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20202026
most citedCell-Free Integrated Sensing and Communication

4 citations · 12 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

eess.SP2026

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Cognitive Radio Networks: Design, Optimization, and Emerging Trends

Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura, Ranga Kulathunga +1

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) enable programmable wireless propagation environments, offering new opportunities for cognitive radio networks (CRNs) to improve spectrum…

eess.SP2026★ 4 cited

Cell-Free Integrated Sensing and Communication

Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura

Cell-free (CF) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) merges the CF architecture with ISAC functionalities. CF-ISAC leverages distributed access points, removes cell boundarie…

eess.SP2026

Set Transformer-Based Beamforming Design for Cell-Free Integrated Sensing and Communication

Ranga Kulathunga, Diluka Galappaththige, Gayan Aruma Baduge +1

Existing cell-free integrated sensing and communication (CF-ISAC) beamforming algorithms predominantly rely on classical optimization techniques, which often entail high computatio…

eess.SP2025

Wideband Cognitive Radio for Joint Communication and Sensing: Optimization of Subcarrier Allocation and beamforming

Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura

As data traffic grows, wireless systems shift to higher frequency bands (6 GHz and above), where radar systems also operate. This coexistence demands effective interference managem…

eess.SP2025

Cell-Free Integrated Sensing and Communication: Principles, Advances, and Future Directions

Diluka Galappaththige, Mohammadali Mohammadi, Gayan Aruma Baduge +1

Cell-free (CF) integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) combines CF architecture with ISAC. CF employs distributed access points, eliminates cell boundaries, and enhances covera…

eess.SP2025

Low-Complexity Multi-Target Detection in ELAA ISAC

Diluka Galappaththige, Shayan Zargari, Chintha Tellambura +1

Multi-target detection and communication with extremely large-scale antenna arrays (ELAAs) operating at high frequencies necessitate generating multiple beams. However, conventiona…

eess.SP2024★ 1 cited

Cell-Free Full-Duplex Communication -- An Overview

Diluka Galappaththige, Mohammadali Mohammadi, Hien Quoc Ngo +2

Cell-free (CF) architecture and full-duplex (FD) communication are leading candidates for next-generation wireless networks. The CF framework removes cell boundaries in traditional…

eess.SP2024

Downlink Beamforming for Cell-Free ISAC: A Fast Complex Oblique Manifold Approach

Shayan Zargari, Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura +1

Cell-free integrated sensing and communication (CF-ISAC) systems are just emerging as an interesting technique for future communications. Such a system comprises several multiple-a…

eess.SP2024★ 1 cited

Optimization of Rate-Splitting Multiple Access with Integrated Sensing and Backscatter Communication

Diluka Galappaththige, Shayan Zargari, Chintha Tellambura +1

An integrated sensing and backscatter communication (ISABC) system is introduced herein. This system features a full-duplex (FD) base station (BS) that seamlessly merges sensing wi…

cs.IT2024

A Riemannian Manifold Approach to Constrained Resource Allocation in ISAC

Shayan Zargari, Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura +1

This paper introduces a new resource allocation framework for integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems, which are expected to be fundamental aspects of sixth-generation…

eess.SP2023★ 1 cited

Sensing and Backscatter Communication Integration: Realizing Efficiency in Wireless Systems for IoT

Shayan Zargari, Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura

In an era driven by the Internet of Things (IoT) and rapid wireless communication advances, the synergy between sensing and backscatter communication (BackCom) has emerged as a fro…

cs.IT2023★ 1 cited

Cell-Free Bistatic Backscatter Communication: Channel Estimation, Optimization, and Performance Analysis

Diluka Galappaththige, Fatemeh Rezaei, Chintha Tellambura +1

This study introduces and investigates the integration of a cell-free architecture with bistatic backscatter communication (BiBC), referred to as cell-free BiBC or distributed acce…

eess.SP2023★ 1 cited

RIS-Assisted Energy Harvesting Gains for Bistatic Backscatter Networks: Performance Analysis and RIS Phase Optimization

Diluka Galappaththige, Fatemeh Rezaei, Chintha Tellambura +1

Inexpensive tags powered by energy harvesting (EH) can realize green (energy-efficient) Internet of Things (IoT) networks. However, tags are vulnerable to energy insecurities, resu…

eess.SP2023

Time-Spread Pilot-Based Channel Estimation for Backscatter Networks

Fatemeh Rezaei, Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura +1

Current backscatter channel estimators employ an inefficient silent pilot transmission protocol, where tags alternate between silent and active states. To enhance performance, we p…

eess.SP2023

NOMA-Assisted Symbiotic Backscatter: Novel Beamforming Designs Under Imperfect SIC

Fatemeh Rezaei, Diluka Galappaththige, Chintha Tellambura +1

Optimal beamforming designs under imperfect successive interference cancellation (SIC) decoding for a symbiotic network of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) primary users and a…

eess.SP2021

Performance Analysis of IRS-Assisted Cell-Free Communication

Diluka Loku Galappaththige, Dhanushka Kudathanthirige, Gayan Amarasuriya

In this paper, the feasibility of adopting an intelligent reflective surface (IRS) in a cell-free wireless communication system is studied. The received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)…

cs.IT2021

Exploiting Underlay Spectrum Sharing in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems

Diluka Loku Galappaththige, Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge

We investigate the coexistence of underlay spectrum sharing in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. A primary system with geographically distributed pri…

eess.SP2020

Exploiting Cell-Free Massive MIMO for Enabling Simultaneous Wireless Information and Power Transfer

Diluka Loku Galappaththige, Rajan Shrestha, Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge

The performance of simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) in downlink (DL) cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is investigated. Tight appr…

cs.IT2020★ 3 cited

Performance Analysis of Distributed Intelligent Reflective Surfaces for Wireless Communications

Diluka Loku Galappaththige, Dhanushka Kudathanthirige, Gayan Amarasuriya Aruma Baduge

In this paper, a comprehensive performance analysis of a distributed intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs)-aided communication system is presented. First, the optimal signal-to-no…