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Grant-free random access is promising for massive connectivity with sporadic transmissions in massive machine type communications (mMTC), where the hand-shaking between the access point (AP) and users is skipped, leading to high access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Zhengdao Yuan , Fei Liu , Qinghua Guo , Xiaojun Yuan , Zhongyong Wang , Yonghui Li

In next generation Internet-of-Things, the overhead introduced by grant-based multiple access protocols may engulf the access network as a consequence of the unprecedented number of connected devices. Grant-free access protocols are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-16 Lorenzo Valentini , Marco Chiani , Enrico Paolini

The central challenge in massive machine-type communications (mMTC) is to connect a large number of uncoordinated devices through a limited spectrum. The typical mMTC communication pattern is sporadic, with short packets. This could be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Yanna Bai , Wei Chen , Feifei Sun , Bo Ai , Petar Popovski

This paper considers the joint channel estimation and device activity detection in the grant-free random access systems, where a large number of Internet-of-Things devices intend to communicate with a low-earth orbit satellite in a sporadic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-10 Boxiao Shen , Yongpeng Wu , Jianping An , Chengwen Xing , Lian Zhao , Wenjun Zhang

We consider the problem of type estimation over unsourced multiple access fading channels in distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D-MIMO) systems. Unlike classical unsourced multiple access, type-based unsourced multiple access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Kaan Okumus , Khac-Hoang Ngo , Giuseppe Durisi , Erik G. Ström

A novel random access (RA) scheme for mixed URLLC-mMTC traffic scenario is proposed using realistic statistical models, with the use mode presenting long-term traffic regularity. The traffic is predicted by a long short-term memory neural…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-12 Herman L. dos Santos , José Carlos Marinello , Cristiano Magalhaes Panazio , Taufik Abrão

We discuss the problem of designing channel access architectures for enabling fast, low-latency, grant-free and uncoordinated uplink for densely packed wireless nodes. Specifically, we study random-access codes, previously introduced for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-23 Suhas S Kowshik , Kirill Andreev , Alexey Frolov , Yury Polyanskiy

Support massive connectivity is an important requirement in 5G wireless communication system. For massive Machine Type Communication (MTC) scenario, since the network is expected to accommodate a massive number of MTC devices with sparse…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-11 Yanlun Wu , Jun Fang

This paper considers the massive random access problem in MIMO quasi-static Rayleigh fading channels. Specifically, we derive achievability and converse bounds on the minimum energy-per-bit required for each active user to transmit $J$ bits…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-24 Junyuan Gao , Yongpeng Wu , Shuo Shao , Wei Yang , H. Vincent Poor

This paper investigates the problem of joint massive devices separation and channel estimation for a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided unsourced random access (URA) scheme in the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-26 Xiaodan Shao , Lei Cheng , Xiaoming Chen , Chongwen Huang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Grant-free massive random access (RA) is a promising protocol to support the massive machine-type communications (mMTC) scenario in 5G and beyond networks. In this paper, we focus on the error rate analysis in grant-free massive RA, which…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-12 Xinyu Bian , Yuyi Mao , Jun Zhang

Recently, grant-free random access schemes have received significant attention in the scientific community as a solution for extremely low-latency massive communications in new industrial Internet-of-things (IIoT) and digital twins…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-26 Davide Dardari , Marina Lotti , Nicolò Decarli , Gianni Pasolini

We examine unsourced random access in a fully asynchronous setup, where active users transmit their data without restriction on the start time over a fading channel. In the proposed scheme, the transmitted signal consists of a pilot…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Mert Ozates , Mohammad Kazemi , Gianluigi Liva , Deniz Gündüz

The newly introduced ultra-reliable low latency communication service class in 5G New Radio depends on innovative low latency radio resource management solutions that can guarantee high reliability. Grant-free random access, where channel…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-12 Nurul Huda Mahmood , Renato Abreu , Ronald Böhnke , Martin Schubert , Gilberto Berardinelli , Thomas H. Jacobsen

Resource allocation and multiple access schemes are instrumental for the success of communication networks, which facilitate seamless wireless connectivity among a growing population of uncoordinated and non-synchronized users. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-22 Sajad Daei , Saeed Razavikia , Marios Kountouris , Mikael Skoglund , Gabor Fodor , Carlo Fischione

Grant-free random access (GFRA) is now a popular protocol for large-scale wireless multiple access systems in order to reduce control signaling. Resource allocation in GFRA can be viewed as a form of frame slotted ALOHA, where a ubiquitous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-29 Alix Jeannerot , Malcolm Egan , Jean-Marie Gorce

This paper deals with the reliability of random access (RA) protocols for massive wireless smart grid communication (m-SGC). We propose and analyze an improved grant-free RA (GF-RA) protocol for critical SG applications under strict QoS…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-04 Angel Esteban Labrador Rivas , Taufik Abrão

Co-channel interference poses a challenge in any wireless communication network where the time-frequency resources are reused over different geographical areas. The interference is particularly diverse in cell-free massive multiple-input…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-19 Mahmoud Zaher , Emil Björnson , Marina Petrova

An asynchronous $\ka$-active-user unsourced multiple access channel (AUMAC) is a key model for uncoordinated massive access in future networks. We focus on a scenario where each transmission is subject to the maximal delay constraint…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Jyun-Sian Wu , Pin-Hsun Lin , Marcel A. Mross , Eduard A. Jorswieck

We present an unsourced multiple access (UMAC) scheme tailored to high-mobility wireless channels. The proposed construction is based on orthogonal time frequency space (OTFS) modulation and sparse interleaver division multiple access…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Davide Bergamasco , Federico Clazzer , Paolo Casari