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arxiv: 2604.25285 · v1 · submitted 2026-04-28 · 💻 cs.IT · math.IT

Performance Analysis of Pinching Antenna Systems Enabled NOMA Communications

Xinwei Yue , Xinglun Tao , Jingjing Zhao , Xianfu Lei , Yuanwei Liu , Zhiguo Ding This is my paper

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keywords pinching antenna systemsnon-orthogonal multiple accessblockage outage probabilityergodic data rateLoS/NLoS channelsperformance analysissuccessive interference cancellation
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The pith

PASS-NOMA networks achieve lower blockage outage probabilities and higher ergodic data rates than PASS-OMA networks across line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight conditions.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper examines the integration of pinching antenna systems with non-orthogonal multiple access to serve two randomly placed nodes inside a circular region. It derives closed-form expressions for blockage probability and ergodic data rates under LoS and NLoS propagation links while accounting for non-ideal successive interference cancellation. Numerical evaluation shows that the new setup outperforms traditional orthogonal multiple access on both metrics and that adding more pinching antennas further improves results. A sympathetic reader would care because the work points to a concrete way to increase reliability and throughput in wireless networks that already use NOMA without requiring perfect interference cancellation.

Core claim

By modeling nodes randomly distributed in a circle and factoring in the probabilities of LoS and NLoS links from the pinching antennas, the paper obtains closed-form blockage outage and ergodic rate expressions for the near and far NOMA nodes. It further shows that the slopes of the ergodic rate curves equal zero for the near node under non-ideal successive interference cancellation and for the far node on LoS links, indicating no infinite diversity gain in those cases. Throughput is also evaluated across different transmission modes.

What carries the argument

Closed-form derivations of blockage probability and ergodic data rates for two NOMA nodes over LoS/NLoS fading channels, together with diversity-order analysis under non-ideal successive interference cancellation.

If this is right

  • Blockage outage probability is lower for PASS-NOMA than for PASS-OMA under both LoS and NLoS conditions.
  • Ergodic data rates are larger for PASS-NOMA than for PASS-OMA on the same channels.
  • Raising the number of pinching antennas improves both outage and rate metrics over LoS/NLoS links.
  • System throughput can be compared directly across different transmission modes using the derived expressions.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The zero diversity-order result for the near node under non-ideal cancellation suggests that further gains may require improved interference cancellation rather than simply adding more pinching antennas.
  • Because the model treats nodes as uniformly random inside a circle, the same analysis framework could be reused to study coverage in other geometries such as rectangular cells or corridors.
  • If the LoS/NLoS probability model is replaced by a distance-dependent variant, the closed-form expressions could be updated to predict performance in environments with varying obstacle density.

Load-bearing premise

The random uniform placement of nodes inside a circle together with the chosen LoS/NLoS probability model must accurately capture real propagation environments, and the derived closed-form expressions must remain valid even when successive interference cancellation is imperfect.

What would settle it

A set of field measurements or detailed ray-tracing simulations in which increasing the number of pinching antennas produces no measurable rise in ergodic rates for either node under realistic LoS/NLoS conditions would falsify the reported performance gains.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2604.25285 by Jingjing Zhao, Xianfu Lei, Xinglun Tao, Xinwei Yue, Yuanwei Liu, Zhiguo Ding.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: A schematic diagram of PASS based NOMA commu view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: plots the blockage probability versus ρ in PASS￾NOMA networks with RD = 10 m, K = 10, and Rˆ n = Rˆ f = 1 BPCU. The purple and blue solid curves representing the blockage probability of node n under NISIC and ISIC are generated using (6) and (7), respectively. The dark red                view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: The blockage probability versus ρ, with different communication region radius RD from 10 m to 30 m. and green solid curves for blockage probability of node f over LoS and NLoS propagation links are obtained from (9) and (11), respectively. As can be seen that the Monte Carlo simulation results derived of PASS-NOMA networks are match with the analytical derivations. The blue dashed lines for asymptotic bloc… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: plots the ergodic data rates versus ρ, with RD = 10 m, K = 10, and Rˆ n = Rˆ f = 1 BPCU. The purple upper triangle and blue lower triangle solid curves representing the ergodic data rates of node n under ISIC/NISIC are generated using (19) and (20), respectively. The dark red cross-shaped and green cross-shaped solid curves for ergodic data rates of node f over LoS/NLoS propagation links are obtained from … view at source ↗
Figure 6
Figure 6. Figure 6: The ergodic data rate versus ρ, with different commu￾nication region radius RD from 10 m to 30 m. curves match the theoretical curves in the high SNR region. It can be seen that the ergodic data rates of non-orthogonal nodes are lower than that of the orthogonal node. This is because that the total power resources are devoted to a single node. The ergodic data rate curves of node n under NISIC converge to … view at source ↗
Figure 7
Figure 7. Figure 7: The ergodic data rate versus ρ, with different number of pinching antennas K from 5 to 20.        view at source ↗
Figure 8
Figure 8. Figure 8: The delay-constrained system throughput versus view at source ↗
read the original abstract

