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This paper proposes a flexible pilot assignment method to jointly optimize the uplink and downlink data transmission in multi-cell Massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems with correlated Rayleigh fading channels. By utilizing a closed-form expression of the ergodic spectral efficiency (SE) achieved with maximum ratio processing, we formulate an optimization problem for maximizing the minimum weighted sum of the uplink and downlink SEs subject to the transmit powers and pilot assignment sets. This combinatiorial optimization problem is solved by two sequential algorithms: a heuristic pilot assignment is first proposed to obtain a good pilot reuse set and the data power control is then implemented. Numerical results manifest that the proposed algorithm converges fast to a better minimum sum SE per user than the algorithms in previous works. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

It has been well-recognized that clustered Interference alignment (IA) can provide remarkable interference suppression performance for the existing small cell networks (SCNs). There is also a tendency that full-duplex (FD) radios would replace the half-duplex radios at future small base stations (SBSs). In this context, the intra-cell and inter-cell interference in SCNs would become much more serious, where the performance of clustered IA has not been evaluated yet. In this paper, we explore the maximum achievable sum-rate of the FD-based SCNs when clustered IA combined with power control strategy is applied. To achieve this, a mixed-integer optimization problem is formulated, which is furtherly decoupled into two subproblems for ease of handling. Then we propose the minimized rate loss (MRL) algorithm to address the clustering subproblem and a convex approximation method to address the power control subproblem. The two subproblems are performed alternatively till the sum-rate gains convergence. Preliminary simulations clearly demonstrate that the achievable sum-rate is limited by the number of antennas at the users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]