Title
Analysis of Blocking in mmWave Cellular Systems: Application to Relay Positioning
Abstract
Within the framework of 5G, blockage effects occurring in the mmWave band are critical. Previous works describe the effects of blockages in isolated and multiple links for simple blocking objects, modeled with mathematical tools such as stochastic geometry and random shape theory. Our study uses these tools to characterize a scenario with N links, including the possible correlation among them in terms of blocking for several models of blocking objects. We include numerical evaluations highlighting that assuming independence among the links' blocking elements is a too-brief simplification and does not accurately describe the real scenario. This paper also applies the formulation developed for the case of N links to optimize the relay positioning in mmWave cells for coverage enhancement, that is, to minimize the communication failure probability. We also show that both link budget and blockages affect the optimum positioning of the relays as they are both essential for successful transmission.
Year
DOI
Venue
2021
10.1109/TCOMM.2020.3038177
IEEE Transactions on Communications
Keywords
DocType
Volume
mmWave,blockage,stochastic geometry,random shape theory,relay
Journal
69
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
0090-6778
4
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.40
0
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
García Cristian140.40
Antonio Pascual-Iserte218927.78
Olga Muñoz312128.31