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Wireless powered backscatter communications is an attractive technology for next-generation low-powered sensor networks such as the Internet of Things. However, backscattering suffers from collisions due to multiple simultaneous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-12 Constantinos Psomas , Ioannis Krikidis

The downlink of a multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) broadcast channel (BC) is considered, where each receiver is equipped with a single antenna and the transmitter performs nonlinear Dirty-Paper Coding (DPC). We present an efficient…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2007-07-13 Thomas Michel , Gerhard Wunder

Backscatter radio is a promising technology for low-cost and low-power Internet-of-Things (IoT) networks. The conventional monostatic backscatter radio is constrained by its limited communication range, which restricts its utility in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-17 Kartik Patel , Junbo Zhang , John Kimionis , Lefteris Kampianakis , Michael S. Eggleston , Jinfeng Du

This paper quantifies the benefits and limitations of cooperative communications by providing a statistical analysis of the downlink in network multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider an idealized model where the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-24 Kianoush Hosseini , Wei Yu , Raviraj S. Adve

This paper investigates a two-user downlink system for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in which the two users deploy a fluid antenna system (FAS) and adopt the nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA) strategy. Specifically, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Farshad Rostami Ghadi , Kai-Kit Wong , F. Javier Lopez-Martinez , Hyundong Shin , Lajos Hanzo

This paper considers the beamforming optimization for sensing a point-like scatterer using a bistatic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) radar, which could be part of a joint…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-26 Tobias Laas , Ronald Boehnke , Wen Xu

Mobile edge caching (MEC) has been introduced to support ever-growing end-users' needs. To reduce the backhaul traffic demand and content delivery latency, cache-enabled edge servers at base stations (BSs) are employed to provision popular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-01 Susanna Mosleh , Qiang Fan , Lingjia Liu , Jonathan D. Ashdown , Erik Perrins , Kurt Turck

Cell-free massive MIMO is one of the core technologies for future wireless networks. It is expected to bring enormous benefits, including ultra-high reliability, data throughput, energy efficiency, and uniform coverage. As a radically…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Hengtao He , Xianghao Yu , Jun Zhang , S. H. Song , Khaled B. Letaief

In this paper, we consider a novel ambient backscatter multiple-access system, where a receiver (Rx) simultaneously detects the signals transmitted from an active transmitter (Tx) and a backscatter Tag. Specifically, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Wanchun Liu , Ying-Chang Liang , Yonghui Li , Branka Vucetic

Ambient backscatter communications (AmBC) are a promising technology for addressing the energy consumption challenge in wireless communications through the reflection or absorption of surrounding radio frequency (RF) signals. However, it…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-19 Shuaijun Ma , Peng Wei , Sa Xiao , Jianquan Wang , Wanbin Tang , Wei Xiang

Ambient backscatter communication technology (AmBC) and a novel device category called zero-energy devices (ZED) have recently emerged as potential components for the forthcoming 6th generation (6G) networks. A ZED communicates with a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-27 Papis Ndiaye , Dinh-Thuy Phan-Huy , Ayman Hassan , Jingyi Liao , Xiyu Wang , Kalle Ruttik , Riku Jantti

In this paper, we consider a new large-scale communication scheme where randomly distributed AmBC nodes are involved as secondary users to primary transmitter (PT) and primary receiver (PR) pairs. The secondary communication between a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-15 Dong Han , Hlaing Minn

Backscatter-based integrated sensing and communication (B-ISAC) elevates passive tags into information-bearing scatterers, offering an ultra-low-power path toward dual-function wireless systems. However, this promise is fundamentally…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Haohao Zhang , Bowen Gu , Xianhua Yu , Hao Xie , Liejun Wang , Yongjun Xu , Xiaoming Tao , Haijun Zhang

In this paper, we investigate a cell-free massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)-enabled integration communication, computation, and sensing (ICCS) system, aiming to minimize the maximum computation latency to guarantee the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-25 Qihao Peng , Qu Luo , Zheng Chu , Zihuai Lin , Maged Elkashlan , Pei Xiao , George K. Karagiannidis , Christos Masouros

Internet-of-Things (IoT) is rapidly growing in wireless technology, aiming to connect vast numbers of devices to gather and distribute vital information. Despite individual devices having low energy consumption, the cumulative demand…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Shayan Zargari , Azar Hakimi , Fatemeh Rezaei , Chintha Tellambura , Amine Maaref

Ambient backscatter communication (AmBC) offers low-cost and low-power connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT), where a backscatter tag (BT) modulates incident signals transmitted by an ambient radio frequency (RF) source and reflects…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Yuxin Li , Guangyue Lu , Yinghui Ye , Liqin Shi , Daniel Benevides da Costa

This paper investigates the performance of multi-user covert communications over a fixed bandwidth in a multi-cell scenario with both eavesdroppers and malicious jammers. We propose an intelligent spectrum control (ISC) scheme that combines…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-12 Yujie Ling , Zan Li , Lei Guan , Zheng Zhang , Dusit Niyato

The distributed nature of cellular networks is one of the main enablers for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC). For target positioning and tracking, making use of bistatic measurements is non-trivial due to their non-linear…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-16 Maximilian Bauhofer , Marcus Henninger , Thorsten Wild , Stephan ten Brink , Silvio Mandelli

Wireless power transfer and backscatter communications have emerged as promising solutions for energizing and communicating with power limited devices. Despite some progress in wirelessly powered backscatter communications, the focus has…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Zati Bayani Zawawi , Yang Huang , Bruno Clerckx

Massive machine-type communication (MTC) is expected to play a key role in supporting Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as smart cities, smart factory, and connected vehicles through cellular networks. MTC is characterized by a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Jinho Choi , Jie Ding , Ngoc Phuc Le , Zhiguo Ding