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With the rapid deployments of 5G and 6G networks, accurate modeling of urban radio propagation has become critical for system design and network planning. However, conventional statistical or empirical models fail to fully capture the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-23 Junzhe Song , Ruisi He , Mi Yang , Zhengyu Zhang , Shuaiqi Gao , Xiaoying Zhang , Bo Ai

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising approach for next-generation wireless networks, enabling scalable deployments of multiple small access points (APs) to enhance coverage and service for multiple…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-11 Georgios Mylonopoulos , Giovanni Interdonato , Stefano Buzzi , Pei Liu

In trying to emulate the spatial position of wireless nodes for purpose of analysis, we rely on stochastic simulation. And, it is customary, for mobile systems, to consider a base-station radiation coverage by an ideal cell shape. For…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-06-06 Mouhamed Abdulla , Yousef R. Shayan

As urban air mobility (UAM) emerges as a transformative solution to urban transportation, the demand for robust communication frameworks capable of supporting high-density aerial traffic becomes increasingly critical. An essential area of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-01 Abdullah Abu Zaid , Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) is critical for boosting 6G wireless network capacity. Nevertheless, high dimensional Channel State Information (CSI) acquisition becomes the bottleneck of 6G massive MIMO system. Recently,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-09 Haoyu Wang , Zhi Sun , Shuangfeng Han , Xiaoyun Wang , Shidong Zhou , Zhaocheng Wang

Urban LoRa networks promise to provide a cost-efficient and scalable communication backbone for smart cities. One core challenge in rolling out and operating these networks is radio network planning, i.e., precise predictions about possible…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-17 Michael Rademacher , Hendrik Linka , Thorsten Horstmann , Martin Henze

Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) has emerged as an alternative deployment for conventional cellular massive MIMO networks. Prior works relied on the strong assumption (quite idealized) that the APs are uniformly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Anastasios Papazafeiropoulos , Pandelis Kourtessis , Marco Di Renzo , Symeon Chatzinotas , John M. Senior

Small cells are one of the solutions to face the imperative demand on increasing mobile data traffic. They are low-powered base stations installed close to the users to offer better network services and to deal with increased data traffic.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-07 Amirreza Chobineh , Yuanyuan Huang , Taghrid Mazloum , Emmanuelle Conil , Joe Wiart

Distance-based attenuation is a critical aspect of wireless communications. As opposed to the ubiquitous power-law path loss model, this paper proposes a stretched exponential path loss model that is suitable for short-range communication.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-22 Ahmad AlAmmouri , Jeffrey G. Andrews , François Baccelli

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising technology for next-generation communication systems. This work proposes a novel partially coherent (PC) transmission framework to cope with the challenge of phase…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-04 Unnikrishnan Kunnath Ganesan , Tung Thanh Vu , Erik G. Larsson

Wireless communications rely on path loss modeling, which is most effective when it includes the physical details of the propagation environment. Acquiring this data has historically been challenging, but geographic information systems data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-19 Jonathan Ethier , Mathieu Chateauvert , Ryan G. Dempsey , Alexis Bose

To maximize the benefits of LTE cellular networks, careful and proper planning is needed. This requires the use of accurate propagation models to quantify the path loss required for base station deployment. Deployed LTE networks in Ghana…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-16 James D. Gadze , Kwame A. Agyekum , Stephen J. Nuagah , E. A. Affum

We present AMPLE -- a novel multiple path loss exponent (PLE) radio propagation model that can adapt to different environmental factors. The proposed model aims at accurately predicting path loss with low computational complexity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Lingyou Zhou , Jie Zhang , Jiliang Zhang , Oktay Cetinkaya , Steve Jubb

Cellular communication is a widely used technology in the world where the coverage area is divided into multiple cells. Interference is one of the most important challenges in cellular networks which causes problems by reducing the quality…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-30 Marzieh Arasteh , Narges Yarahmadi Gharaei , Mehrdad Ardebilipour

Cell-free widely distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems utilize radio units spread out over a large geographical area. The radio signal of a user equipment (UE) is coherently detected by a subset of radio units…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-31 David Löschenbrand , Markus Hofer , Laura Bernadó , Stefan Zelenbaba , Thomas Zemen

Co-channel interference poses a challenge in any wireless communication network where the time-frequency resources are reused over different geographical areas. The interference is particularly diverse in cell-free massive multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-19 Mahmoud Zaher , Emil Björnson , Marina Petrova

We study support for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications through a cell-free massive MIMO architecture, wherein a large number of access points (APs) is deployed in place of large co-located massive MIMO arrays. We consider also a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-13 Carmen D'Andrea , Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez , Giovanni Geraci , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , Stefano Buzzi

In this paper we propose a highly efficient and very accurate deep learning method for estimating the propagation pathloss from a point $x$ (transmitter location) to any point $y$ on a planar domain. For applications such as user-cell site…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-23 Ron Levie , Çağkan Yapar , Gitta Kutyniok , Giuseppe Caire

A free-space optical communication system using non-mode-selective photonic lantern (PL) based coherent receiver is studied. Based on the simulation of photon distribution, the power distribution at the single-mode fiber end of the PL is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-25 Bo Zhang , Renzhi Yuan , Jianfeng Sun , Julian Cheng , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

A ubiquitous outdoor localization system that is easy to deploy and works equally well for all mobile devices is highly-desirable. The GPS, despite its high accuracy, cannot be reliably used for this purpose since it is not available on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-30 Rizanne Elbakly , Moustafa Youssef