information (CSI) available at the transmitter side. Two relaying modes, namely half-duplex
decode-and-forward (DF) and cognitive relays, are considered and the degrees of freedom
(DoF) are characterized. It is shown that assisted by a half-duplex DF relay that is equipped
with 2M antennas, the X channel with two M-antenna users has 4M/3 DoF, which is
achievable through interference alignment (IA). Furthermore, it is shown that in this channel …