Distributed Resource Allocation Optimization for User-Centric Cell-Free MIMO Networks

User-Centric 5G Cellular Networks: Resource Allocation and Comparison with the Cell-Free Massive MIMO Approach

Recently, the so-called cell-free (CF) Massive MIMO architecture has been introduced, wherein a very large number of distributed access points (APs) simultaneously and jointly serve a much smaller number of mobile stations (MSs). The paper extends the CF approach to the case in which both the APs and the MSs are equipped with multiple antennas, proposing a beamfoming scheme that, relying on the...

Resource Allocation for Distributed MIMO Multi-hop Wireless Networks

Distributed MIMO technology has gained significant attention in industry and academia recently, due to its ability to increase capacity drastically and its inherent attribute of scalability for wireless mesh networks. In this paper we briefly overview the concept of distributed MIMO and investigate the end-to-end ergodic channel capacity of a distributed MIMO multi-hop network. By formulating t...

Resource Allocation for Wireless Networks: A Distributed Optimization Approach

Performance Analysis of User-Centric Network Selection and Network-Centric Resource Allocation Approaches in Wireless Networks

The possible leveraging of high deployment costs, and the possibility to increase revenue have also introduced the concept of network sharing between different operators. On the other hand, the realization of a user-centric paradigm in future heterogeneous wireless networks, which implies free and automatic choice among different available wireless and mobile access networks, will revolutionize...

Resource Allocation in Sensor Networks Using Distributed Constraint Optimization

Several algorithms have been proposed for solving constraint satisfaction and the more general constraint optimization problem in a distributed manner. In this paper we apply two such algorithms to the task of dynamic resource allocation in the sensor network domain using appropriate abstractions. The aim is to effectively track multiple targets by making the sensors coordinate with each other ...