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20152020
most citedMulti-Cell Multiuser Massive MIMO Networks: User Capacity Analysis and Pilot Design

46 citations · 178 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

cs.IT2020★ 19 cited

Max-Min Power Control in Downlink Massive MIMO with Distributed Antenna Arrays

Noman Akbar, Emil Bjornson, Nan Yang +1

In this paper, we investigate optimal downlink power allocation in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks with distributed antenna arrays (DAAs) under correlated an…

cs.SD2020★ 6 cited

A Novel Method for Obtaining Diffuse Field Measurements for Microphone Calibration

Noman Akbar, Glenn Dickins, Mark R. P. Thomas +2

We propose a straightforward and cost-effective method to perform diffuse soundfield measurements for calibrating the magnitude response of a microphone array. Typically, such cali…

cs.IT2020★ 24 cited

On the Pilot Contamination Attack in Multi-Cell Multiuser Massive MIMO Networks

Noman Akbar, Shihao Yan, Asad Masood Khattak +1

In this paper, we analyze pilot contamination (PC) attacks on a multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network with correlated pilots. We obtain correlated pilots…

cs.IT2018★ 36 cited

Location-Aware Pilot Allocation in Multi-Cell Multi-User Massive MIMO Networks

Noman Akbar, Shihao Yan, Nan Yang +1

We propose a location-aware pilot allocation algorithm for a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network with high-mobility users, where the wireless channels are subject…

cs.IT2018★ 17 cited

Downlink Power Control in Massive MIMO Networks with Distributed Antenna Arrays

Noman Akbar, Emil Björnson, Erik G. Larsson +1

In this paper, we investigate downlink power control in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks with distributed antenna arrays. The base station (BS) in each cell c…

cs.IT2017★ 1 cited

Active Attack on User Load Achieving Pilot Design in Massive MIMO Networks

Noman Akbar, Shihao Yan

In this paper, we propose an active attacking strategy on a massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network, where the pilot sequences are obtained using the user load-achiev…

cs.IT2016★ 23 cited

Mitigating Pilot Contamination Through Location-Aware Pilot Assignment in Massive MIMO Networks

Noman Akbar, Shihao Yan, Nan Yang +1

We propose a novel location-aware pilot assignment scheme to mitigate pilot contamination in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks, where the channels are subjecte…

cs.IT2016★ 6 cited

User Load Analysis and Pilot Sequence Design for Multi-Cell Massive MIMO Networks

Noman Akbar, Nan Yang, Parastoo Sadeghi +1

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. T…

cs.IT2015★ 46 cited

Multi-Cell Multiuser Massive MIMO Networks: User Capacity Analysis and Pilot Design

Noman Akbar, Nan Yang, Parastoo Sadeghi +1

We propose a novel pilot sequence design to mitigate pilot contamination in multi-cell multiuser massive multiple-input multiple-output networks. Our proposed design generates pilo…