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20142026
most citedMassive Machine-type Communications in 5G: Physical and MAC-layer solutions

784 citations · 861 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

eess.SP2026

Accuracy of Joint Time-Based and Carrier-Phase Positioning in 5G Networks under Correlated Measurement Errors

Nahidul Islam, Mohammad Razzaghpour, Marwan Hammouda +2

High-accuracy positioning is critical for emerging applications such as autonomous driving, industrial automation, augmented reality, and smart cities. 3GPP Release 18 introduced c…

eess.SP2026

Optimized Sampling of Angle-Resolved Scatterometry Data Using End-to-End Compressed Learning Model for Nanograss Deficiency Detection

Mehdi Abdollahpour, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

Reliable inspection of nanosurfaces is essential to ensure the quality of nanostructure manufacturing. Angle-resolved scatterometry provides a non-invasive inspection method that c…

eess.SP2025

Model-Free Robust Beamforming in Satellite Downlink using Reinforcement Learning

Alea Schröder, Steffen Gracla, Carsten Bockelmann +2

Satellite-based communications are expected to be a substantial future market in 6G networks. As satellite constellations grow denser and transmission resources remain limited, fre…

eess.SP2025

Semantic Communication for Task Execution and Data Reconstruction in Multi-View Scenarios

Maximilian H. V. Tillmann, Avinash Kankari, Carsten Bockelmann +1

Semantic communication has gained significant attention with the advances in machine learning. Most semantic communication works focus on either task execution or data reconstructi…

eess.SP2025

Compressed Learning for Nanosurface Deficiency Recognition Using Angle-resolved Scatterometry Data

Mehdi Abdollahpour, Carsten Bockelmann, Tajim Md Hasibur Rahman +2

Nanoscale manufacturing requires high-precision surface inspection to guarantee the quality of the produced nanostructures. For production environments, angle-resolved scatterometr…

eess.SP2025

CQI-Based Interference Prediction for Link Adaptation in Industrial Sub-networks

Pramesh Gautam, Ravi Sharan Bhagavathula, Paolo Baracca +3

We propose a novel interference prediction scheme to improve link adaptation (LA) in densely deployed industrial sub-networks (SNs) with high-reliability and low-latency communicat…

eess.SP2025

Extreme Value Theory-based Distributed Interference Prediction for 6G Industrial Sub-networks

Pramesh Gautam, Sushmita Sapkota, Carsten Bockelmann +2

Interference prediction that accounts for extreme and rare events remains a key challenge for ultra-densely deployed sub-networks (SNs) requiring hyper-reliable low-latency communi…

eess.SP2025

Semantic Communication for Cooperative Multi-Tasking over Rate-Limited Wireless Channels with Implicit Optimal Prior

Ahmad Halimi Razlighi, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

In this work, we expand the cooperative multi-task semantic communication framework (CMT-SemCom) introduced in [1], which divides the semantic encoder on the transmitter side into…

cs.IT2024

Dynamic Interference Prediction for In-X 6G Sub-networks

Pramesh Gautam, Ravi Sharan Bhagavathula, Paolo Baracca +3

The sixth generation (6G) industrial Sub-networks (SNs) face several challenges in meeting extreme latency and reliability requirements in the order of 0.1-1 ms and 99.999 -to-99.9…

eess.SP2024

Cooperative and Collaborative Multi-Task Semantic Communication for Distributed Sources

Ahmad Halimi Razlighi, Maximilian H. V. Tillmann, Edgar Beck +2

In this paper, we explore a multi-task semantic communication (SemCom) system for distributed sources, extending the existing focus on collaborative single-task execution. We build…

eess.SP2024

Throughput Requirements for RAN Functional Splits in 3D-Networks

MohammadAmin Vakilifard, Tim Düe, Mohammad Rihan +4

The rapid growth of non-terrestrial communication necessitates its integration with existing terrestrial networks, as highlighted in 3GPP Releases 16 and 17. This paper analyses th…

eess.SP2024

Instantaneous Bandwidth Estimation from Level-Crossing Samples via LSTM-based Encoder-Decoder Architecture

