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The proliferation of cell-free Massive MIMO represents a transformative shift in wireless network architecture, addressing critical limitations of conventional distributed Massive MIMO systems. This paper presents an intelligent radio…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-29 Valdemar Farré , David Vega , Juan Estrada , Juan A. Vásquez Peralvo , Symeon Chatzinotas

Spatial distributions of other cell interference (OCIF) and interference to own-cell power ratio (IOPR) with reference to the distance between a mobile and its serving base station (BS) are modeled for the down-link reception of cellular…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-04-19 Yanyan Wu

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) are considered as the prospective multiple antenna technologies for beyond the fifth-generation (5G) networks. Cell-free MIMO systems powered…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-29 Taegyun Noh , Junil Choi

This paper considers the problem of interference control through the use of second-order statistics in massive MIMO multi-cell networks. We consider both the cases of co-located massive arrays and large-scale distributed antenna settings.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-17 Haifan Yin , David Gesbert , Laura Cottatellucci

Cell-free Massive MIMO is considered as a promising technology for satisfying the increasing number of users and high rate expectations in beyond-5G networks. The key idea is to let many distributed access points (APs) communicate with all…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-19 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti

In recent years several wireless communication standards have been developed and more are expected, each with different scope in terms of spatial coverage, radio access capabilities, and mobility support. Heterogeneous networks combine…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-05-10 Oliver Blume , Abigail Surtees , Ramon Aguero , Eranga Perera , Kostas Pentikousis

This paper investigates a cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) system where distributed access points (APs) perform integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) tasks, enabling simultaneous user communication and target…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Sergi Liesegang , Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea

We study the problem of user-scheduling and resource allocation in distributed multi-user, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks implementing user-centric clustering and non-coherent transmission. We formulate a weighted sum-rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-08 Hussein A. Ammar , Raviraj Adve , Shahram Shahbazpanahi , Gary Boudreau , Kothapalli Srinivas

The downlink of a wireless network where multi-antenna base stations (BSs) communicate with single-antenna mobile stations (MSs) using maximal ratio transmission (MRT) is considered here. The locations of BSs are modeled by a homogeneous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-28 George C. Alexandropoulos , Marios Kountouris

This paper studies the effectiveness of relaying for interference mitigation in an interference-limited communication scenario. We are motivated by the observation that in a cellular network, a relay node placed at the cell edge observes a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-20 S. Arvin Ayoughi , Wei Yu

Spectrum sharing is a new approach to solve the congestion problem in the RF spectrum. A spatial approach for spectrum sharing between a radar and a communication system was proposed, which mitigates the radar interference to communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Awais Khawar , Ahmed Abdelhadi , T. Charles Clancy

This paper investigates multi-static position estimation in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) architectures, where orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) is used as an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Yifei Fan , Shaochuan Wu , Mingjun Sun , Lin Huo , Jianchao Su , Haojie Wang

A continuous goal in all communication systems is to enhance the users experience and provide them with the highest possible data rates. Recently, the concept of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems has been considered to enhance the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Ahmed Almehdhar , Mohanad Obeed , Anas Chaaban , Salam A. Zummo

Cell-free Massive MIMO has emerged as a promising solution for next-generation radio networks. Particularly the user-centric variant where users are served by a limited subset of access points, a so-called cluster, has garnered significant…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-08 Robbert Beerten , Vida Ranjbar , Andrea P. Guevara , Sofie Pollin

Recently, the so-called cell-free (CF) Massive MIMO architecture has been introduced, wherein a very large number of distributed access points (APs) simultaneously and jointly serve a much smaller number of mobile stations (MSs). The paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-07 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Alessio Zappone

This paper studies integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in the downlink of a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with multi-static sensing and ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) users. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-19 Zinat Behdad , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Ki Won Sung , Cicek Cavdar

This paper takes a new look at Cell-free Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) through the lens of the dynamic cooperation cluster framework from the Network MIMO literature. The purpose is to identify and address scalability issues…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-27 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti

Imagine a coverage area with many wireless access points that cooperate to jointly serve the users, instead of creating autonomous cells. Such a cell-free network operation can potentially resolve many of the interference issues that appear…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-11 Emil Björnson , Luca Sanguinetti

In this paper, we consider massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems for both downlink and uplink scenarios, where three radio units (RUs) connected via one digital unit (DU) support multiple user equipments (UEs) at the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yeon-Geun Lim , Chan-Byoung Chae , Giuseppe Caire

In wireless communications, the need to cover operation areas, such as seaports, is at the forefront of discussion, especially regarding network capacity provisioning. Radio network planning typically involves determining the number of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-26 Paulo Furtado Correia , Andre Coelho , Manuel Ricardo