SWIPT in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Using Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces

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Main Authors: Hua, Thien Duc, Mohammadi, Mohammadali, Ngo, Hien Quoc, Matthaiou, Michail
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Published: 2025
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author Hua, Thien Duc
Mohammadi, Mohammadali
Ngo, Hien Quoc
Matthaiou, Michail
author_facet Hua, Thien Duc
Mohammadi, Mohammadali
Ngo, Hien Quoc
Matthaiou, Michail
contents We investigate the integration of stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) into cell-free massive multiple input multiple output (CF-mMIMO) system to enhance the simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) performance. Closed-form expressions for the spectral efficiency (SE) of the information-decoding receivers (IRs) and the average sum of harvested energy (sum-HE) at the energy-harvesting receivers (ERs) in the novel system model are derived to subsequently formulate a maximum total average sum-HE problem under a minimum SE threshold per each IR. This problem jointly optimizes the SIM phase-shift (PS) configuration and access points' (APs) power allocation, relying on long-term statistical channel state information (CSI). This non-convex problem is then transformed into more tractable forms. Then, efficient algorithms are proposed, including a layer-by-layer heuristic method for SIMs PS configuration that prioritizes sum-HE for the ERs and a successive convex approximation (SCA)-based power allocation scheme to improve the achievable SE for the IRs. Numerical results show that our proposed algorithms achieve an almost 7-fold sum-HE gain as we increase the number of SIM layers, while the proposed power allocation (PPA) scheme often gains up to 40% in terms of the achievable minimum SE, compared to the equal power allocation.
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spellingShingle SWIPT in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Using Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces
Hua, Thien Duc
Mohammadi, Mohammadali
Ngo, Hien Quoc
Matthaiou, Michail
Signal Processing
Information Theory
We investigate the integration of stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) into cell-free massive multiple input multiple output (CF-mMIMO) system to enhance the simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) performance. Closed-form expressions for the spectral efficiency (SE) of the information-decoding receivers (IRs) and the average sum of harvested energy (sum-HE) at the energy-harvesting receivers (ERs) in the novel system model are derived to subsequently formulate a maximum total average sum-HE problem under a minimum SE threshold per each IR. This problem jointly optimizes the SIM phase-shift (PS) configuration and access points' (APs) power allocation, relying on long-term statistical channel state information (CSI). This non-convex problem is then transformed into more tractable forms. Then, efficient algorithms are proposed, including a layer-by-layer heuristic method for SIMs PS configuration that prioritizes sum-HE for the ERs and a successive convex approximation (SCA)-based power allocation scheme to improve the achievable SE for the IRs. Numerical results show that our proposed algorithms achieve an almost 7-fold sum-HE gain as we increase the number of SIM layers, while the proposed power allocation (PPA) scheme often gains up to 40% in terms of the achievable minimum SE, compared to the equal power allocation.
title SWIPT in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Using Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces
topic Signal Processing
Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14032