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Future wireless networks will utilize extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) over high-frequency bands, which, however, produce near-field spherical wavefronts and spatial wideband effects. To exploit and mitigate these, this paper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-09 Jiasi Zhou , Chintha Tellambura

IEEE 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) introduced Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA), which enables simultaneous transmissions through centralized resource allocation. However, effective uplink scheduling requires the Access Point (AP)…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Douglas Dziedzorm Agbeve , Andrey Belogaev , Chris Blondia , Jeroen Famaey

Beam selection for joint transmission in cell-free massive multi-input multi-output systems faces the problem of extremely high training overhead and computational complexity. The traffic-aware quality of service additionally complicates…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-09-21 Chenyang Wang , Cheng Zhang , Fan Meng , Yongming Huang , Wei Zhang

The use of unlicensed spectrum for cellular systems to mitigate spectrum scarcity has led to the development of intelligent adaptive approaches to spectrum access that improve upon traditional carrier sensing and listen-before-talk methods.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-13 Akash Doshi , Jeffrey G. Andrews

In this paper, we initiate the study of rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) for a mono-static integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where the dual-functional base station (BS) simultaneously communicates with multiple users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Kexin Chen , Yijie Mao , Longfei Yin , Chengcheng Xu , Yang Huang

Fifth generation (5G) wireless networks are expected to support very diverse applications and terminals. Massive connectivity with a large number of devices is an important requirement for 5G networks. Current LTE system is not able to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-23 Kelvin Au , Liqing Zhang , Hosein Nikopour , Eric Yi , Alireza Bayesteh , Usa Vilaipornsawai , Jianglei Ma , Peiying Zhu

Multiple access communication systems enable numerous users to share common communication resources, playing a crucial role in wireless networks. With the emergence of the sixth generation (6G) and beyond communication networks, supporting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Mert Ozates , Mohammad Javad Ahmadi , Mohammad Kazemi , Deniz Gündüz , Tolga M. Duman

This paper investigates the multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) massive unsourced random access in an asynchronous orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, with both timing and frequency offsets (TFO) and non-negligible…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-21 Tianya Li , Yongpeng Wu , Wenjun Zhang , Xiang-Gen Xia , Chengshan Xiao

Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) has emerged as a promising technique for efficient interference management in next-generation wireless networks. While most existing studies focus on downlink and single-cell designs, the modeling and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-25 Xinyi Guo , Li You , Qiong Liu , Xiqi Gao , Xiang-Gen Xia

In a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) network, multiple access points (APs) actively cooperate to serve users' equipment (UEs). We consider how the random access (RA) problem can be addressed by such a network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Victor Croisfelt , Taufik Abrão , José Carlos Marinello

This paper elaborates on Conditional Handover (CHO) modelling, aimed at maximizing the use of contention free random access (CFRA) during mobility. This is a desirable behavior as CFRA increases the chance of fast and successful handover.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Jedrzej Stanczak , Umur Karabulut , Ahmad Awada

In this paper, we investigate a joint device activity detection (DAD), channel estimation (CE), and data decoding (DD) algorithm for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) massive unsourced random access (URA). Different from the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Tianya Li , Yongpeng Wu , Mengfan Zheng , Wenjun Zhang , Chengwen Xing , Jianping An , Xiang-Gen Xia , Chengshan Xiao

Most existing studies on joint activity detection and channel estimation for grant-free massive random access (RA) systems assume perfect synchronization among all active users, which is hard to achieve in practice. Therefore, this paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-23 Xinyu Bian , Yuyi Mao , Jun Zhang

Co-channel interference poses a challenge in any wireless communication network where the time-frequency resources are reused over different geographical areas. The interference is particularly diverse in cell-free massive multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-19 Mahmoud Zaher , Emil Björnson , Marina Petrova

This work presents a novel framework for random access in crowded scenarios of multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO) systems. A multi-antenna base station (BS) and multiple single-antenna users are considered in these systems. A huge portion…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-27 Abolghasem Afshar , Vahid Tabataba Vakili , Sajad Daei

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

Supporting massive device transmission is challenging in Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communications. Particularly, in event-driven M2M communications, a large number of devices activate within a short period of time, which in turn causes high…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-08-16 Huasen Wu , Chenxi Zhu , Richard J. La , Xin Liu , Youguang Zhang

In the 6G Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm, unprecedented challenges will be raised to provide massive connectivity, ultra-low latency, and energy efficiency for ultra-dense IoT devices. To address these challenges, we explore the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-17 Haibo Wang , Hongwei Gao , Pai Jiang , Matthieu De Mari , Panzer Gu , Yinsheng Liu

This paper presents a new approach to intra-cell pilot contamination in crowded massive MIMO scenarios. The approach relies on two essential properties of a massive MIMO system, namely near-orthogonality between user channels and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-22 Jesper H. Sørensen , Elisabeth de Carvalho , Petar Popovski

The strength of carrier-sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) can be combined with that of time-division multiple access (TDMA) to enhance the channel access performance in wireless networks such as the IEEE…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Bharat Shrestha , Ekram Hossain , Kae Won Choi