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    Designing feasible deployment strategies for cell-free massive MIMO networks : assessing cost-effectiveness and reliability
    (Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-06-14) FERNANDES, André Lucas Pinho; MONTI, Paolo; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4220330196422554; COSTA, João Crisóstomo Weyl Albuquerque; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9622051867672434
    Cell-free Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (mMIMO) networks are a promising solution for the Sixth Generation of mobile systems (6G) and beyond. These networks utilize multiple distributed antennas to transmit and receive signals coherently, under an apparently non-cellular communication paradigm that eliminates the traditional concept of cells in mobile networks. This shift poses significant deployment challenges, as conventional tools designed for cellular systems are inadequate for planning and evaluating cell-free mMIMO architectures. In this sense, the literature has been developing models specific to cell-free mMIMO that deal with system coordination, fronthaul signaling, required computational complexities of processing procedures, segmented fronthaul, transitioning from cellular network deployments, and integration to Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) technologies. These advancements are instrumental in transforming cell-free mMIMO from a theoretical system to a practical application. Despite this, further study is needed to integrate existing models and develop practical evaluation tools to assess the feasibility of cell-free mMIMO and its enablers. This thesis addresses these gaps by proposing new tools to evaluate the feasibility of cell-free mMIMO networks regarding reliability and costs. The first tool focuses on evaluating the reliability of cell-free mMIMO. It is used to improve the understanding of possible failure impacts and to develop effective protection schemes for the fronthaul network of cell-free mMIMO networks. Results for an indoor office implementation with an area of 100 m2 and a Transmission-Reception Point (TRP) spacing of 20 m, demonstrate that cell-free systems with segmented fronthaul, i.e., with serial fronthaul connections between TRPs, require protection strategies. It is shown that interconnecting serial chains and partially duplicating serial chains (40% redundancy) are effective protection schemes. Finally, in the considered indoor scenarios, interconnection appears to be the most feasible alternative when the number of serial chains is higher than three. The second tool assesses the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) of cell-free mMIMO and its enablers, considering essential aspects, like user demands, fronthaul bandwidth limitations, and hardware processing capacities. The tool is used to evaluate the costs of two functional splits from the literature that are equivalent to distributed and centralized processing architectures for cell-free mMIMO networks. Results for an ultra-dense urban scenario covering an area of 0.25 km2 with up to 800 TRPs, reveal that centralized processing is more feasible for most user demands, hardware configurations of TRP, and cost considerations. Despite this, distributed processing may be more feasible in limited cases of low demand (up to 50 Mbps per user) and under massive cost reductions for expenses related to TRPs deployment.
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    Scalable AP selection strategies for user-centric cell-free massive MIMO networks
    (Universidade Federal do Pará, 2024-06-06) FREITAS, Marx Miguel Miranda de; COSTA, Daniel Benevides da; http://lattes.cnpq.br/0644241968356756; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5439-7475; VALCARENGHI, Luca; COSTA, João Crisóstomo Weyl Albuquerque; http://lattes.cnpq.br/9622051867672434
    User-centric (UC) cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are promising technologies for beyond 5G (B5G) networks. In these systems, the user equipment (UE) is associated with a subset of access points (APs) distributed into the coverage area, leading to improvements in macro-diversity and spectral efficiency (SE) compared to conventional cell-based systems. Despite the benefits, challenges such as scalable AP selection strategies, computational complexity (CC), and inter-central processing unit (CPU) coordination may still exist in these systems. In this regard, this thesis proposes a novel and general AP selection framework that affords scalability for UC systems, enabling more efficient use of the network resources, such as transmission power and reduced processing demands. The solution is based on a matched-decision among the most suitable connections for APs and UEs. Moreover, three strategies to fine-tune the AP clusters of UEs are proposed, aiming to reduce the number of APs connected to each UE without compromising the SE. Simulation results reveal that the matched-decision framework improves up to 163% the SE of the 95% likely UEs compared with baseline schemes. A heuristic approach that reduces the effects of inter-CPU coordination is also proposed. It decreases the number of inter-coordinated UEs (i.e., UEs connected to multiple CPUs) on each CPU to reduce signaling demands on backhaul links. Numerical results indicate that the proposed method mitigates inter-CPU coordination while yielding slight degradation in SE and improving energy efficiency (EE). Finally, this thesis investigates the performance of UC systems with limited processing capacity. Specifically, it is assumed that the CC of performing channel estimation and precoding signals does not increase with the number of APs. Thus, the UE can only be associated with a finite number of APs. Furthermore, a method is proposed for adjusting the AP clusters according to the network implementation, i.e., centralized or distributed. The results show that UC systems can keep the SE under minor degradation even if the CC up to 96%. Besides, the proposed method for adjusting the AP cluster leads to further reductions in CC.
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