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The meta distribution as a new performance metric can provide much more fine-grained information about the individual link reliability, and is of great value for the analysis and design of the future cellular networks. In this paper, we investigate the stochastic geometry based analysis for heterogeneous networks from the perspective on the meta distribution. The comprehensive overview for the fundamental framework of the meta distribution is provided, which involves the concepts of the meta distribution and its related performance metric (e.g., mean local delay and spatial outage capacity) and the efficient calculation methods of the meta distribution. The insights of the meta distribution are also stated by the comparison with standard success probability. The various applications of the meta distribution to heterogeneous networks are summarized and categorized by different types of technologies. Furthermore, some open issues and future work are discussed to promote the development and application of the meta distribution.
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The work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61941114, 61941105, 61971066), Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. L182038), and National Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program.
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Yu, X., Cui, Q., Wang, Y. et al. Stochastic geometry based analysis for heterogeneous networks: a perspective on meta distribution. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 63, 223301 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-020-2875-7
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