In this paper, we pave the way to six-generation (6G) by investigating the outage probability (OP) of fluid antenna system (FAS)-active reconfigurable intelligent surface (ARIS) communication systems. We consider a FAS-ARIS setup consisting of a base station (BS) with a single fixed-position antenna and a receiver equipped with a fluid antenna (FA). Utilizing the block-correlation model, we derive a closed-form expression for the OP. Our analysis, supported by numerical results, confirms the accuracy and effectiveness of the derivation. Furthermore, the results demonstrate that the FAS-ARIS system significantly outperforms other configurations in terms of OP, highlighting its potential to enhance communication performance and reliability in future 6G networks.
@article{arxiv.2411.01398,
title = {Paving the Way to 6G: Outage Probability Analysis for FAS-ARIS Systems},
author = {Jianchao Zheng and Xiazhi Lai and Junteng Yao and Jie Tang and Yijin Pan and Tuo Wu and Chau Yuen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.01398},
year = {2024}
}