A Grant-free Coded Random Access Scheme for Near-field Communications

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Main Authors: Testi, Enrico, Torcolacci, Giulia, Decarli, Nicolò, Dardari, Davide, Paolini, Enrico
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Published: 2025
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author Testi, Enrico
Torcolacci, Giulia
Decarli, Nicolò
Dardari, Davide
Paolini, Enrico
author_facet Testi, Enrico
Torcolacci, Giulia
Decarli, Nicolò
Dardari, Davide
Paolini, Enrico
contents The industrial Internet of things (IIoT) is revolutionizing industrial processes by facilitating massive machine-type communications among countless interconnected devices. To efficiently handle the resulting large-scale and sporadic traffic, grant-free random access protocols-especially coded random access (CRA)-have emerged as scalable and reliable solutions. At the same time, advancements in wireless hardware, including extremely large-scale MIMO arrays and high-frequency communication (e.g., mmWave, Terahertz), are pushing network operations into the near-field propagation regime, allowing for dense connectivity and enhanced spatial multiplexing. This paper proposes an innovative approach that combines near-field spatial multiplexing with the interference mitigation capabilities of CRA, utilizing an extremely large aperture array at the access point. This integration improves reliability and reduces access latency, offering a robust framework for IIoT connectivity in next-generation 6G networks.
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spellingShingle A Grant-free Coded Random Access Scheme for Near-field Communications
Testi, Enrico
Torcolacci, Giulia
Decarli, Nicolò
Dardari, Davide
Paolini, Enrico
Signal Processing
The industrial Internet of things (IIoT) is revolutionizing industrial processes by facilitating massive machine-type communications among countless interconnected devices. To efficiently handle the resulting large-scale and sporadic traffic, grant-free random access protocols-especially coded random access (CRA)-have emerged as scalable and reliable solutions. At the same time, advancements in wireless hardware, including extremely large-scale MIMO arrays and high-frequency communication (e.g., mmWave, Terahertz), are pushing network operations into the near-field propagation regime, allowing for dense connectivity and enhanced spatial multiplexing. This paper proposes an innovative approach that combines near-field spatial multiplexing with the interference mitigation capabilities of CRA, utilizing an extremely large aperture array at the access point. This integration improves reliability and reduces access latency, offering a robust framework for IIoT connectivity in next-generation 6G networks.
title A Grant-free Coded Random Access Scheme for Near-field Communications
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15673