Touati