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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

In this work, we consider the target detection problem in a multistatic integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) scenario characterized by the cell-free MIMO communication network deployment, where multiple radio units (RUs) in the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Tianyu Yang , Shuangyang Li , Yi Song , Kangda Zhi , Giuseppe Caire

Ubiquitous cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) combines massive MIMO technology and user-centric transmission in a distributed architecture. All the access points (APs) in the network cooperate to jointly and coherently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-09 Giovanni Interdonato , Pål Frenger , Erik G. Larsson

Spectrum sharing between radars and cellular systems is an emerging area of research. In this paper, we model channel between a seaborne MIMO radar and MIMO cellular system. We model a 2D channel to capture the azimuth aspect of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-17 Awais Khawar , Ahmed Abdelhadi , T. Charles Clancy

The growing presence of unauthorized drones poses significant threats to public safety, underscoring the need for aerial surveillance solutions. This work proposes a cell-free integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) framework enabling…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Zinat Behdad , Ozan Alp Topal , Cicek Cavdar

The concept of mobility prediction represents one of the key enablers for an efficient management of future cellular networks, which tend to be progressively more elaborate and dense due to the aggregation of multiple technologies. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-26 Giulio Siracusano , Aurelio La Corte

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are cellular networks where the base stations (BSs) are equipped with unconventionally many antennas, deployed on co-located or distributed arrays. Huge spatial degrees-of-freedom are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-30 Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Mérouane Debbah

We introduce a unified framework for analyzing utility regions of wireless networks, with a focus on signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) and achievable rate regions. The framework provides valuable insights into interference…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante , Tomasz Piotrowski , Slawomir Stanczak

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

Future cellular networks will support a massive number of devices as a result of emerging technologies such as Internet-of-Things and sensor networks. Enhanced by machine type communication (MTC), low-power low-complex devices in the order…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-18 Kamil Senel , Erik G. Larsson

This paper considers a mobile edge computing-enabled cell-free massive MIMO wireless network. An optimization problem for the joint allocation of uplink powers and remote computational resources is formulated, aimed at minimizing the total…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-17 Giovanni Interdonato , Stefano Buzzi

We study the converse and achievability for the degrees of freedom of the multicellular multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiple access channel (MAC) with constant channel coefficients. We assume L>1 homogeneous cells with K>0 users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-04 Taejoon Kim , David J. Love , Bruno Clerckx

This article discusses the positive impact metro cell antennas with narrow vertical beamwidth and electrical downtilt can have on heterogeneous cellular networks. Using a model of random cell placement based on Poisson distribution, along…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-23 Xiao Li , Robert W. Heath , Kevin Linehan , Ray Butler

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) has emerged as an alternative deployment for conventional cellular massive MIMO networks. Prior works relied on the strong assumption (quite idealized) that the APs are uniformly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Pandelis Kourtessis , Marco Di Renzo , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

Massive access is one of the main use cases of beyond 5G (B5G) wireless networks and massive MIMO is a key technology for supporting it. Prior works studied massive access in the co-located massive MIMO framework. In this paper, we…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-24 Unnikrishnan Kunnath Ganesan , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

This paper presents a fundamental performance analysis of joint location and velocity estimation in a cell-free (CF) MIMO integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system. Unlike prior studies that primarily rely on continuous-time signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Guoqing Xia , Pei Xiao , Qu Luo , Bing Ji , Yue Zhang , Huiyu Zhou

This paper introduces a sensing management method for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Conventional communication systems employ channel estimation procedures…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-09 Eren Berk Kama , Murat Babek Salman , Isaac Skog , Emil Björnson

Sharing radar spectrum with communication systems is an emerging area of research. Deploying commercial wireless communication services in radar bands give wireless operators the much needed additional spectrum to meet the growing bandwidth…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-09 Awais Khawar , Ahmed Abdelhadi , T. Charles Clancy

The quickly increasing data traffic and the user demand for a full coverage of mobile services anywhere and anytime are leading mobile networking into a future of small cell networks. However, due to the high-density and randomness of small…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-04 Van Minh Nguyen , François Baccelli , Laurent Thomas , Chung Shue Chen

The 5th Generation cellular network may have the key feature of smaller cell size and denser resource employment, resulted from diminishing resource and increasing communication demands. However, small cell may result in high interference…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-04-15 Yaoqing Yang , Bo Bai , Wei Chen