A review of energy efficiency and power control schemes in ultra-dense cell-free massive MIMO systems for sustainable 6G wireless communication

AL Imoize, HI Obakhena, FI Anyasi, SN Sur - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The traditional multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems cannot provide very high
Spectral Efficiency (SE), Energy Efficiency (EE), and link reliability, which are critical to …

Foundations of user-centric cell-free massive MIMO

ÖT Demir, E Björnson… - Foundations and Trends …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
Imagine a coverage area where each mobile device is communicating with a preferred set of
wireless access points (among many) that are selected based on its needs and cooperate to …

Learning-based downlink power allocation in cell-free massive MIMO systems

M Zaher, ÖT Demir, E Björnson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system that
consists of a large number of geographically distributed access points (APs) serving multiple …

Generalized superimposed training scheme in IRS-assisted cell-free massive MIMO systems

N Garg, H Ge, T Ratnarajah - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, for a cell-free massive multi-input multi-output (MIMO) system assisted with
intelligent reflective surface (IRS) panels, a generalized superimposed pilot (GSP) training …

Next-Generation Multiple Access With Cell-Free Massive MIMO

M Mohammadi, Z Mobini, HQ Ngo… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To meet the unprecedented mobile traffic demands of future wireless networks, a paradigm
shift from conventional cellular networks to distributed communication systems is imperative …

Joint cooperative clustering and power control for energy-efficient cell-free XL-MIMO with multi-agent reinforcement learning

Z Liu, J Zhang, Z Liu, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the amalgamation of cell-free (CF) and extremely large-scale
multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) technologies, referred to as a CF XL-MIMO, as a …

Double-layer power control for mobile cell-free XL-MIMO with multi-agent reinforcement learning

Z Liu, J Zhang, Z Liu, H Xiao, B Ai - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cell-free (CF) extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is regarded as
a promising technology for enabling future wireless communication systems. Significant …

Soft handover procedures in mmWave cell-free massive MIMO networks

M Zaher, E Björnson, M Petrova - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers a mmWave cell-free massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output)
network composed of a large number of geographically distributed access points (APs) …

Joint user association and power control for cell-free massive MIMO

C Hao, TT Vu, HQ Ngo, MN Dao, X Dang… - IEEE Internet of …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work proposes novel approaches that jointly design user equipment (UE) association
and power control (PC) in a downlink user-centric CELL-FREE massive multiple-input …

On the energy efficiency of cell-free systems with limited fronthauls: Is coherent transmission always the best alternative?

RP Antonioli, IM Braga, G Fodor… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Existing works concluded that coherent transmission outperforms non-coherent transmission
in the downlink of cell-free systems when the fronthaul links have unlimited capacity. Since …