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Maintaining multiple wireless connections is a promising solution to boost capacity in fifth-generation (5G) networks, where user equipment is able to consume radio resources of several serving cells simultaneously and potentially aggregate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-09-29 Maria A. Lema , Enric Pardo , Olga Galinina , Sergey Andreev , Mischa Dohler

In this paper, we consider cell-free communication systems with several access points (APs) serving terrestrial users (UEs) simultaneously. To enhance the uplink multi-user multiple-input multiple-output communications, we adopt a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-05 Xuesong Pan , Zhong Zheng , Xueqing Huang , Zesong Fei

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted cell-free (CF) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks can significantly enhance system performance. However, the extensive deployment of RIS elements imposes considerable channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-30 Hongqin Ke , Jindan Xu , Wei Xu , Chau Yuen , Zhaohua Lu

We propose a distributed implementation for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) backed by a massive multiple input multiple output (CF-mMIMO) architecture without cells. Distributed multi-antenna access points (APs) simultaneously…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-13 Mohamed Elfiatoure , Mohammadali Mohammadi , Hien Quoc Ngo , Hyundong Shin , Michail Matthaiou

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input-multiple-output (mMIMO) deployments are usually investigated with half-duplex nodes and high-capacity fronthaul links. To leverage the possible gains in throughput and energy efficiency (EE) of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-11 Soumyadeep Datta , Ekant Sharma , Dheeraj Naidu Amudala , Rohit Budhiraja , Shivendra S. Panwar

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

Full-duplex small-cell relays with multiple antennas constitute a core element of the envisioned 5G network architecture. In this paper, we use stochastic geometry to analyze the performance of wireless networks with full-duplex…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-06 Italo Atzeni , Marios Kountouris

This paper investigates performance of a relay assisted hybrid Free Space Optical / Radio Frequency (FSO/RF) communication system. The proposed structure is particularly recommended anywhere that direct RF communication between mobile users…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-22 Mohammad Ali Amirabadi

Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) is a promising technique to enhance the network capacity and coverage of next-generation (5G) based on utilizing a great number of available spectrum resources in mobile communication. Improving the 5G network…

This paper conceives a hybrid beamforming design (HBF) that maximizes the energy efficiency (EE) of an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)-enabled millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In the system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-07 Jitendra Singh , Suraj Srivastava , Aditya K. Jagannatham

A pinching antenna system (PASS) assisted cell-free communication system is proposed. A sum rate maximization problem under the BS power budget constraint and PA deployment constraint is formulated. To tackle the proposed non-convex…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-20 Haochen Li , Jiayi Lei , Cheng Zeng , Zhaoming Hu , Chao Dong , Yuanwei Liu

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

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is emerging as a key enabler for 6G wireless networks, allowing the joint use of spectrum and infrastructure for both communication and sensing. While prior ISAC solutions have addressed resource…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-03 Mehdi Zafari , Rang Liu , A. Lee Swindlehurst

In cellular communication systems, it is conventional to assume the absence of a line of sight (LoS) path between the users and their associated access points (APs). This assumption however becomes questionable in the context of recent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Sudarshan Mukherjee , Ribhu Chopra

Over-the-air computation (AirComp) has been recognized as a promising technique in Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks for fast data aggregation from a large number of wireless devices. However, as the number of devices becomes large, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-09 Xiongfei Zhai , Xihan Chen , Jie Xu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Wireless traffic attributable to machine learning (ML) inference workloads is increasing with the proliferation of applications and smart wireless devices leveraging ML inference. Owing to limited compute capabilities at these "edge"…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Sarabjot Singh

With the rapid development of aerial infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that function as aerial base stations (ABSs) extend terrestrial network services into the sky, enabling on-demand connectivity and enhancing emergency…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-03 Enzhi Zhou , Yue Xiao , Ziyue Liu , Sotiris A. Tegos , Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis , George K. Karagiannidis

Industry and academia have been working towards the evolution from Centralized massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (CmMIMO) to Distributed mMIMO (DmMIMO) architectures. Instead of splitting a coverage area into many cells, each served by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-12 Eduardo Noboro Tominaga , Hsuan-Jung Su , Jinfeng Du , Sivarama Venkatesan , Richard Demo Souza , Hirley Alves

This paper considers the problem of beam alignment in a cell-free massive MIMO deployment with multiple access points (APs) and multiple user equipments (UEs) simultaneously operating in the same millimeter wave frequency band. Assuming the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-26 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Maria Fresia , Xiaofeng Wu

In this letter, we propose a six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA)-aided cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system to fully exploit its macro spatial diversity, where a set of distributed access points (APs), each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Xiaoming Shi , Xiaodan Shao , Beixiong Zheng , Rui Zhang