Dynamic AP selection and cluster formation with minimal switching for green cell-free massive MIMO networks

Q He, ÖT Demir, C Cavdar - … & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit), 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aiming at the implementation of energy-efficient cell-free networks, several approaches
have been proposed in the literature, which consider different access point (AP) switch …

Joint AP on/off and user-centric clustering for energy-efficient cell-free massive MIMO systems

M Ito, I Kanno, Y Amano, Y Kishi… - 2022 IEEE 96th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output systems are expected to provide faster and
more robust connections to user equipments (UEs) by cooperation of a massive number of …

Joint power allocation and load balancing optimization for energy-efficient cell-free massive MIMO networks

T Van Chien, E Björnson… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Large-scale distributed antenna systems with many access points (APs) that serve the users
by coherent joint transmission is being considered for 5G-and-beyond networks. The …

Graph-Based Access Point Switch On/Off Schemes for Energy-Efficient Cell-Free MIMO

M Mussbah, S Schwarz, M Rupp - … International Conference on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we consider a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output network that
employs an access point (AP) switch on/off technique for energy saving. We propose a novel …

Access point switch ON/OFF strategies for green cell-free massive MIMO networking

G Femenias, N Lassoued, F Riera-Palou - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The combination of user-centric network densification and distributed massive multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) operation has recently brought along a new paradigm in the wireless …

Location-Based Load Balancing for Energy-Efficient Cell-Free Networks

R Beerten, V Ranjbar, AP Guevara, H Sallouha… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Cell-Free Massive MIMO (CF mMIMO) has emerged as a potential enabler for future
networks. It has been shown that these networks are much more energy-efficient than …

Resource Allocation in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks With Hybrid Energy Supplies

F Moradi, V Hakami, SV Azhari - IEEE Access, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) networks were proposed as a
novel architecture for radio access networks, which consists of a large number of access …

DRL-Based Joint AP Deployment and Network-Centric Cluster Formation for Maximizing Long-Term Energy Efficiency in Cell-free Massive MIMO

OA Topal, Q He, OT Demir, M Masoudi… - 2023 57th Asilomar …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In cell-free massive MIMO networks, scalability is one of the fundamental problems since a
significant number of access points (APs) are widely distributed throughout the network area …

Energy Reduction in Cell-Free Massive MIMO through Fine-Grained Resource Management

ÖT Demir, L Méndez-Monsanto, N Bastianello… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The physical layer foundations of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) have been well-
established. As a next step, researchers are investigating practical and energy-efficient …

Joint power allocation and access point selection for cell-free massive MIMO

TX Vu, S Chatzinotas… - ICC 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-MIMO) is a promising technological
enabler for fifth generation (5G) networks in which a large number of access points (APs) …