A FAS Channel Fitting Strategy Using Extreme Value Distributions for Accurate Outage Performance Evaluation
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: Modeling the channel in a single-antenna fluid antenna system (FAS) using extreme value distributions (EVDs) provides an accurate and tractable framework for FAS performance evaluation. When the objective of FAS channel fitting is outage probability (OP) evaluation, accurate characterization of the low-probability left-tail region becomes crucial, while existing fitting strategies that emphasize global fitting accuracy may fail to capture the critical tail behavior required for precise OP evaluation. In this paper, we propose an OP-oriented channel fitting strategy with a left-tail-sensitive target distribution and fitting criterion. Specifically, a combined EVD (CEVD) is introduced as the target distribution, where a generalized Pareto distribution (GPD) is employed to characterize the left tail and a generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution is used to model the global behavior. Furthermore, a modified mean-square-error (MMSE) criterion is developed, which employs logarithmic-domain errors to enhance sensitivity to left-tail discrepancies. Meanwhile, the evaluation points are constructed via uniform discretization on the logarithm of the cumulative distribution function, ensuring uniform sampling across all probability scales. This mitigates the under-representation of tail errors in the overall MMSE, which cannot be effectively addressed by error amplification alone due to the sparsity of tail samples. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed fitting strategy significantly improves the OP evaluation accuracy in the ultra-low-OP regime.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Language: English
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: G4127674177, G8517247011
OpenAlex ID: W7221027149