Sensing Management for Pilot-Free Predictive Beamforming in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems
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| author | Kama, Eren Berk Salman, Murat Babek Skog, Isaac Björnson, Emil |
| author_facet | Kama, Eren Berk Salman, Murat Babek Skog, Isaac Björnson, Emil |
| contents | This paper introduces a sensing management method for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Conventional communication systems employ channel estimation procedures that impose significant overhead during data transmission, consuming resources that could otherwise be utilized for data. To address this challenge, we propose a state-based approach that leverages sensing capabilities to track the user when there is no communication request. Upon receiving a communication request, predictive beamforming is employed based on the tracked user position, thereby reducing the need for channel estimation. Our framework incorporates an extended Kalman filter (EKF) based tracking algorithm with adaptive sensing management to perform sensing operations only when necessary to maintain high tracking accuracy. The simulation results demonstrate that our proposed sensing management approach provides uniform downlink communication rates that are higher than with existing methods by achieving overhead-free predictive beamforming. |
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| spellingShingle | Sensing Management for Pilot-Free Predictive Beamforming in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems Kama, Eren Berk Salman, Murat Babek Skog, Isaac Björnson, Emil Signal Processing Information Theory This paper introduces a sensing management method for integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) in cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Conventional communication systems employ channel estimation procedures that impose significant overhead during data transmission, consuming resources that could otherwise be utilized for data. To address this challenge, we propose a state-based approach that leverages sensing capabilities to track the user when there is no communication request. Upon receiving a communication request, predictive beamforming is employed based on the tracked user position, thereby reducing the need for channel estimation. Our framework incorporates an extended Kalman filter (EKF) based tracking algorithm with adaptive sensing management to perform sensing operations only when necessary to maintain high tracking accuracy. The simulation results demonstrate that our proposed sensing management approach provides uniform downlink communication rates that are higher than with existing methods by achieving overhead-free predictive beamforming. |
| title | Sensing Management for Pilot-Free Predictive Beamforming in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems |
| topic | Signal Processing Information Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.06936 |