Pinching antenna systems (PASS) have the advantages in the perspective of flexible antenna reconfiguration, line-of-sight (LoS) creation, and scalability features. To highlight the ascendancy of PASS, we survey the integration of PASS into non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks. The locations of nodes are randomly distributed within a circular coverage region. The influencing factors of line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) propagation links from PASS to non-orthogonal nodes are taken into considered. To characterize performance of PASS-NOMA, we deduce the blockage probability and ergodic data rates expressions of two nodes over LoS/NLoS fading channels. In light of these theoretical results, the infinite diversity gain are also analyzed with near node n under non-ideal successive interference cancellation (NISIC) and far node f over LoS links. The slopes of ergodic data rate for node n with NISIC and node f were equal to zeros. In addition, the PASS-NOMA system throughput are evaluated in different transmission modes. It is shown from the numerical results that: 1) The blockage outage behaviors of PASS-NOMA networks with LoS/NLoS conditions outperform that of PASS aided traditional orthogonal multiple access (OMA); 2)The employment of PASS enables the larger ergodic data rates relative to PASS-OMA networks; and 3) As the quantity of pinching antennas rises, the performance of PASS-NOMA networks are enhanced over LoS/NLoS propagation links.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper analyzes pinching antenna systems (PASS) integrated with NOMA communications. Nodes are randomly and uniformly placed in a circular coverage area. Closed-form expressions for blockage probabilities and ergodic rates are derived for the near and far NOMA nodes under LoS/NLoS fading channels. Diversity orders are analyzed for the near node under non-ideal SIC and the far node on LoS links, with claims of infinite diversity gain in these cases. System throughput is evaluated across transmission modes. Numerical results are used to claim that PASS-NOMA outperforms PASS-OMA in blockage outage and ergodic rates, with performance improving as the number of pinching antennas increases.

Significance. If the derivations hold and the numerical comparisons are accurate, the work supplies useful closed-form performance metrics for PASS-NOMA systems, emphasizing benefits from flexible antenna placement and LoS creation. The diversity-order analysis and throughput comparisons could serve as benchmarks for reconfigurable antenna technologies in multi-user networks. The significance is reduced by the idealized stochastic-geometry assumptions (uniform circular placement and fixed LoS/NLoS probabilities), which may not generalize to clustered or correlated real-world deployments.

