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In-band Full-Duplex (FD) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems offer a significant opportunity for Integrated Sensing and Communications (ISAC) due to their capability to realize simultaneous signal transmissions and receptions.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Besma Smida , George C. Alexandropoulos , Taneli Riihonen , Md Atiqul Islam

In this paper, adaptive pilot beam sequence design for channel estimation in large millimeter-wave (mmWave) MIMO systems is considered. By exploiting the sparsity of mmWave MIMO channels with the virtual channel representation and imposing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Junyeong Seo , Youngchul Sung , Gilwon Lee , Donggun Kim

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is an enabling technology for the sixth-generation mobile communications, which equips the wireless communication networks with sensing capabilities. In this paper, we investigate transmit…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-19 Chunwei Meng , Zhiqing Wei , Dingyou Ma , Wanli Ni , Liyan Su , Zhiyong Feng

This paper investigates a bi-static integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system for multi-target scenarios using impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) signals, which offer fine temporal resolution, low power consumption, and strong…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-04 Fan Liu , Tingting Zhang , Zenan Zhang , Bin Cao , Yuan Shen , Qinyu Zhang

We propose a novel algorithm to design user load-achieving pilot sequences that mitigate pilot contamination in multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks. To this end, we first derive expressions for the user load…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Noman Akbar , Nan Yang , Parastoo Sadeghi , Rodney A. Kennedy

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in the near-field regime offers the potential to jointly support high-rate downlink transmission and high-resolution multi-target detection by exploiting the spherical-wave nature of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-10 Hang Ruan , Homa Nikbakht , Ruizhi Zhang , Honglei Chen , Yonina C. Eldar

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is one of the key usage scenarios for future sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks, where communication and sensing (C&S) services are simultaneously provided through shared wireless…

The precoding in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology relies on accurate knowledge of channel responses between users (UEs) and access points (APs). Obtaining high-quality channel estimates in turn requires the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Giovanni Interdonato , Pål Frenger , Erik G. Larsson

A common approach to obtain channel state information for massive MIMO networks is to use the same orthogonal training sequences in each cell. We call this the full-pilot reuse (FPR) scheme. In this paper, we study an alternative approach…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-12 Rusdha Muharar , Jamie Evans

This paper studies integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in the downlink of a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system with multi-static sensing and ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) users. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-19 Zinat Behdad , Özlem Tuğfe Demir , Ki Won Sung , Cicek Cavdar

In this paper, we investigate the performance of an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system within a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. Each access point (AP) operates in the millimeter-wave (mmWave)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-20 Steven Rivetti , Ozlem Tugfe Demir , Emil Bjornson , Mikael Skoglund

In this paper, we consider the problem of spread pilot design and effective channel estimation in multiple-input multiple-output Zak-OTFS (MIMO-Zak-OTFS) with superimposed spread pilots, where data and spread pilot signals are superimposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Abhishek Bairwa , Ananthanarayanan Chockalingam

This paper presents an initial investigation into the combination of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) and massive communication, both of which are largely regarded as key scenarios in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-17 Junyuan Gao , Weifeng Zhu , Shuowen Zhang , Yongpeng Wu , Jiannong Cao , Giuseppe Caire , Liang Liu

A large-scale distributed antenna system that serves the users by coherent joint transmission is called Cell-free Massive MIMO (multiple input multiple output). For a given user set, only a subset of the access points (APs) is likely needed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-27 Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

The superimposed pilot transmission scheme offers substantial potential for improving spectral efficiency in MIMO-OFDM systems, but it presents significant challenges for receiver design due to pilot contamination and data interference. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Xinjie Li , Xingyu Zhou , Yixiao Cao , Jing Zhang , Chao-Kai Wen , Xiao Li , Shi Jin

In this paper, we consider channel estimation problem in the uplink of filter bank multicarrier (FBMC) systems. We propose a pilot structure and a joint multiuser channel estimation method for FBMC. Opposed to the available solutions in the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-17 Hamed Hosseiny , Arman Farhang , Behrouz Farhang-Boroujeny

This paper proposes a novel scheme for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CFmMIMO) networks to support any federated learning (FL) framework. This scheme allows each instead of all the iterations of the FL framework to happen…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-16 Tung T. Vu , Duy T. Ngo , Nguyen H. Tran , Hien Quoc Ngo , Minh N. Dao , Richard H. Middleton

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) is a breakthrough technology for beyond-5G systems, designed to significantly boost the energy and spectral efficiencies of future mobile networks while ensuring a consistent…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-19 Alejandro de la Fuente , Guillem Femenias , Felip Riera-Palou , Giovanni Interdonato

In this paper, we consider a full-duplex (FD) Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system, in which the base station (BS) performs downlink and uplink communications with multiple users while simultaneously sensing multiple targets.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-29 Duc Nguyen Dao , Haibin Zhang , Andre B. J. Kokkeler , Yang Miao

This paper conceives a hybrid beamforming design (HBF) that maximizes the energy efficiency (EE) of an integrated sensing and communication (ISAC)-enabled millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In the system…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-07 Jitendra Singh , Suraj Srivastava , Aditya K. Jagannatham