Cell-free Massive MIMO with Short Packets
Paper in proceeding, 2021

In this paper, we adapt to cell-free Massive MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) the finite-blocklength framework introduced by Ostman et al. (2020) for the charac- ยจ terization of the packet error probability achievable with Massive MIMO, in the ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) regime. The framework considered in this paper encompasses a cell-free architecture with imperfect channelstate information, and arbitrary linear signal processing performed at a central-processing unit connected to the access points via fronthaul links. By means of numerical simulations, we show that, to achieve the high reliability requirements in URLLC, MMSE signal processing must be used. Comparisons are also made with both small-cell and Massive MIMO cellular networks. Both require a much larger number of antennas to achieve comparable performance to cell-free Massive MIMO.

ultra-reliable low-latency communications

saddlepoint approximation

Cell-free Massive MIMO

finite-blocklength regime

centralized operation

Author

Alejandro Lancho Serrano

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Giuseppe Durisi

Chalmers, Electrical Engineering, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Luca Sanguinetti

University of Pisa

IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, SPAWC

Vol. 2021-September 416-420
978-1-6654-2851-4 (ISBN)

2021 IEEE 22nd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
Lucca, Italy,

SWIFT : short-packet wireless information theory

Swedish Research Council (VR) (2016-03293), 2017-01-01 -- 2020-12-31.

Areas of Advance

Information and Communication Technology

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

Communication Systems

Signal Processing

DOI

10.1109/SPAWC51858.2021.9593103

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