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In this paper, we investigate unsourced random access for massive machine-type communications (mMTC) in the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. Firstly, we establish a high-efficiency uncoupled framework for massive unsourced random…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Feiyan Tian , Xiaoming Chen , Yong Liang Guan , Chau Yuen

The performance of grant-free random access (GF-RA) is limited by the number of accessible random access resources (RRs) due to the absence of collision resolution. Compressive sensing (CS)-based RA schemes scale up the RRs at the expense…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Ameha Tsegaye Abebe , Chung G. Kang

This paper investigates the problem of resource allocation for joint communication and radar sensing system on rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system. UAV simultaneously communicates with multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-07-13 Yuwei Li , Wanli Ni , Hui Tian , Meihui Hua , Shaoshuai Fan

This paper focuses on the latest research and innovations in fundamental next-generation multiple access (NGMA) techniques and the coexistence with other key technologies for the sixth generation (6G) of wireless networks. In more detail,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-14 Nikos G. Evgenidis , Nikos A. Mitsiou , Vasiliki I. Koutsioumpa , Sotiris A. Tegos , Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis , George K. Karagiannidis

Massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC) features a massive number of low-cost user equipments (UEs) with sparse activity. Tailor-made for these features, grant-free random access (GF-RA) serves as an efficient access solution for mMTC.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Zhaoji Zhang , Yuhao Chi , Qinghua Guo , Ying Li , Guanghui Song , Chongwen Huang

This paper considers an unsourced random access (URA) set-up equipped with a passive reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), where a massive number of unidentified users (only a small fraction of them being active at any given time) are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Mohammad Javad Ahmadi , Mohammad Kazemi , Tolga M. Duman

Rate-Splitting Multiple Access (RSMA) has emerged as a powerful multiple access, interference management, and multi-user strategy for next generation communication systems. In this tutorial, we depart from the orthogonal multiple access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-11 Bruno Clerckx , Yijie Mao , Eduard A. Jorswieck , Jinhong Yuan , David J. Love , Elza Erkip , Dusit Niyato

Wi-Fi networks have long relied on the Enhanced Distributed Channel Access (EDCA) mechanism, allowing stations to compete for transmission opportunities. However, as networks become denser and emerging applications demand lower latency and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Douglas Dziedzorm Agbeve , Andrey Belogaev , Jeroen Famaey

A high success rate of grant-free random access scheme is proposed to support massive access for machine-to-machine communications in massive multipleinput multiple-output systems. This scheme allows active user equipments (UEs) to transmit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-29 Huimei Han , Lushun Fang , Weidang Lu , Wenchao Zhai , Ying Li , Jun Zhao

We consider a classical multiple access system with a single transmission channel, finite number of users (users), and randomized transmission protocol (ALOHA). We assume that every user sends messages to the base station with various…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-04 Dmitriy Kim , Georgi Georgiev , Natalya Markovskaya

Multiple access is the cornerstone technology for each generation of wireless cellular networks and resource allocation design plays a crucial role in multiple access. In this paper, we present a comprehensive tutorial overview for junior…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Zhiqiang Wei , Dongfang Xu , Shuangyang Li , Shenghui Song , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Giuseppe Caire

The rapid evolution of wireless technologies has intensified interest in open and fully programmable radio access networks for whole-stack research, innovation, and evaluation of emerging solutions. Large-scale wireless living labs, such as…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Joshua Ofori Boateng , Tianyi Zhang , Guoying Zu , Taimoor Ul Islam , Sarath Babu , Florian Kaltenberger , Robert Schmidt , Hongwei Zhang , Daji Qiao

This paper investigates the issue of cooperative activity detection for grant-free random access in the sixth-generation (6G) cell-free wireless networks with sourced and unsourced paradigms. First, we propose a cooperative framework for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-23 Xiaodan Shao , Xiaoming Chen , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Caijun Zhong , Zhaoyang Zhang

Two critical approaches have emerged in the literature for the successful realization of 6G wireless networks: the coexistence of multiple waveforms and the adoption of non-orthogonal multiple access. These strategies hold transformative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-27 Kenza Abela , Shaima Abidrabbu , Ayoub Ammar Boudjelal , Huseyin Arslan

This paper considers the massive MIMO unsourced random access problem in a quasi-static Rayleigh fading setting. The proposed coding scheme is based on a concatenation of a "conventional" channel code (such as, e.g., LDPC) serving as an…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-01 Patrick Agostini , Zoran Utkovski , Slawomir Stanczak

In this work, we present the design for both pilot-uncoupled and pilot-free on-off multiple access (ODMA) receivers in unsourced random access (URA) for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Unlike pilot-coupled ODMA, where on-off…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Zhentian Zhang , Jian Dang , Zaichen Zhang

The problem of uplink transmissions in massive connectivity is commonly dealt with using schemes for grant-free random access. When a large number of devices transmit almost synchronously, the receiver may not be able to resolve the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-09 Ao Chen , Wei Chen , Bo Ai , Petar Popovski

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

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

Unsourced multiple access abstracts grantless simultaneous communication of a large number of devices (messages) each of which transmits (is transmitted) infrequently. It provides a model for machine-to-machine communication in the Internet…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-13 Robert Calderbank , Andrew Thompson