Blind User Activity Detection for Grant-Free Random Access in Cell-Free mMIMO Networks

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Autores principales: Khan, Muhammad Usman, Testi, Enrico, Chiani, Marco, Paolini, Enrico
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Publicado: 2024
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author Khan, Muhammad Usman
Testi, Enrico
Chiani, Marco
Paolini, Enrico
author_facet Khan, Muhammad Usman
Testi, Enrico
Chiani, Marco
Paolini, Enrico
contents Cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) networks have recently emerged as a promising solution to tackle the challenges arising from next-generation massive machine-type communications. In this paper, a fully grant-free deep learning (DL)-based method for user activity detection in CF-mMIMO networks is proposed. Initially, the known non-orthogonal pilot sequences are used to estimate the channel coefficients between each user and the access points. Then, a deep convolutional neural network is used to estimate the activity status of the users. The proposed method is "blind", i.e., it is fully data-driven and does not require prior large-scale fading coefficients estimation. Numerical results show how the proposed DL-based algorithm is able to merge the information gathered by the distributed antennas to estimate the user activity status, yet outperforming a state-of-the-art covariance-based method.
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spellingShingle Blind User Activity Detection for Grant-Free Random Access in Cell-Free mMIMO Networks
Khan, Muhammad Usman
Testi, Enrico
Chiani, Marco
Paolini, Enrico
Signal Processing
Cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) networks have recently emerged as a promising solution to tackle the challenges arising from next-generation massive machine-type communications. In this paper, a fully grant-free deep learning (DL)-based method for user activity detection in CF-mMIMO networks is proposed. Initially, the known non-orthogonal pilot sequences are used to estimate the channel coefficients between each user and the access points. Then, a deep convolutional neural network is used to estimate the activity status of the users. The proposed method is "blind", i.e., it is fully data-driven and does not require prior large-scale fading coefficients estimation. Numerical results show how the proposed DL-based algorithm is able to merge the information gathered by the distributed antennas to estimate the user activity status, yet outperforming a state-of-the-art covariance-based method.
title Blind User Activity Detection for Grant-Free Random Access in Cell-Free mMIMO Networks
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02359