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Full-Duplex Radios for Edge Caching
Italo Atzeni, Marco Maso
This chapter focuses on the performance enhancement brought by the addition of caching capabilities to full-duplex (FD) radios in the context of ultra-dense networks (UDNs). More s…
Flexible Cache-Aided Networks with Backhauling
Italo Atzeni, Marco Maso, Imène Ghamnia +2
Caching at the edge is a promising technique to cope with the increasing data demand in wireless networks. This paper analyzes the performance of cellular networks consisting of a…
Cache-Aided Full-Duplex Small Cells
Marco Maso, Italo Atzeni, Imène Ghamnia +2
Caching popular contents at the edge of the network can positively impact the performance and future sustainability of wireless networks in several ways, e.g., end-to-end access de…
Performance Analysis of Ultra-Dense Networks with Elevated Base Stations
Italo Atzeni, Jesús Arnau, Marios Kountouris
This paper analyzes the downlink performance of ultra-dense networks with elevated base stations (BSs). We consider a general dual-slope pathloss model with distance-dependent prob…
Performance Analysis of Partial Interference Cancellation in Multi-Antenna UDNs
Italo Atzeni, Marios Kountouris
The employment of partial zero-forcing (PZF) receivers at the base stations represents an efficient and low-complexity technique for uplink interference management in cellular netw…
User Scheduling and Optimal Power Allocation for Full-Duplex Cellular Networks
George C. Alexandropoulos, Marios Kountouris, Italo Atzeni
The problem of user scheduling and power allocation in full-duplex (FD) cellular networks is considered, where a FD base station communicates simultaneously with one half-duplex (H…
Performance Evaluation of User Scheduling for Full-Duplex Small Cells in Ultra-Dense Networks
Italo Atzeni, Marios Kountouris, George C. Alexandropoulos
Full-duplex (FD) communication is an emerging technology that can potentially double the throughput of cellular networks. Preliminary studies in single-cell or small FD network dep…
Optimal Low-Complexity Self-Interference Cancellation for Full-Duplex MIMO Small Cells
Italo Atzeni, Marco Maso, Marios Kountouris
Self-interference (SI) significantly limits the performance of full-duplex (FD) radio devices if not properly cancelled. State-of-the-art SI cancellation (SIC) techniques at the re…
Impact of LOS/NLOS Propagation and Path Loss in Ultra-Dense Cellular Networks
Jesús Arnau, Italo Atzeni, Marios Kountouris
Most prior work on performance analysis of ultra-dense cellular networks (UDNs) has considered standard power-law path loss models and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation modeled…
Full-Duplex MIMO Small-Cell Networks: Performance Analysis
Italo Atzeni, Marios Kountouris
Full-duplex small-cell relays with multiple antennas constitute a core element of the envisioned 5G network architecture. In this paper, we use stochastic geometry to analyze the p…
Fractional Pilot Reuse in Massive MIMO Systems
Italo Atzeni, Jesús Arnau, Mérouane Debbah
Pilot contamination is known to be one of the main impairments for massive MIMO multi-cell communications. Inspired by the concept of fractional frequency reuse and by recent contr…