Joint Message Detection, Channel, and User Position Estimation for Unsourced Random Access in Cell-Free Networks

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Main Authors: Gkiouzepi, Eleni, Çakmak, Burak, Opper, Manfred, Caire, Giuseppe
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Published: 2024
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author Gkiouzepi, Eleni
Çakmak, Burak
Opper, Manfred
Caire, Giuseppe
author_facet Gkiouzepi, Eleni
Çakmak, Burak
Opper, Manfred
Caire, Giuseppe
contents We consider unsourced random access (uRA) in user-centric cell-free (CF) wireless networks, where random access users send codewords from a common codebook during specifically dedicated random access channel (RACH) slots. The system is conceptually similar to the so-called 2-step RACH currently discussed in 3GPP standardization. In order to cope with the distributed and CF nature of the network, we propose to partition the network coverage area into zones (referred to as ''locations'') and assign an uRA codebook to each location, such that users in a certain location make use of the associated codebook. The centralized uRA decoder makes use of the multisource AMP algorithm recently proposed by the authors. This yields at once the list of active uRA codewords, an estimate of the corresponding channel vectors, and an estimate of the active users' position. We show excellent performance of this approach and perfect agreement with the rigorous theoretical ''state evolution'' analysis. We also show that the proposed ''location-based'' partitioned codebook approach significantly outperforms a baseline system with a single non-partitioned uRA codebook.
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spellingShingle Joint Message Detection, Channel, and User Position Estimation for Unsourced Random Access in Cell-Free Networks
Gkiouzepi, Eleni
Çakmak, Burak
Opper, Manfred
Caire, Giuseppe
Information Theory
We consider unsourced random access (uRA) in user-centric cell-free (CF) wireless networks, where random access users send codewords from a common codebook during specifically dedicated random access channel (RACH) slots. The system is conceptually similar to the so-called 2-step RACH currently discussed in 3GPP standardization. In order to cope with the distributed and CF nature of the network, we propose to partition the network coverage area into zones (referred to as ''locations'') and assign an uRA codebook to each location, such that users in a certain location make use of the associated codebook. The centralized uRA decoder makes use of the multisource AMP algorithm recently proposed by the authors. This yields at once the list of active uRA codewords, an estimate of the corresponding channel vectors, and an estimate of the active users' position. We show excellent performance of this approach and perfect agreement with the rigorous theoretical ''state evolution'' analysis. We also show that the proposed ''location-based'' partitioned codebook approach significantly outperforms a baseline system with a single non-partitioned uRA codebook.
title Joint Message Detection, Channel, and User Position Estimation for Unsourced Random Access in Cell-Free Networks
topic Information Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08045