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Erik G. Larsson

Erik G. Larsson

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Sweden
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
102
Citations
71317
World Ranking
161
National Ranking
4

Erik G. Larsson publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik G. Larsson sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 737 publications — 95th percentile

95% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Erik G. Larsson D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Erik G. Larsson sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 102 D-Index — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Sweden Leader Award
  • 2016 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the technology of multi-antenna wireless communications

Overview

Erik G. Larsson is affiliated with Linköping University in Sweden and works primarily in the fields of Engineering and Computer Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications, Aerospace Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, and Molecular Biology.

Their main topics of research include:

  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
  • Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques
  • Antenna Design and Analysis

Erik G. Larsson has published extensively, contributing to various reputable venues. Their frequent publication venues include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Transactions on Communications
  • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
  • IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society

Recent notable papers by Larsson cover advanced wireless communications and related technologies. Selected works include:

  • "Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts" (2020) published in Science China Information Sciences
  • "On the Road to 6G: Visions, Requirements, Key Technologies, and Testbeds" (2023) published in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
  • "Weighted Sum-Rate Maximization for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks" (2020) published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • "Massive Access for 5G and Beyond" (2020) published in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
  • "Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Wireless Communications" (2021) published in IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Larsson frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Emil Björnson
  • Zheng Chen
  • Zakir Hussain Shaik
  • Hien Quoc Ngo
  • Rimalapudi Sarvendranath

In 2016, Larsson was recognized as an IEEE Fellow for contributions to the technology of multi-antenna wireless communications.

Best Publications

  • Massive MIMO for next generation wireless systems

    Erik Larsson;Ove Edfors;Fredrik Tufvesson;Thomas Marzetta

  • Scaling Up MIMO: Opportunities and Challenges with Very Large Arrays

    F. Rusek;D. Persson;Buon Kiong Lau;E. G. Larsson

  • Scaling up MIMO: Opportunities and Challenges with Very Large Arrays

    Fredrik Rusek;Daniel Persson;Buon Kiong Lau;Erik G. Larsson

  • Energy and Spectral Efficiency of Very Large Multiuser MIMO Systems

    Hien Quoc Ngo;E. G. Larsson;T. L. Marzetta

  • Cell-Free Massive MIMO Versus Small Cells

    Hien Quoc Ngo;Alexei Ashikhmin;Hong Yang;Erik G. Larsson

  • Towards 6G wireless communication networks: vision, enabling technologies, and new paradigm shifts

    Xiaohu You;Cheng-Xiang Wang;Jie Huang;Xiqi Gao

  • On the Road to 6G: Visions, Requirements, Key Technologies, and Testbeds

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  • Fundamentals of Massive MIMO

    Erik G. Larsson

  • Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio : State-of-the-Art and Recent Advances

    E. Axell;G. Leus;E. G. Larsson;H. V. Poor

  • Space-Time Block Coding for Wireless Communications

    Erik G. Larsson;Petre Stoica

  • Massive MIMO: ten myths and one critical question

    Emil Björnson;Erik G. Larsson;Thomas L. Marzetta

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface Versus Decode-and-Forward: How Large Surfaces are Needed to Beat Relaying?

    Emil Bjornson;Ozgecan Ozdogan;Erik G. Larsson

  • Weighted Sum-Rate Maximization for Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface Aided Wireless Networks

    Huayan Guo;Ying-Chang Liang;Jie Chen;Erik G. Larsson

  • Ubiquitous cell-free Massive MIMO communications

    Giovanni Interdonato;Emil Björnson;Hien Quoc Ngo;Pål K. Frenger

  • On the Total Energy Efficiency of Cell-Free Massive MIMO

    Hien Quoc Ngo;Le-Nam Tran;Trung Q. Duong;Michail Matthaiou

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces: Physics, Propagation, and Pathloss Modeling

    Ozgecan Ozdogan;Emil Bjornson;Erik G. Larsson

  • Massive MIMO for Maximal Spectral Efficiency: How Many Users and Pilots Should Be Allocated?

    Emil Bjornson;Erik G. Larsson;Merouane Debbah

  • Massive Access for 5G and Beyond

    Xiaoming Chen;Derrick Wing Kwan Ng;Wei Yu;Erik G. Larsson

  • Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface-Aided Wireless Communications

    Ruizhe Long;Ying-Chang Liang;Yiyang Pei;Erik G. Larsson

  • EVD-based channel estimation in multicell multiuser MIMO systems with very large antenna arrays

    Hien Quoc Ngo;Erik G. Larsson

  • Sparse Signal Processing for Grant-Free Massive Connectivity: A Future Paradigm for Random Access Protocols in the Internet of Things

    Liang Liu;Erik G. Larsson;Wei Yu;Petar Popovski

  • Simultaneous Information and Power Transfer for Broadband Wireless Systems

    Kaibin Huang;Erik G. Larsson

  • Multipair Full-Duplex Relaying With Massive Arrays and Linear Processing

    Hien Quoc Ngo;Himal A. Suraweera;Michail Matthaiou;Erik G. Larsson

  • Intelligent Reflecting Surface vs. Decode-and-Forward: How Large Surfaces Are Needed to Beat Relaying?

    Emil Björnson;Özgecan Özdogan;Erik G. Larsson

Frequent Co-Authors

Emil Bjornson
Emil Bjornson Royal Institute of Technology
Hien Quoc Ngo
Hien Quoc Ngo Queen's University Belfast
Petre Stoica
Petre Stoica Uppsala University
Thomas L. Marzetta
Thomas L. Marzetta New York University
Michail Matthaiou
Michail Matthaiou Queen's University Belfast
Eduard A. Jorswieck
Eduard A. Jorswieck Technische Universität Braunschweig
Mikael Skoglund
Mikael Skoglund Royal Institute of Technology
Thomas Eriksson
Thomas Eriksson Chalmers University of Technology
Petar Popovski
Petar Popovski Aalborg University
Pål Frenger
Pål Frenger Ericsson (Sweden)

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