{"title":"A Novel Low-Complexity Bitwise Detection Scheme for SIMO Systems","authors":"Elmehdi Illi;Amneh Al-Mbaideen;Saud Althunibat;Marwa Qaraqe","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3576720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3576720","url":null,"abstract":"The recent evolution of various wireless techniques has paved the way for a remarkable evolution in wireless networks. Nonetheless, the main drawback of some cutting-edge techniques is the complex detection at the receiver by implementing the legacy maximum likelihood (MLi) scheme for signal demodulation. In this letter, a novel less complex detector is proposed based on performing a bitwise detection. The proposed scheme aims to reduce the received signal constellation search space by transforming the MLi-based detection to a search operation in a constructed binary constellation tree, resulting in a lower number of constellation points used for comparison. The proposed scheme is first introduced for single-input single-output (SISO) systems and then generalized for single-input multiple-output (SIMO) systems. The obtained results, backed up by Monte Carlo simulations, show that the proposed scheme manifests an identical performance as the optimal MLi scheme with a logarithmic complexity in terms of the modulation order compared to a linear one for the benchmark MLi one. Furthermore, closed-form expressions for the bit error probability are derived for the M-ary phase shift keying (PSK) modulation with <inline-formula> <tex-math>$M=4$ </tex-math></inline-formula> and 8 (QPSK and 8-PSK) modulation schemes.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 8","pages":"1819-1823"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144831832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Achievable Scheme for Dynamic Index Coding: A Clique Covering Approach","authors":"Mohammad Hadi;Mohammad Mahdi Mojahedian","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3576278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3576278","url":null,"abstract":"Dynamic index coding extends traditional index coding by handling real-time traffic flows instead of static data batches. In this letter, we propose a dynamic index coding scheme that operates over an arbitrary side information graph. The scheme leverages time-sharing across an optimal clique covering set of the side information graph, achieving coding gains with a guaranteed lower bound. Additionally, convex optimization is employed to refine the time-sharing coefficients, minimizing the transmission delay. Numerical results show that the optimization process can achieve a typical 10% reduction in the transmission delay, demonstrating the efficiency of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 8","pages":"1804-1808"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144831928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Joint Impulsive Noise and Narrowband Interference Mitigation in Time-Varying OFDM Communications","authors":"Wenfeng Gao;Xiaoyan Kuai","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3575916","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3575916","url":null,"abstract":"In this letter, we develop a novel sparsity-aware framework to model and mitigate the joint effects of impulsive noise (IN) and narrowband interference (NBI) in the time-varying orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. Due to its Doppler shift sensitivity, the time-varying characteristic will degrade the performance of OFDM. After Doppler shift compensation, the algorithms for eliminating NBI and IN are proposed within the sparsity-aware framework for OFDM system. In particular, the proposed interference mitigation technique exploits the sparsity of NBI and IN in the frequency and time domains, respectively. The chirp-z transform combined with the least square method is first used to address the issue of NBI causing the spectrum leakage effect after OFDM demodulation. Furthermore, based on the OFDM measurements with NBI suppression, the turbo compressed sensing algorithm is performed to iteratively correct the estimate of the impulsive noise from the residual NBI interference and ambient noise. The extensive simulation results illustrate the superiority of the proposed processing method compared with the counterpart methods.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 8","pages":"1799-1803"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144831926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Channel Estimation for Double-RIS-Assisted Multi-User MIMO System in the Presence of Obstructed Links Using Deep Learning","authors":"Abdulmajid Lawal;Azzedine Zerguine;Karim Abed-Meraim;Ali Muqaibel","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3575539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3575539","url":null,"abstract":"Maximizing the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in wireless communication systems critically depends on accurate channel estimation. This challenge becomes more pronounced in the presence of double RISs, particularly in severely obstructed environments, where the number of channel coefficients increases substantially and more pilot overhead is required. To address these limitations, we propose a deep learning-based two-stage dual-reflection cascaded channel estimation for multi users multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system. In the first stage, the dual-reflection channel of a reference user is estimated and in the second stage, the channels of the remaining users are estimated using the reference estimate. The proposed approach operates the first RIS in a known fixed mode, while the second RIS in a dynamically adjustable mode, reducing the number of pilots and channel coefficients to be estimated. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed deep learning method significantly outperforms existing methods as far as estimation accuracy is concerned especially in low SNR environments.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 8","pages":"1794-1798"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2025-06-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144831911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guangyao Cheng;Zhengchuan Chen;Rui She;Min Liu;Tony Q. S. Quek
