Approximations of the aggregated interference statistics for outage analysis in massive MTC

This paper presents several analytic closed-form approximations of the aggregated interference statistics within the framework of uplink massive machine-type-communications (mMTC), taking into account the random activity of the sensors. Given its discrete nature and the large number of devices invol...

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Autores: Liesegang Maria, Sergi|||0000-0002-7806-4755, Pascual Iserte, Antonio|||0000-0001-5596-2029, Muñoz Medina, Olga|||0000-0002-8739-7068
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/175531
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/175531
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s19245448
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:MIMO systems
Mobile communication systems
Graph theory
Machine-type-communications
Gram-Charlier series expansion
Outage probability
Graph coloring
Comunicacions mòbils, Sistemes de
Sistemes MIMO
Grafs, Teoria de
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
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Resumo:This paper presents several analytic closed-form approximations of the aggregated interference statistics within the framework of uplink massive machine-type-communications (mMTC), taking into account the random activity of the sensors. Given its discrete nature and the large number of devices involved, a continuous approximation based on the Gram–Charlier series expansion of a truncated Gaussian kernel is proposed. We use this approximation to derive an analytic closed-form expression for the outage probability, corresponding to the event of the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio being below a detection threshold. This metric is useful since it can be used for evaluating the performance of mMTC systems. We analyze, as an illustrative application of the previous approximation, a scenario with several multi-antenna collector nodes, each equipped with a set of predefined spatial beams. We consider two setups, namely single- and multiple-resource, in reference to the number of resources that are allocated to each beam. A graph-based approach that minimizes the average outage probability, and that is based on the statistics approximation, is used as allocation strategy. Finally, we describe an access protocol where the resource identifiers are broadcast (distributed) through the beams. Numerical simulations prove the accuracy of the approximations and the benefits of the allocation strategy.