Channel Estimation with Asynchronous Reception for User-Centric Cell-Free MIMO Systems

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Main Authors: Sun, Xuyang, Ammar, Hussein A., Adve, Raviraj, Bahceci, Israfil, Boudreau, Gary
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Published: 2025
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author Sun, Xuyang
Ammar, Hussein A.
Adve, Raviraj
Bahceci, Israfil
Boudreau, Gary
author_facet Sun, Xuyang
Ammar, Hussein A.
Adve, Raviraj
Bahceci, Israfil
Boudreau, Gary
contents The user-centric, cell-free wireless network is a promising next-generation communication system, but signal synchronization issues arise due to distributed access points and lack of cellular structure. We propose a novel method to recover synchronous pilot reception by introducing new pilot sequences and a matched filter window, enabling orthogonality even with asynchronous reception. Our approach mimics synchronous transmission by extending training sequences. Analysis shows asynchronous reception's impact on channel estimation, and our method significantly improves performance with a small increase of training time overhead. Results demonstrate a 7.26 dB reduction in normalized mean square error and 40% increase in data rate, achieving performance levels comparable to the synchronous case.
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spellingShingle Channel Estimation with Asynchronous Reception for User-Centric Cell-Free MIMO Systems
Sun, Xuyang
Ammar, Hussein A.
Adve, Raviraj
Bahceci, Israfil
Boudreau, Gary
Information Theory
Networking and Internet Architecture
Signal Processing
The user-centric, cell-free wireless network is a promising next-generation communication system, but signal synchronization issues arise due to distributed access points and lack of cellular structure. We propose a novel method to recover synchronous pilot reception by introducing new pilot sequences and a matched filter window, enabling orthogonality even with asynchronous reception. Our approach mimics synchronous transmission by extending training sequences. Analysis shows asynchronous reception's impact on channel estimation, and our method significantly improves performance with a small increase of training time overhead. Results demonstrate a 7.26 dB reduction in normalized mean square error and 40% increase in data rate, achieving performance levels comparable to the synchronous case.
title Channel Estimation with Asynchronous Reception for User-Centric Cell-Free MIMO Systems
topic Information Theory
Networking and Internet Architecture
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.05496