6G mURLLC over Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems in the Finite Blocklength Regime

Zhong Li*, Jie Zeng, Wen Zhang, Shidong Zhou, Ren Ping Liu

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Abstract

In order to support the new service requirements-massive ultra-reliable low-latency communications (mURLLC) in the six-generation (6G) mobile communication system, finite blocklength (FBL) information theory has been introduced. Furthermore, cell-free massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) has emerged as one of the 6G essential promising technologies. A great quantity of distributed access points (APs) jointly serve massive user equipment (UE) at the same time-frequency resources, which can significantly improve various quality-of-service (QoS) metrics for supporting mURLLC. However, as the number of UE grows, the orthogonal pilot resources in the coherent time are insufficient. This leads to serious non-orthogonal pilot contamination and pilot allocation imbalance. Therefore, we propose an analytical cell-free massive MIMO system model and precisely characterize the error probability metric. In particular, we propose a FBL based system model, formulate and resolve the error probability minimization problem, given the latency requirement. Simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed scheme and show that the error probability can be improved by up to 15.9%, compared with the classic pilot allocation scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommunications and Networking - 16th EAI International Conference, ChinaCom 2021, Proceedings
EditorsHonghao Gao, Jun Wun, Jianwei Yin, Feifei Shen, Yulong Shen, Jun Yu
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages425-437
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030991999
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event16th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ChinaCom 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 21 Nov 202122 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume433 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)1867-822X

Conference

Conference16th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ChinaCom 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period21/11/2122/11/21

Keywords

  • Cell-free massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO)
  • Finite blocklength (FBL)
  • Pilot allocation
  • mURLLC

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