Factory automation is one of the most challenging use cases for 5G-and-beyond mobile networks due to strict latency, availability and reliability constraints. In this work, an indoor factory scenario is considered, and distributed multiple- input multiple-output (MIMO) schemes are investigated in order to enable reliable communication to the actuators (ACs) active in the factory. Different levels of coordination among the access points serving the ACs and several beamforming schemes are considered and analyzed. To enforce system reliability, a max-min power allocation (MPA) algorithm is proposed, aimed at improving the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of the ACs with the worst channel conditions. Extensive system simulations are performed in a realistic scenario, which includes a new path-loss model based on recent measurements in factory scenarios, and, also, the presence of non-Gaussian impulsive noise. Numerical results show that distributed MIMO schemes with zero-forcing (ZF) beamforming and MPA have the potential of providing SINR gains in the order of tens of dB with respect to a centralized MIMO deployment, as well as that the impulsive noise can strongly degrade the system performance and thus requires specific detection and mitigation techniques.


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    Title :

    Enabling Ultra Reliable Wireless Communications for Factory Automation with Distributed MIMO


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    Publication date :

    2019-09-01


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    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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