6G Cell-Free Network Architecture

Abstract

The emergence of new applications puts forward more stringent requirements on the performance of wireless communication networks, therefore novel architecture is required to satisfy the development demands. Among the research of 6G wireless networking architecture, the cell-free network is considered as one of the most potential enabler technologies. However, the current network is generally based on rigid architecture (i.e. centralized or distributed) and cannot be flexibly adapted to different applications. This paper first investigates a 6G inter-frequency networking architecture based on cell-free technology, and proposes a real-time adjustment method for the network architecture, which combines both distributed and centralized processing to achieve dynamic on-demand adjustment.