Pilot Allocation and Receiver Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO ISAC Systems

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Main Authors: Rexhepi, Getuar, Ranasinghe, Kuranage Roche Rayan, Ando, Kengo, de Abreu, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas, G, David Gonzalez
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Published: 2025
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author Rexhepi, Getuar
Ranasinghe, Kuranage Roche Rayan
Ando, Kengo
de Abreu, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas
G, David Gonzalez
author_facet Rexhepi, Getuar
Ranasinghe, Kuranage Roche Rayan
Ando, Kengo
de Abreu, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas
G, David Gonzalez
contents This paper tackles two key challenges in cell-freemassive multiple input multiple output (CF-mMIMO) systems:efficient pilot allocation and practical receiver design. To thisend, we introduce a novel pilot allocation framework leveragingmanifold optimization to maximize the system sum rate, wherepilot sequences are designed as nearly orthogonal sequences. Theproposed pilot design enforces unimodularity constraints in thefrequency domain, ensuring pilots are suitable for both communi-cation and sensing tasks. Additionally, a gaussian belief propaga-tion (GaBP)-based receiver is introduced, providing near-optimaldetection performance with substantially reduced computationalcomplexity. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposedpilot allocation method achieves communication performancecomparable to state-of-the-art (SotA) algorithms, while deliveringsuperior sensing capabilities due to its unimodular pilot design.The GaBP-based receiver achieves robust performance andlower complexity compared to conventional approaches. Thesecontributions advance the practical deployment of CF-mMIMOfor integrated sensing and communications (ISAC).
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spellingShingle Pilot Allocation and Receiver Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO ISAC Systems
Rexhepi, Getuar
Ranasinghe, Kuranage Roche Rayan
Ando, Kengo
de Abreu, Giuseppe Thadeu Freitas
G, David Gonzalez
Signal Processing
This paper tackles two key challenges in cell-freemassive multiple input multiple output (CF-mMIMO) systems:efficient pilot allocation and practical receiver design. To thisend, we introduce a novel pilot allocation framework leveragingmanifold optimization to maximize the system sum rate, wherepilot sequences are designed as nearly orthogonal sequences. Theproposed pilot design enforces unimodularity constraints in thefrequency domain, ensuring pilots are suitable for both communi-cation and sensing tasks. Additionally, a gaussian belief propaga-tion (GaBP)-based receiver is introduced, providing near-optimaldetection performance with substantially reduced computationalcomplexity. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposedpilot allocation method achieves communication performancecomparable to state-of-the-art (SotA) algorithms, while deliveringsuperior sensing capabilities due to its unimodular pilot design.The GaBP-based receiver achieves robust performance andlower complexity compared to conventional approaches. Thesecontributions advance the practical deployment of CF-mMIMOfor integrated sensing and communications (ISAC).
title Pilot Allocation and Receiver Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO ISAC Systems
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.00478