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With the rapid development of Internet of Things (IoT), massive machine-type communication has become a promising application scenario, where a large number of devices transmit sporadically to a base station (BS). Reconfigurable intelligent…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Shuhao Xia , Yuanming Shi , Yong Zhou , Xiaojun Yuan

We consider Internet of Things (IoT) organized on the principles of cell-free massive MIMO. Since the number of things is very large, orthogonal pilots cannot be assigned to all of them even if the things are stationary. This results in an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-19 Shilpa Rao , Alexei Ashikhmin , Hong Yang

Energy-aware system design is an important optimization task for static and mobile Internet of Things (IoT)-based sensor nodes, especially for highly resource-constrained vehicles such as mobile robotic systems. For 4G/5G-based cellular…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-20 Robert Falkenberg , Benjamin Sliwa , Nico Piatkowski , Christian Wietfeld

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have been recently considered as one of the emerging technologies for future communication systems by leveraging the tuning capabilities of their reflecting elements. In this paper, we investigate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-27 Dick Carrillo Melgarejo , Charalampos Kalalas , Arthur Sousa de Sena , Pedro H. J. Nardelli

Uplink sensing in integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) systems, such as Perceptive Mobile Networks, is challenging due to the clock asynchronism between transmitter and receiver. Existing solutions typically require the presence of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-18 Yanmo Hu , J. Andrew Zhang , Weibo Deng , Y. Jay Guo

Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) play a pivotal role in ensuring seamless connectivity for Internet of Things (IoT) devices, particularly in scenarios where conventional terrestrial networks are constrained or temporarily unavailable.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Xiao Fan , Wenkun Wen , Peiran Wu , Junhui Zhao , Minghua Xia

Scheduling updates from remote sensors is a key task for the internet of things (IoT). In this context, the mathematical concept of age of information is often used to capture the freshness of received data. This is, in turn, relevant to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-31 Andrea Munari , Leonardo Badia

Many Internet of Things (IoT) networks with Radio Frequency (RF) powered devices operate over a shared medium. They thus require a channel access protocol. Unlike conventional networks where devices have unlimited energy, in an RF-powered…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Hang Yu , Lei Zhang , Yiwei Li , Kwan-Wu Chin , Changlin Yang

While synthetic aperture radar is widely adopted to provide high-resolution imaging at long distances using small arrays, the concept of coherent synthetic aperture communication (SAC) has not yet been explored. This article introduces the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-17 Lucas Giroto , Marcus Henninger , Silvio Mandelli

The 4G/5G paradigm offers User Equipment (UE) simultaneous connectivity to a plurality of wireless Access Points (APs). We consider a UE communicating with its destination through multiple uplinks operating on orthogonal wireless channels…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Syed Amaar Ahmad

This paper introduces a new mathematical framework, which is used to derive joint uplink/downlink achievable rate regions for multi-user spatial multiplexing between one base station and multiple terminals. The framework consists of two…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2010-02-03 Patrick Marsch , Peter Rost , Gerhard Fettweis

As next-generation Internet of Things (NG-IoT) networks continue to grow, the number of connected devices is rapidly increasing, along with their energy demands, creating challenges for resource management and sustainability.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-26 Abdullahi Isa Ahmed , Jamal Bentahar , El Mehdi Amhoud

To improve sustainability, Internet-of-Things (IoT) is increasingly adopting battery-free devices powered by ambient energy scavenged from the environment. The unpredictable availability of ambient energy leads to device intermittency,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Gaosheng Liu , Kasım Sinan Yıldırım , Lin Wang

It has become very essential to address the limited spectrum capacity and their efficient utilization to support the increasing number of Internet of Things devices. When it comes to medical infrastructure, it becomes very imperative for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-22 Ashiqur Rahman Rahul , Saifur Rahman Sabuj , Majumder Fazle Haider , Shakil Ahmed

This paper seeks to determine the most efficient uplink technique for cell-free massive MIMO systems. Despite offering great advances, existing works suffer from fragmented methodologies and inconsistent assumptions (e.g., single- vs.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a key paradigm for next-generation wireless systems, which allows wireless resources to be used for data transmission and target sensing simultaneously. In this paper, multi-user…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-19 Ling He , Vaibhav Kumar , Roberto Bomfin , Yingyang Chen , Miaowen Wen , Marwa Chafii

Nowadays, all sectors utilize devices that are part of the Internet of Things (IoT) for the purpose of connecting and exchanging information with other devices and systems over the Internet. This increases the diversity of devices and their…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Fatma Hmissi , Sofiane Ouni

One of the main challenges in IoT is providing communication support to an increasing number of connected devices. In recent years, narrowband radio technology has emerged to address this situation: Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT),…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-12-25 Emmanuel Luján , Juan A. Zuloaga Mellino , Alejandro D. Otero , Leonardo Rey Vega , Cecilia G. Galarza , Esteban E. Mocskos

The main building block of Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem is providing low-cost scalable connectivity for the radio/compute-constrained devices. This connectivity could be realized over the licensed spectrum like Narrowband-IoT (NBIoT)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-31 Amin Azari , Meysam Masoudi

Energy efficiency has emerged as a defining constraint in the evolution of sustainable Internet of Things (IoT) networks. This work moves beyond simulation-based or device-centric studies to deliver measurement-driven, network-level smart…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-14 Mohammud J. Bocus , Senhui Qiu , Robert J. Piechocki , Kerstin Eder