Achieving mURLLC Under Nakagami-m Fading in the CF mMIMO System

Qingqin Xu, Zhuoer Li, Biru Zhang, Jie Zeng*

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Abstract

Massive ultra-reliable and low latency communications (mURLLC) is emerging as a new important and critical service category in the six generation (6G) mobile communications. However, it is extremely challenging to achieve mURLLC because it needs to fulfill three performance requirements simultaneously, i.e., reliability, latency, and large-scale access requirements. Existing related studies are few and almost all based on the ideal assumption of Rayleigh fading or orthogonal pilots. We considered cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) and linear precoding to achieve mURLLC under Nakagami-m fading. Firstly, we establish a channel state information (CSI) error model with pilot contamination and analyze statistical properties of estimates and errors for Nakagami-m fading channels. Secondly, in conjunction with maximum ratio transmission (MRT) precoding, we derive the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) of the downlink of the CF mMIMO system under Nakagami-m fading, which is meaningful but never mentioned in the literature. Then, we calculate the error probability (EP) with the finite blocklength and reveal interaction relationships between different indicators. The simulation results indicate that under pilot contamination, imperfect CSI, and Nakagami-m fading, mURLLC can be achieved by optimizing system configurations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCommunications and Networking - 18th EAI International Conference, ChinaCom 2023, Proceedings
EditorsFeifei Gao, Jun Wu, Yun Li, Honghao Gao, Shangguang Wang
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages315-330
Number of pages16
ISBN (Print)9783031671616
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2024
Event18th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ChinaCom 2023 - Sanya, China
Duration: 18 Nov 202319 Nov 2023

Publication series

NameLecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST
Volume590 LNICST
ISSN (Print)1867-8211
ISSN (Electronic)1867-822X

Conference

Conference18th EAI International Conference on Communications and Networking in China, ChinaCom 2023
Country/TerritoryChina
CitySanya
Period18/11/2319/11/23

Keywords

  • Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO)
  • Downlink precoding
  • Finite blocklength (FBL)
  • Massive ultra-reliable and low latency communications (mURLLC)
  • Nakagami-m fading
  • Pilot sharing

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