major comments (2)
  1. [Diversity Analysis] The diversity analysis claims infinite diversity gain for the near node under NISIC and the far node over LoS links, but states that the slopes of the ergodic data rates for node n with NISIC and node f are equal to zero. This requires explicit reconciliation in the diversity section, including the precise definition of diversity gain used and its relation to the ergodic-rate high-SNR slope.
  2. [Numerical Results and Performance Analysis] The central performance claims (PASS-NOMA outperforming PASS-OMA in outage and rates, plus gains from additional pinching antennas) rest on the derived closed-form expressions and numerical results. However, the manuscript provides no Monte-Carlo verification or error-bar reporting for these expressions, leaving open the possibility of derivation gaps in the averaging over uniform locations and LoS/NLoS probabilities.
minor comments (2)
  1. The abstract contains grammatical issues ('taken into considered', 'infinite diversity gain are', 'were equal to zeros') that should be corrected.
  2. [System Model] Notation for LoS/NLoS probabilities, pinching-antenna count, and NOMA power-allocation coefficients should be introduced with a dedicated table or clear definitions early in the system model to improve readability.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the thorough review and valuable comments on our manuscript analyzing pinching antenna systems (PASS) integrated with NOMA. We address each major comment below with point-by-point responses and indicate the planned revisions to strengthen the paper.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: [Diversity Analysis] The diversity analysis claims infinite diversity gain for the near node under NISIC and the far node over LoS links, but states that the slopes of the ergodic data rates for node n with NISIC and node f are equal to zero. This requires explicit reconciliation in the diversity section, including the precise definition of diversity gain used and its relation to the ergodic-rate high-SNR slope.

    Authors: We appreciate the referee highlighting this point for clarification. In the manuscript, diversity order is defined via the asymptotic decay of outage probability: specifically, the diversity order d satisfies P_out ~ SNR^{-d} as SNR -> infinity. For the near node under NISIC and the far node on LoS links, the outage probability decays faster than any polynomial in SNR (due to the flexible antenna placement enabling strong LoS and the interference management), yielding infinite diversity order. Separately, the ergodic rate expressions saturate to finite constants at high SNR because NISIC leaves residual interference proportional to the desired signal power, and LoS links in the model yield a deterministic gain without additional multiplexing; thus the high-SNR slope of ergodic rate is zero. These are consistent: infinite diversity ensures outage vanishes rapidly, while rate is interference-limited and does not grow unbounded. We will revise the diversity section to include an explicit subsection defining diversity order (outage-based) versus ergodic-rate slope, with a short proof sketch reconciling the two behaviors. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Numerical Results and Performance Analysis] The central performance claims (PASS-NOMA outperforming PASS-OMA in outage and rates, plus gains from additional pinching antennas) rest on the derived closed-form expressions and numerical results. However, the manuscript provides no Monte-Carlo verification or error-bar reporting for these expressions, leaving open the possibility of derivation gaps in the averaging over uniform locations and LoS/NLoS probabilities.

    Authors: The referee correctly notes the absence of Monte-Carlo verification. Our closed-form expressions for blockage probability and ergodic rates were obtained by exact integration over the uniform circular distribution of node locations and the independent LoS/NLoS probabilities; no approximations were introduced in the averaging steps. To directly address the concern and confirm the derivations, we will add Monte-Carlo simulation curves (with 10^5 realizations) overlaid on the analytical results in the numerical section of the revised manuscript, including error bars to quantify any residual discrepancy. This will also illustrate the performance gains of PASS-NOMA over PASS-OMA and the benefits of increasing the number of pinching antennas. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity in derivation chain; results follow from standard stochastic geometry

full rationale

The paper derives blockage outage probabilities and ergodic rate expressions by averaging over uniform random node locations in a circular region combined with fixed LoS/NLoS link probabilities and standard fading models. These closed-form results are obtained via direct integration and do not reduce to the target metrics by definition. Diversity-order analysis (slopes of ergodic rates) and numerical comparisons to OMA follow algebraically from the same expressions without fitted inputs renamed as predictions or load-bearing self-citations. The model assumptions are stated explicitly and the derivations remain self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Only the abstract is available; the ledger is therefore populated from the modeling assumptions stated there. The central claim rests on standard wireless channel models and geometric probability rather than new postulates.

axioms (2)
  • domain assumption Nodes are independently and uniformly distributed inside a circular coverage region.
    Stated in the abstract as the spatial model for performance evaluation.
  • domain assumption LoS and NLoS propagation links are characterized by distinct path-loss and fading statistics whose probabilities depend on distance and environment.
    Abstract explicitly says these factors are taken into consideration when deriving blockage probability and rates.

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