{"title":"From Monolingualism to Multilingualism: Deep Learning-Enhanced Multilingual Text Semantic Communication System","authors":"Guangyao Cheng;Zhengchuan Chen;Rui She;Min Liu;Tony Q. S. Quek","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565692","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565692","url":null,"abstract":"While semantic communication systems outperform traditional ones, most current research focuses on a single language, overlooking multilingual contexts. This letter proposes two approaches to extend the Text Semantic Communication System (TSC) to a Multilingual Text Semantic Communication System (MTSC). The first employs centralized learning on a hybrid dataset, processing multilingual texts with composite word-sequence indices. The second utilizes federated learning to aggregate linguistic features while preserving user data privacy. To assess the MTSC system, we introduce the Multi-Bilingual Evaluation Understudy (MBLEU) score. Experimental results show that the MTSC can extend the TSC without increasing model size, with federated learning achieving superior multilingual performance while protecting data privacy.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 6","pages":"1461-1465"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264177","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clock Synchronization Using Fast Matrix Completion-Based Maximum Likelihood Estimation in TSN","authors":"Ruoyu Ji;Fangmin Xu;Shihui Duan;Chenglin Zhao","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565323","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565323","url":null,"abstract":"In time-sensitive networking (TSN), precise clock synchronization is an important guarantee for the normal operation of the network. The collection of timestamps plays a crucial role in common centralized clock synchronization, directly affecting synchronization accuracy. However, the exchange of timestamps is susceptible to the impact of packet loss. To address this issue, this letter proposes a matrix completion scheme based on random matrix approximation to recover the lost timestamp information. First, we formulate the clock synchronization problem based on incomplete timestamp information as a low-rank matrix completion problem. By utilizing the principle of random matrix approximation, we can efficiently recover complete timestamp information using partial timestamp information. Furthermore, the recovered timestamp information is then used to estimate the clock skew and clock offset with a maximum likelihood estimator (MLE). Numerical results confirm the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed approach.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 6","pages":"1451-1455"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Energy-Efficient Mobile Edge Computing in OFDM Systems","authors":"Lou Zhao;Chao Sun;Wei Ni;Derrick Wing Kwan Ng","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565260","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565260","url":null,"abstract":"This letter proposes a novel resource allocation algorithm to enable a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) to support delay-bounded mobile edge computing (MEC) in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) settings, adhering to per-subcarrier power constraint. The energy requirement of the smart devices (SDs) is minimized through the joint optimization of task offloading parameters, RIS configuration, and the receive beamforming of the base station (BS). A key contribution is that we find the semi-closed-form receive beamformers as a function of the RIS phases. Hence, the joint optimization is decoupled between convex offloading scheduling and non-convex RIS configuration by alternating optimization (AO). Another contribution is that we convexify the per-subcarrier power constraint by exploiting successive convex approximation (SCA), and acquiring a Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) point solution for the RIS configuration. Numerical results show the superiority of the new approach compared with baseline schemes in energy saving, and reveal that the optimal RIS location hinges on the channel quality differences among the RIS, BS, and SDs.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 6","pages":"1446-1450"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"MSNCIL: A Domain-Agnostic Class-Incremental Learning Method Tailored for Automatic Modulation Recognition","authors":"Zhiwen Deng;Chunbo Luo;Zixi Tang;Yang Luo","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3565561","url":null,"abstract":"The emergence of new modulation types in 6G challenges the adaptability of deep learning-based automatic modulation recognition (DL-AMR) models. This letter presents multi-state neuron class-incremental learning (MSNCIL), the first domain-agnostic class-incremental learning (CIL) method for AMR. Leveraging the sparsity of wireless signal features, MSNCIL dynamically partitions a DL-AMR model into specialized sub-models, each dedicated to different modulation types. In each session, neurons are selected based on activation values, trained, frozen, and assigned state values. During inference, the session ID of a test sample is identified, which directs the corresponding neurons for recognition. Extensive experiments confirm MSNCIL’s effectiveness.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 6","pages":"1456-1460"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264259","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SCMA for STAR-RIS-Assisted UAV Networks: A DRL Approach for Energy Efficiency Maximization","authors":"Benmeziane Imad-Ddine Ghomri;Mohammed Yassine Bendimerad;Hmaied Shaiek","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3564715","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3564715","url":null,"abstract":"This letter proposes a simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS)-aided downlink (DL) sparse code multiple access (SCMA) uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) network, where a UAV serves as an aerial base station to provide wireless communications. The objective is to maximize the total energy efficiency (EE) of the system. To achieve this, we introduce a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework to jointly optimize the SCMA mapping matrix (MM), power allocation (PA), UAV trajectory, and the phase shifts of the STAR-RIS. The DRL agent is trained using the proximal policy optimization (PPO) algorithm. Simulation results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed framework over both power-domain non-orthogonal multiple access (PD-NOMA) and conventional RIS counterparts.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 6","pages":"1431-1435"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Real-Time Digital Predistortion for Rapid Beam Hopping in LEO Satellites","authors":"Yaohua Deng;Zhongliang Deng;Ke Wang;Wenliang Lin;Yiyuan Wei","doi":"10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3564580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2025.3564580","url":null,"abstract":"Fully-connected (FC) hybrid beamforming (HBF) has become crucial in low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications. However, severe power amplifier (PA) nonlinearities arise due to high power demands. Traditional digital predistortion (DPD) techniques encounter substantial challenges within LEO environments. The constrained computational resources and codebook storage, limited RF feedback, and outdated channel state information (CSI) collectively hinder real-time DPD implementation in millisecond-scale beam hopping. To address these issues, this letter proposes a multi-element spatial DPD framework incorporating a power selection module and single-channel feedback. By storing predistorters in codebooks indexed only by power levels and enabling real-time updates at different power levels, the proposed scheme effectively decouples DPD from beam hopping, achieving robust and low-complexity nonlinear compensation in LEO satellite systems.","PeriodicalId":13197,"journal":{"name":"IEEE Communications Letters","volume":"29 6","pages":"1426-1430"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144264155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"计算机科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}