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Flexible intelligent metasurface (FIM) has recently received considerable interest due to its advantage in realizing a better channel condition by dynamically morphing its surface shape. An FIM consists of multiple elements deposited on a…

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Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (mMIMO) networks enhance coverage and spectral efficiency (SE) by distributing antennas across access points (APs) with phase coherence between APs. However, the use of cost-efficient local…

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Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMAs) are emerging as a promising technology to enable energy-efficient, large array-based multi-antenna systems. This paper presents a simple channel estimation scheme for the downlink of a multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-17 Amarilton L. Magalhães , Fazal E-Asim , André L. F. de Almeida , A. Lee Swindlehurst

We consider the problem of pilot-aided, uplink channel estimation in a distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) architecture, in which the access points are connected to a central processing unit via fiber-optical fronthaul…

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We propose adjustable phase shift pilots (APSPs) for channel acquisition in wideband massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems employing orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) to reduce the pilot overhead. Based on a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-23 Li You , Xiqi Gao , A. Lee Swindlehurst , Wen Zhong

Channel estimation and precoding in hybrid analog-digital millimeter-wave (mmWave) MIMO systems is a fundamental problem that has yet to be addressed, before any of the promised gains can be harnessed. For that matter, we propose a method…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-28 Hadi Ghauch , Taejoon Kim , Mats Bengtsson , Mikael Skoglund

With the increasing scale of antenna arrays in wideband millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications, the physical propagation delays of electromagnetic waves traveling across the whole array will become large and comparable to the time-domain…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-08 Bolei Wang , Mengnan Jian , Feifei Gao , Geoffrey Ye Li , Shi Jin , Hai Lin

Herein, an atomic norm based method for accurately estimating the location and orientation of a target from millimeter-wave multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals is presented. A novel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-12 Jianxiu Li , Maxime Ferreira Da Costa , Urbashi Mitra

Performing link adaptation in a multiantenna and multiuser system is challenging because of the coupling between precoding, user selection, spatial mode selection and use of limited feedback about the channel. The problem is exacerbated by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-23 Alberto Rico-Alvarino , Robert W. Heath

Hybrid precoding is a key ingredient of cost-effective massive multiple-input multiple-output transceivers. However, setting jointly digital and analog precoders to optimally serve multiple users is a difficult optimization problem.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-04 Nay Klaimi , Amira Bedoui , Clément Elvira , Philippe Mary , Luc Le Magoarou

Accurate multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel estimation is critical for next-generation wireless systems, enabling enhanced communication and sensing performance. Traditional model-based channel estimation methods suffer, however,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-02 Seyed Alireza Javid , Nuria González-Prelcic

In this work, the uplink channel estimation problem is considered for a millimeter wave (mmWave) multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system. It is well known that pilot overhead and computation complexity in estimating the channel increases…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-07 Rakesh Mundlamuri , Rajeev Gangula , Christo Kurisummoottil Thomas , Florian Kaltenberger , Walid Saad

In this paper, we propose a feedback-efficient hybrid precoding framework for wideband millimeter-wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) systems. To mitigate the high cost of…

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Millimeter Wave (mmWave) massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems realizing directive beamforming require reliable estimation of the wireless propagation channel. However, mmWave channels are characterized by high variability…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-07 Evangelos Vlachos , George C. Alexandropoulos , John Thompson

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) can improve the overall system performance significantly. Massive MIMO systems, however, may require a large number of radio frequency (RF) chains that could cause high cost and power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Hwanjin Kim , Junil Choi

We consider channel estimation for an uplink massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where the base station (BS) uses an array with low-resolution (1-2 bit) analog-to-digital converters and a spatial Sigma-Delta…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-15 Shilpa Rao , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Hessam Pirzadeh , Josef A. Nossek , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Classical linear statistical models, like the first-order auto-regressive (AR) model, are commonly used as channel model in high-mobility scenarios. However, compared to sub-6G, the effect of Doppler frequency shifts is more significant at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Ruizhe Wang , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Gui Zhou , Ruisong Weng , Jiangzhou Wang

How to reduce the pilot overhead required for channel estimation? How to deal with the channel dynamic changes and error propagation in channel prediction? To jointly address these two critical issues in next-generation transceiver design,…

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In this paper, we investigate channel estimation techniques for 5G multicarrier systems. Due to the characteristics of the 5G application scenarios, channel estimation techniques have been tested in Orthogonal Frequency Division…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 J. Dias , R. C. de Lamare , Y. Zakharov

Distributed phased arrays based multiple-input multiple-output (DPA-MIMO) is a newly introduced architecture that enables both spatial multiplexing and beamforming while facilitating highly reconfigurable hardware implementation in…

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