Johannes Königs, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

This paper presents an approach for instantaneous bandwidth estimation from level-crossing (LC) samples using a long short-term memory (LSTM) encoder-decoder architecture. LC sampl…

eess.SP2024★ 11 cited

Semantic Communication for Cooperative Multi-Task Processing over Wireless Networks

Ahmad Halimi Razlighi, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

In this paper, we investigated semantic communication for multi-task processing using an information-theoretic approach. We introduced the concept of a "semantic source", allowing…

eess.SP2024

Flexible Robust Beamforming for Multibeam Satellite Downlink using Reinforcement Learning

Alea Schröder, Steffen Gracla, Maik Röper +3

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite-to-handheld connections herald a new era in satellite communications. Space-Division Multiple Access (SDMA) precoding is a method that mitigates int…

eess.SP2023★ 5 cited

Model-free Reinforcement Learning of Semantic Communication by Stochastic Policy Gradient

Edgar Beck, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

Following the recent success of Machine Learning tools in wireless communications, the idea of semantic communication by Weaver from 1949 has gained attention. It breaks with Shann…

cs.LG2023

A Multi-Task Approach to Robust Deep Reinforcement Learning for Resource Allocation

Steffen Gracla, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

With increasing complexity of modern communication systems, machine learning algorithms have become a focal point of research. However, performance demands have tightened in parall…

cs.LG2023

On the Importance of Exploration for Real Life Learned Algorithms

Steffen Gracla, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

The quality of data driven learning algorithms scales significantly with the quality of data available. One of the most straight-forward ways to generate good data is to sample or…

cs.LG2023

Robust Deep Reinforcement Learning Scheduling via Weight Anchoring

Steffen Gracla, Edgar Beck, Carsten Bockelmann +1

Questions remain on the robustness of data-driven learning methods when crossing the gap from simulation to reality. We utilize weight anchoring, a method known from continual lear…

eess.SY2023

Learning Resource Scheduling with High Priority Users using Deep Deterministic Policy Gradients

Steffen Gracla, Edgar Beck, Carsten Bockelmann +1

Advances in mobile communication capabilities open the door for closer integration of pre-hospital and in-hospital care processes. For example, medical specialists can be enabled t…

eess.SP2023

Learning Model-Free Robust Precoding for Cooperative Multibeam Satellite Communications

Steffen Gracla, Alea Schröder, Maik Röper +3

Direct Low Earth Orbit satellite-to-handheld links are expected to be part of a new era in satellite communications. Space-Division Multiple Access precoding is a technique that re…

eess.SP2023

Energy and Bandwidth Efficiency of Event-Based Communication

Christopher Willuweit, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

Wireless sensor nodes need a drastically reduced technical complexity to fit constraints of future applications. Reducing complexity often results in a degradation of energy and ba…

cs.IT2022★ 34 cited

Semantic Information Recovery in Wireless Networks

Edgar Beck, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

Motivated by the recent success of Machine Learning (ML) tools in wireless communications, the idea of semantic communication by Weaver from 1949 has gained attention. It breaks wi…

cs.LG2021

Deep Reinforcement Model Selection for Communications Resource Allocation in On-Site Medical Care

Steffen Gracla, Edgar Beck, Carsten Bockelmann +1

Greater capabilities of mobile communications technology enable interconnection of on-site medical care at a scale previously unavailable. However, embedding such critical, demandi…

eess.SP2021★ 12 cited

CMDNet: Learning a Probabilistic Relaxation of Discrete Variables for Soft Detection with Low Complexity

Edgar Beck, Carsten Bockelmann, Armin Dekorsy

Following the great success of Machine Learning (ML), especially Deep Neural Networks (DNNs), in many research domains in 2010s, several ML-based approaches were proposed for detec…