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29 papers

eess.SP2026

Performance Analysis for ISAC Systems with 1-bit DACs

Murat Babek Salman, Özlem Tugfe Demir, Emil Björnson

Low-resolution quantization constrains the maximum achievable gains of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. While the adverse effects and mitigation strategies have been…

eess.SP2026

Rethinking Energy Efficiency in Cell-Free Massive MIMO: The Role of Processing and Optical Fronthaul

Ozan Alp Topal, Özlem Tuğfe Demir, Cicek Cavdar

Cell-free massive MIMO promises uniformly high performance by combining densely distributed radio units, coherent transmission, and centralized processing. Unlike earlier radio gen…

cs.IT2026

RIS-Assisted Survivable Backhaul Recovery in Small-Cell Systems

Zhenyu Li, Özlem Tuğfe Demir, Emil Björnson +1

The increasing densification of small-cell networks substantially expands cable-based backhaul infrastructure, creating heightened vulnerability to cable link failures. This paper…

eess.SP2026

Distributed Two-Phase Processing for Modular XL-MIMO with Wireless Fronthaul under Hardware Impairments

Özlem Tuğfe Demir

Modular extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) architectures combined with wireless fronthaul provide a scalable alternative to monolithic arrays, but their performance is sensitive…

eess.SP2026

Constant-Envelope Quantized Precoding with Power Control for Cell-Free Massive MIMO-OFDM

Özlem Tuğfe Demir, Salih Gümüşbuğa

Cell-free massive MIMO has matured into a key candidate technology for 6G and beyond, owing to its ability to provide nearly uniform service quality to many user equipments (UEs) o…

eess.SP2026

Learning Energy-Efficient Modular Arrays under Hardware Non-linearities

Özlem Tuğfe Demir, Alva Kosasih

This paper investigates the joint optimization of power allocation and antenna activation in sparse extremely large aperture array systems operating under power amplifier non-linea…