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Dynamic Federations for 6G Cell-Free Networking: Concepts and Terminology

Callebaut, Gilles ; Tärneberg, William LU ; van Der Perre, Liesbet LU and Fitzgerald, Emma LU orcid (2022) International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
Abstract
Cell-Free networking is one of the prime candidates
for 6G networks. Despite being capable of providing the 6G
needs, practical limitations and considerations are often neglected
in current research. In this work, we introduce the concept
of federations to dynamically scale and select the best set of
resources, e.g., antennas, computing and data resources, to serve
a given application. Next to communication, 6G systems are expected to provide also wireless powering, positioning and sensing,
further increasing the complexity of such systems. Therefore,
each federation is self-managing and is distributed over the
area in a cell-free manner. Next to the dynamic federations,
new accompanying terminology... (More)
Cell-Free networking is one of the prime candidates
for 6G networks. Despite being capable of providing the 6G
needs, practical limitations and considerations are often neglected
in current research. In this work, we introduce the concept
of federations to dynamically scale and select the best set of
resources, e.g., antennas, computing and data resources, to serve
a given application. Next to communication, 6G systems are expected to provide also wireless powering, positioning and sensing,
further increasing the complexity of such systems. Therefore,
each federation is self-managing and is distributed over the
area in a cell-free manner. Next to the dynamic federations,
new accompanying terminology is proposed to design cell-free
systems taking into account practical limitations such as time
synchronization and distributed processing. We conclude with
an illustration with four federations, serving distinct applications,
and introduce two new testbeds to study these architectures and
concepts. (Less)
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23rd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communication (SPAWC)
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IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
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Oulu, Finland
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2022-07-04 - 2022-07-06
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ISBN
978-1-6654-9456-4
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DOI
10.1109/SPAWC51304.2022.9833918
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English
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  author       = {{Callebaut, Gilles and Tärneberg, William and van Der Perre, Liesbet and Fitzgerald, Emma}},
  booktitle    = {{23rd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communication (SPAWC)}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-6654-9456-4}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Dynamic Federations for 6G Cell-Free Networking: Concepts and Terminology}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/121142535/1570798160.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/SPAWC51304.2022.9833918}},
  year         = {{2022}},
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