An Accurate Approximation of Resource Request Distributions in Millimeter Wave 3GPP New Radio Systems

The recently standardized millimeter wave-based 3GPP New Radio technology is expected to become an enabler for both enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) services specified to future 5G systems. One of the first steps in mathematical modeling of such systems is the characterization of the session resource request probability mass function (pmf) as a function of the channel conditions, cell size, application demands, user location and system parameters including modulation and coding schemes employed at the air interface. Unfortunately, this pmf cannot be expressed via elementary functions. In this paper, we develop an accurate approximation of the sought pmf. First, we show that Normal distribution provides a fairly accurate approximation to the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the signal-to-noise ratio for communication systems operating in the millimeter frequency band, further allowing evaluating the resource request pmf via error function. We also investigate the impact of shadow fading on the resource request pmf.Comment: The 19th International Conference on Next Generation Wired/Wireless Networks and Systems (New2An 2019

Capacity of Multiconnectivity mmWave Systems with Dynamic Blockage and Directional Antennas

The challenges of millimeter-wave (mmWave) radio propagation in dense crowded environments require dynamic re-associations between the available access points (APs) to reduce the chances of losing the line-of-sight path. However, the antenna beamsearching functionality in the mmWave systems may introduce significant delays in the course of AP re-association. In this paper, we analyze user performance in dense urban mmWave deployments that are susceptible to blockage by the dynamically moving crowd. Our approach relies on the ergodic capacity as the key parameter of interest. We conduct a detailed evaluation with respect to the impact of various system parameters on the ergodic capacity, such as AP density and height, blocker density and speed, number of antenna array elements, array switching time, degree of multiconnectivity, and employed connectivity strategies. Particularly, we demonstrate that dual connectivity delivers the desired performance out of all possible degrees of multiconnectivity, and there is an optimal density of mmWave APs that maximizes the capacity of cell-edge users. We also show that the use of low complexity 'reactive' multiconnectivity design, where the beamtracking is only performed when the currently active connection is lost, together with the utilization of iterative beamsearching algorithms, does not significantly deteriorate the ergodic capacity.acceptedVersionPeer reviewe