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Next-generation wireless networks (6G) face a critical uplink challenge arising from stringent device-side resource constraints and the growing demand for intelligence services. This article introduces InferCom, an inference-driven…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-10 Chunmei Xu , Zhi Ding , Yi Ma , Rahim Tafazolli , Peiying Zhu

Emerged as a promising solution for future wireless communication systems, intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is capable of reconfiguring the wireless propagation environment by adjusting the phase-shift of a large number of reflecting…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-02-06 Hongguang Sun , Zelun Zhao , Hu Cheng , Jiangbin Lyu , Xijun Wang , Yan Zhang , Tony Q. S. Quek

A central use case for the Internet of Things (IoT) is the adoption of sensors to monitor physical processes, such as the environment and industrial manufacturing processes, where they provide data for predictive maintenance, anomaly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-13 Anders E. Kalør , Daniel Michelsanti , Federico Chiariotti , Zheng-Hua Tan , Petar Popovski

In this paper, we investigate and analyze energy recycling for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless-powered communication network. As opposed to the existing works where the energy harvested by Internet of things (IoT)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-28 Hao Xie , Bowen Gu , Dong Li , Zhi Lin , Yongjun Xu

We consider a MIMO fading broadcast channel where channel state information is acquired at user terminals via downlink training and channel feedback is used to provide transmitter channel state information (CSIT) to the base station. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Mari Kobayashi , Nihar Jindal , Giuseppe Caire

The optimal design of the energy-efficient multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) aided uplink ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) system is an important but unsolved problem. For such a system, we propose a novel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Linlin Zhao , Shaoshi Yang , Xuefen Chi , Wanzhong Chen , Shaodan Ma

To combat the detrimental effects of the variability in wireless channels, we consider cross-layer rate adaptation based on limited feedback. In particular, based on limited feedback in the form of link-layer acknowledgements (ACK) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-11-21 C. Emre Koksal , Philip Schniter

Recent advances in wireless communication and solid-state circuits together with the enormous demands of sensing ability have given rise to a new enabling technology, integrated sensing and communications (ISAC). The ISAC captures two main…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-14 Yuanhao Cui , Fan Liu , Xiaojun Jing , Junsheng Mu

An expansion of Internet of Things (IoTs) has led to significant challenges in wireless data harvesting, dissemination, and energy management due to the massive volumes of data generated by IoT devices. These challenges are exacerbated by…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Yangning Li , Hui Kang , Jiahui Li , Geng Sun , Zemin Sun , Jiacheng Wang , Changyuan Zhao , Dusit Niyato

Internet-of-Things (IoT) technology is envisioned to enable a variety of real-time applications by interconnecting billions of sensors/devices deployed to observe some random physical processes. These IoT devices rely on low-power wide-area…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-06 G. Sreya , S. Saigadha , Praful D. Mankar , Goutam Das , Harpreet S. Dhillon

The Internet of Things (IoT) is large-scale by nature, which is manifested by the massive number of connected devices as well as their vast spatial existence. Cellular networks, which provide ubiquitous, reliable, and efficient wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-28 Mohammad Gharbieh , Hesham ElSawy , Ahmed Bader , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Cellular Internet of Things (IoT) is considered as de facto paradigm to improve the communication and computation systems. Cellular IoT connects massive number of physical and virtual objects to the Internet using cellular networks. The…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Amin Shahraki , Mahmoud Abbasi , Md. Jalil Piran , Amir Taherkordi

Low-altitude uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become integral enablers for the Internet of Things (IoT) by offering enhanced coverage, improved connectivity and access to remote areas. A critical challenge limiting their operational…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Chengzhen Li , Likun Zhang , Chuang Zhang , Jiahui Li , Changyuan Zhao , Ruichen Zhang , Geng Sun

Broadcast MIMO techniques can significantly increase the throughput in the downlink of cellular networks, at the price of channel state information (CSI) feedback from the mobiles, sent over the uplink. Thus, it creates a mechanism that can…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Itsik Bergel , Yona Perets , Shlomo Shamai

With the rapid growth of IoT networks, ubiquitous coverage is becoming increasingly necessary. Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations for IoT have been proposed to provide coverage to regions where terrestrial systems cannot.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Kosta Dakic , Bassel Al Homssi , Sumeet Walia , Akram Al-Hourani

To provide Uplink Centric Broadband Communication (UCBC), New Radio Unlicensed (NR-U) network has been standardized to exploit the unlicensed spectrum using Listen Before Talk (LBT) scheme to fairly coexist with the incumbent Wireless…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-20 Hui Zhou , Yansha Deng

The booming of Internet-of-Things (IoT) is expected to provide more intelligent and reliable communication services for higher network coverage, massive connectivity, and low-cost solutions for 6G services. However, frequent charging and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-06 Ticao Zhang , Dennis Hui , Mehrnaz Afshang , Mohammad Mozaffari

We consider a novel ultra-narrowband (UNB) low-power wide-area network (LPWAN) architecture design for uplink transmission of a massive number of Internet of Things (IoT) devices over multiple multiplexing bands. An IoT device can randomly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-15 Enes Krijestorac , Ghaith Hattab , Petar Popovski , Danijela Cabric

Load balancing by proactively offloading users onto small and otherwise lightly-loaded cells is critical for tapping the potential of dense heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs). Offloading has mostly been studied for the downlink, where…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-25 Sarabjot Singh , Xinchen Zhang , Jeffrey G. Andrews

We study the multi-message broadcast problem using abstract MAC layer models of wireless networks. These models capture the key guarantees of existing MAC layers while abstracting away low-level details such as signal propagation and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2014-05-08 Mohsen Ghaffari , Erez Kantor , Nancy Lynch , Calvin Newport