Tu-Trinh Thi Nguyen;Xuan-Xinh Nguyen;Ngan V. T. Nguyen
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Abstract
In this letter, we study the average block error rate (BLER) performance of short-packet communications (SPC) for pinching-antenna systems (PASS). A base station equipped with a pinching antenna serves an Internet of Things downlink user using SPC. Closed-form expressions for the average BLER of SPC for PASS networks are analytically derived under in-waveguide attenuation. Simulation results demonstrate that PASS-aided SPC networks significantly outperform conventional fixed-antenna-aided SPC systems in terms of BLER, especially in the low in-waveguide attenuation regime.
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The IEEE Communications Letters publishes short papers in a rapid publication cycle on advances in the state-of-the-art of communication over different media and channels including wire, underground, waveguide, optical fiber, and storage channels. Both theoretical contributions (including new techniques, concepts, and analyses) and practical contributions (including system experiments and prototypes, and new applications) are encouraged. This journal focuses on the physical layer and the link layer of communication systems.