Abstract
This paper studies a promising use case of a private 5G network for the sports industry: wearable bodycams and sensors in a football match. This use case requires a reliable and dedicated massive MIMO network to provide uniform coverage with a high capacity in the whole pitch area. The coverage of co-located and distributed (cell-free) massive MIMO, differing in the configuration of base station antenna placement inside the stadium, are evaluated through ray tracing using a 3D stadium model and players' mobility dataset. The results give insight into how distributed antennas inside the stadium should be deployed to enhance the uniform coverage of moving wearable devices. Besides that, the uplink capacity performance and the impact of channel aging on the capacity are also evaluated. The results demonstrate the advantages and disadvantages of different base station antenna distribution strategies in terms of coverage, capacity and channel aging impact.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops) |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 314-319 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 979-8-3503-3307-7 |
ISBN (Print) | 979-8-3503-3308-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2023 |
Event | 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops) - Rome, Italy Duration: 28 May 2023 → 1 Jun 2023 |
Publication series
Name | IEEE International Conference on Communications workshops |
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Publisher | IEEE |
ISSN (Print) | 2164-7038 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2694-2941 |
Conference
Conference | 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops) |
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Country/Territory | Italy |
City | Rome |
Period | 28/05/23 → 1/06/23 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-careOtherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
Keywords
- massive MIMO
- cell-free
- coverage
- channel aging
- private 5G
- sports