Paper Info
Title
Flexible Spectrum Sharing and Interference Coordination for Low Power Nodes in Heterogeneous Networks.
Abstract
Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet) have been proposed as a means of boosting the coverage in areas where users experience weak wireless connectivity. In HetNets, due to the massive deployment of Low Power Nodes (LPN) along side the usual Macro Base Stations (MBS), inter-cell interference becomes a significant issue which, if not properly handled, may degrade the network throughput and the macro-cell edge users performance.In this paper, we focus on the problem of the inter-cell interference to the Macro User Equipments (MUE) generated by the LPNs. We propose an algorithm for flexible spectrum usage among LPNs that enhances macro cell-edge user throughput. By means of a dynamic redistribution of the frequency resources among MBSs and LPNs, this algorithm reduces the harmful interference generated by the LPNs to the macro cell-edge users, hence increasing the throughput of the latter. In addition to helping the terminals which experience high interference, the proposed solution also limits the overall reduction in network throughput, which is usually one of the side effects of interference coordination in HetNets.The simulation results show that, compared to a full frequency reuse for the LPNs, the proposed algorithm improves the throughput of the macro cell-edge users, which are usually the ones experiencing the lowest performance within the network. Overall, with limited impact in terms of HetNet throughput reduction and with good benefit to the cell-edge users performance, this algorithm represents an effective solution to the inter-cell interference problem affecting the HetNets.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/VTCFall.2012.6399308
VTC Fall
Keywords
Field
DocType
Long Term Evolution,frequency allocation,radiofrequency interference,HetNet throughput reduction,MBS,MUE,flexible spectrum sharing,frequency reuse,heterogeneous networks,intercell interference,interference coordination,low power nodes,macro base stations,macro user equipments,macro-cell edge users performance,network throughput,wireless connectivity
Computer science,Computer network,Electronic engineering,Boosting (machine learning),Interference (wave propagation),Throughput,Frequency allocation,Heterogeneous network,Frequency reuse,Macro,Spectrum sharing
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
1550-2252
3
0.41
References 
Authors
3
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Carlo Galiotto1385.48
Nicola Marchetti219233.90
Linda E. Doyle330434.70