English
Related papers

Related papers: Grant-Free Random Access in Machine-Type Communica…

200 papers

The random access methods used for support of machine-type communications (MTC) in current cellular standards are derivatives of traditional framed slotted ALOHA and therefore do not support high user loads efficiently. Motivated by the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-03 Nuno K. Pratas , Henning Thomsen , Cedomir Stefanovic , Petar Popovski

Grant-free random access (GF-RA) is a promising access technique for massive machine-type communications (mMTC) in future wireless networks, particularly in the context of 5G and beyond (6G) systems. Within the context of GF-RA, this study…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-30 Ali Elkeshawy , Haifa Fares , Amor Nafkha

Modern wireless networks must reliably support a wide array of connectivity demands, encompassing various user needs across diverse scenarios. Machine-Type Communication (mMTC) is pivotal in these networks, particularly given the challenges…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Ali Elkeshawy , HaÏfa Farès , Amor Nafkha

In this paper, an LSTM-aided hybrid random access scheme (LSTMH-RA) is proposed to support diverse quality of service (QoS) requirements in 6G machine-type communication (MTC) networks, where massive MTC (mMTC) devices and ultra-reliable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-01 Wenchao Zhai , Huimei Han , Lei Liu , Jun Zhao

Future machine to machine (M2M) communications need to support a massive number of devices communicating with each other with little or no human intervention. Random access techniques were originally proposed to enable M2M multiple access,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Mahyar Shirvanimoghaddam , Yonghui Li , Mischa Dohler , Branka Vucetic

This paper proposes a tractable solution for integrating non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) into massive machine-type communications (mMTC) to increase the uplink connectivity. Multiple transmit power levels are provided at the user end…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-26 Wenqiang Yi , Wenjuan Yu , Yuanwei Liu , Chuan Heng Foh , Zhiguo Ding , Arumugam Nallanathan

Massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) are one of the three types of services that should be supported by 5G networks. These are distinguished by the need to serve a large number of devices which are characterized by nonintensive…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Fidan Mehmeti , Thomas F. La Porta

This paper revisits the identity detection problem under the current grant-free protocol in massive machine-type communications (mMTC) by asking the following question: for stable identity detection performance, is it enough to permit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-26 Minhao Zhu , Yifei Sun , Lizhao You , Zhaorui Wang , Ya-Feng Liu , Shuguang Cui

Upcoming 5G-based communication networks will be confronted with huge increases in the amount of transmitted sensor data related to massive deployments of static and mobile Internet of Things (IoT) systems. Cars acting as mobile sensors…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Benjamin Sliwa , Thomas Liebig , Robert Falkenberg , Johannes Pillmann , Christian Wietfeld

As an important part of the Internet-of-Things (IoT), machine-to-machine (M2M) communications have attracted great attention. In this paper, we introduce mobile edge computing (MEC) into virtualized cellular networks with M2M…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-06-29 M. Li , S. Hu

Massive MIMO opens up new avenues for enabling highly efficient random access (RA) by offering abundance of spatial degrees of freedom. In this paper, we investigate the grant-free RA with massive MIMO and derive the analytic expressions of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Jie Ding , Daiming Qu , Hao Jiang , Tao Jiang

Compared to the generations up to 4G, whose main focus was on broadband and coverage aspects, 5G has expanded the scope of wireless cellular systems towards embracing two new types of connectivity: massive machine-type communication (mMTC)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Anders E. Kalør , Giuseppe Durisi , Sinem Coleri , Stefan Parkvall , Wei Yu , Andreas Mueller , Petar Popovski

Grant free access, in which each Internet of Things (IoT) device delivers its packets through a randomly selected resource without spending time on handshaking procedures, is a promising solution for supporting the massive connectivity…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-02 Sami Nadif , Essaid Sabir , Halima Elbiaze , Abdelkrim Haqiq

One objective of the 5G communication system and beyond is to support massive machine type of communication (mMTC) to propel the fast growth of diverse Internet of Things use cases. The mMTC aims to provide connectivity to tens of billions…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-03 Mehmood Alam , Qi Zhang

The unprecedented surge of massive Internet of things (mIoT) traffic in beyond fifth generation (B5G) communication systems calls for transformative approaches for multiple access and data transmission. While classical model-based tools…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-15 Abhishek Kumar , José-Ramón Vidal , Jorge Martinez-Bauset , Frank Y. Li

Massive machine-type communication (mMTC) is a new focus of services in fifth generation (5G) communication networks. The associated stringent delay requirement of end-to-end (E2E) service deliveries poses technical challenges. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-26 Yu Gu , Qimei Cui , Qiang Ye , Weihua Zhuang

Most existing random access schemes for machine-type communications (MTC) simply adopt a uniform preamble selection distribution, irrespective of the underlying device activity distributions. Hence, they may yield unsatisfactory access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-03-14 Wang Liu , Ying Cui , Feng Yang , Lianghui Ding , Jun Sun

Rateless Multiple Access (RMA) is a novel non-orthogonal multiple access framework that is promising for massive access in Internet of Things (IoT) due to its high efficiency and low complexity. In the framework, after certain…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Zhaoyang Zhang , Xianbin Wang , Yu Zhang , Yan Chen

Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (mMIMO) is one of the essential technologies introduced by the Fifth Generation (5G) of wireless communication systems. However, although mMIMO provides many benefits for wireless communications, it…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-13 Eduardo Noboro Tominaga , Onel Luiz Alcaraz López , Hirley Alves , Richard Demo Souza , Leonardo Terças

We propose a novel random access (RA) protocol that accounts for the network traffic in mixed URLLC-mMTC scenarios. By considering an IoT environment under high mMTC traffic demand, we model the traffic of each service using realistic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-14 Herman L. dos Santos , João H. I. Souza , José Carlos Marinello , Taufik Abrão