Improving Network Availability of Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications With Multi-Connectivity

• Published in: IEEE transactions on communications Vol. 66; no. 11; pp. 5482 - 5496
• Main Authors: She, Changyang, Chen, Zhengchuan, Yang, Chenyang, Quek, Tony Q. S., Li, Yonghui, Vucetic, Branka
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Analytical models; Availability; Computer simulation; Connectivity; Decoding; Delays; Device-to-device communication; Links; multi-connectivity; Network availability; Network reliability; Quality of service; Reliability; Service introduction; Shadow mapping; ultrareliable and low-latency communications

Ultra-reliable and low-latency communications (URLLC) have stringent requirements on quality-of-service and network availability. Due to path loss and shadowing, it is very challenging to guarantee the stringent requirements of URLLC with satisfactory communication range. In this paper, we first pro...