Title
A stochastic geometry approach to energy efficiency in relay-assisted cellular networks
Abstract
Though cooperative relaying is believed to be a promising technology to improve the energy efficiency of cellular networks, the relays' static power consumption might worsen the energy efficiency therefore can not be neglected. In this paper, we focus on whether and how the energy efficiency of cellular networks can be improved via relays. Based on the spatial Poisson point process, an analytical model is proposed to evaluate the energy efficiency of relay-assisted cellular networks. With the aid of the technical tools of stochastic geometry, we derive the distributions of signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratios (SINRs) and mean achievable rates of both non-cooperative users and cooperative users. The energy efficiency measured by “bps/Hz/W” is expressed subsequently. These established expressions are amenable to numerical evaluation and corroborated by simulation results.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/GLOCOM.2012.6503654
Global Communications Conference
Keywords
DocType
Volume
relay networks (telecommunication),stochastic processes,noncooperative users,cellular radio,cooperative communication,sinr,stochastic geometry approach,relay static power consumption,cooperative relaying,relay-assisted cellular networks,spatial poisson point process,energy efficiency,signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratios,geometry
Conference
abs/1210.5614
Issue
ISSN
ISBN
null
1930-529X E-ISBN : 978-1-4673-0919-6
978-1-4673-0919-6
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
3
0.42
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Na Deng111322.23
Sihai Zhang26319.50
Wuyang Zhou322647.51
Jinkang Zhu413727.65