Latency-Aware Near-Real-Time RIC Deployment in User-Centric RAN with Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A Telecom Operator Perspective

A Amrallah, T Murakami, Y Tsukamoto… - 2024 IEEE 99th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The next-generation mobile networks will be devel-oped based on virtualized and
distributed radio access network (RAN), necessitating cost-effective and flexible deployment …

Front Haul Multi-Homing for Cell-Free Massive MIMO: A Low-Latency Approach with Distributed and Hierarchical CPU Deployment

A Ikami, A Amrallah, Y Tsukamoto, T Murakami… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In anticipation of the 6G system, it is crucial to address the challenges related to achieving
high throughput and low latency over a wide area. This is particularly important for …

Distributed DRL with Multiple Learners for AP Clustering in Large-scale Cell-Free Deployment

A Ikami, Y Tsukamoto, T Murakami… - 2024 IEEE 99th …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a distributed deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method with multiple
learners for AP clustering in large-scale Cell-Free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO). In the …

A Game-Theoretic Approach for User-Centric AP Selection in Cell-Free Massive MIMO under Dynamic User Demand Environment

C Wei, H Tian, K Xu, X **a, W **e… - IEEE Wireless …, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates user-centric (UC) access point (AP) selection for sum spectral
efficiency (SE) maximization in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) …

An AUV-Assisted Data Collection Approach for UASNs Based on Hybrid Clustering and Matrix Completion

Q Jiang, R Zhu, A Boukerche… - 2024 IEEE Wireless …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Underwater Acoustic Sensor Networks (UASNs) have emerged as pivotal contributors to
various domains. Never-theless, UASNs grapple with intrinsic challenges, notably propa …