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We investigate a multi-low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system that simultaneously provides positioning and communication services to terrestrial user terminals. To address the challenges of accurately acquiring channel state information in…

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In this paper, we propose a coordinated pilot design method to minimize the channel estimation mean squared error (MSE) in 1-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO). Under the assumption that…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-14 Hyeongtak Yun , Juntaek Han , Kaiming Shen , Jeonghun Park

Considering a multiple-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel with an eavesdropper, this letter develops a beamformer design to optimize the energy efficiency in terms of secrecy bits per Joule under secrecy quality-of-service…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-19 Nguyen T. Nghia , Hoang D. Tuan , Trung Q. Duong , H. Vincent Poor

This paper designs a novel hybrid (a mixture of analog and digital) beamforming and examines the relation between the hybrid and digital beamformings for downlink multiuser massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems. We assume…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-07-04 Tadilo Endeshaw Bogale , Long Bao Le

Sensor-aided beamforming reduces the overheads associated with beam training in millimeter-wave (mmWave) multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) communication systems. Most prior work, though, neglects the challenges associated with establishing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-17 Kartik Patel , Robert W. Heath

Future wireless communications will rely on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) beamforming operating at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands to deliver high data rates. To support flexible spatial processing and meet the demands of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-23 Faruk Pasic , Mariam Mussbah , Stefan Schwarz , Markus Rupp , Fredrik Tufvesson , Christoph F. Mecklenbräuker

A variety of hybrid analog-digital beamforming architectures have recently been proposed for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems to reduce energy consumption and the cost of implementation. In the analog processing network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-28 Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Kyungchun Lee

To support the high data rates for latency-critical applications, future wireless systems will employ fully digital beamforming multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) architectures at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies. Moreover, mmWave…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-06 Faruk Pasic , Mariam Mussbah , Stefan Schwarz , Markus Rupp , Christoph F. Mecklenbräuker

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) cell-free massive multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems combine the large bandwidths available at mmWave frequencies with the improved coverage of cell-free systems. However, to combat the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-21 Jannik Brun , Victoria Palhares , Gian Marti , Christoph Studer

In this paper, we propose a new beamforming design to maximize energy efficiency (EE) for multiple input single output interfering broadcast channels (IFBC). Under this model, the EE problem is non-convex in general due to the coupled…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-28 Sang-Rim Lee , Jaehoon Jung , Haewook Park , Inkyu Lee

Massive MIMO OFDM waveforms help support a large number of users in the same time-frequency resource and also provide significant array gain for uplink reception in cellular systems. However, channel estimation in such large antenna systems…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-04 P Aswathylakshmi , Radha Krishna Ganti

Accurate channel estimation is essential for reliable communication in sub-THz extremely large (XL) MIMO systems. Deploying XL-MIMO in high-frequency bands not only increases the number of antennas, but also fundamentally alters channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Wen-Xuan Long , Marco Moretti , Michele Morelli , Luca Sanguinetti , Rui Chen

Millimeter wave (mmWave) signals experience orders-of-magnitude more pathloss than the microwave signals currently used in most wireless applications. MmWave systems must therefore leverage large antenna arrays, made possible by the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Omar El Ayach , Sridhar Rajagopal , Shadi Abu-Surra , Zhouyue Pi , Robert W. Heath

Traditional approaches in the analysis of downlink systems decouple the precoding and the channel estimation problems. However, in cellular systems with mobile users, these two problems are in fact tightly coupled. In this paper, this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Jubin Jose , Alexei Ashikhmin , Phil Whiting , Sriram Vishwanath

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are cellular networks where the base stations (BSs) are equipped with unconventionally many antennas. Such large antenna arrays offer huge spatial degrees-of-freedom for transmission…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-20 Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Mérouane Debbah

In this letter, we investigate the channel estimation problem for MIMO wireless communication systems with movable antennas (MAs) at both the transmitter (Tx) and receiver (Rx). To achieve high channel estimation accuracy with low pilot…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-07 Ruoyu Zhang , Lei Cheng , Wei Zhang , Xinrong Guan , Yueming Cai , Wen Wu , Rui Zhang

Inter-satellite-link-enabled low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations are evolving toward networked architectures that support constellation-level cooperation, enabling multiple satellites to jointly serve user terminals through…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-04 Yuchen Zhang , Eva Lagunas , Xue Xian Zheng , Symeon Chatzinotas , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

We derive a fast and optimal algorithm for solving practical weighted max-min SINR problems in cell-free massive MIMO networks. For the first time, the optimization problem jointly covers long-term power control and distributed beamforming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-01 Lorenzo Miretti , Renato Luis Garrido Cavalcante , Slawomir Stanczak

Massive spatial modulation aided multiple-input multiple-output (SM-MIMO) systems have recently been proposed as a novel combination of spatial modulation (SM) and of conventional massive MIMO, where the base station (BS) is equipped with a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-28 Longzhuang He , Jintao Wang , Jian Song , Lajos Hanzo

This paper considers maximizing the network-wide minimum supported rate in the downlink of a two-cell system, where each base station (BS) is endowed with multiple antennas. This is done for different levels of cell cooperation. At one…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-06-14 Randa Zakhour , Stephen V. Hanly