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This letter is the first part of a three-part tutorial focusing on rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) for 6G. As Part I of the tutorial, the letter presents the basics of RSMA and its applications in light of 6G. To begin with, we first…
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Sixth-generation (6G) network slicing is the backbone of future communications systems. It inaugurates the era of extreme ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (xURLLC) and pervades the digitalization of the various vertical…