scholarly journals Context-Aware Mode Selection for 5G Multi-Hop Cellular Networks

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 840
Author(s):  
Lucas-Estañ ◽  
Gozalvez ◽  
Sepulcre
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Networks ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Mode Selection ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Context Aware ◽  
5G Networks ◽  
D2d Communications ◽  
Selection Scheme ◽  
Wide Range

In the present day, 5G and beyond networks are being designed to support the future increase of data traffic and service demands. To support such increase, 5G networks will incorporate device-centric technologies with adequate mechanisms to scale and handle the growing and very large number of connected devices and traffic demands. Device-centric technologies include Device-to-Device (D2D) communications and Multi-hop Cellular Networks (MCNs). In device-centric wireless networks, devices will be able to connect to the network using two different connection modes: through a traditional cellular connection, or through a multi-hop cellular connection based on D2D communications with intermediate mobile devices. Device-centric technologies will therefore provide new connectivity options and significant opportunities to enhance the capacity and efficiency of 5G networks. However, new challenges will need to be addressed. One of them is the selection of the most adequate connection mode for each mobile device, because it will be key to improve the network performance and efficiency. This work proposes a context-aware mode selection scheme capable of identifying and selecting the most adequate connection mode for each device under a wide range of deployment and operating conditions. The proposed scheme estimates the benefits and risks of each connection mode based on context information available at the base station guaranteeing low signaling overhead. The obtained results show that the proposed mode selection scheme helps achieving throughput gains higher than 200% compared to traditional single-hop cellular communications for devices at the cell edge, and significant gains are also achieved compared to other mode selection schemes implemented and evaluated.

scholarly journals New framework for interference and energy analysis of soft frequency reuse in 5G networks

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1941-1949
Author(s):  
Achonu Adejo ◽  
Osbert Asaka ◽  
Habeeb Bello- Salau ◽  
Caroline Alenoghena
Keyword(s):  
Cellular Networks ◽  
Spectral Efficiency ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Frequency Reuse ◽  
Base Stations ◽  
System Capacity ◽  
Management Technique ◽  
5G Networks ◽  
Soft Frequency Reuse

Cellular networks are expanding massively due to high data requirements from mobile devices. This has motivated base station densification as an essential requirement for the 5G network. The implication is obvious benefits in enhanced system capacity, but also increased challenges in terms of interference. One important interference management technique which has been widely adopted in cellular networks is frequency reuse. In this article, an analysis is presented based on network interference and energy expended by base stations in downlink communication when Soft frequency reuse (SFR) is deployed. A framework is presented that captures the bandwidth overlaps in SFR across base station assignments, computes the interference probabilities arising and derives new performance equations which are verified using simulations. Results show an improvement of over previous SFR implementations that do not consider the interference probabilities. Thus, a more in-depth and accurate modelling of SFR in 5G networks is achieved. Furthermore, the downlink power allocation is investigated as against other parameters like the center ratio and edge bandwidth. The result shows that signal-to-interference-noise ratio (SINR) and spectral efficiency give different performance under energy consideration. A framework is developed on how to tune a base station to achieve desired network performance in user SINR or cell spectral efficiency depending on the operator’s preference.

scholarly journals Coexistence Analysis of D2D-Unlicensed and Wi-Fi Communications

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Ganggui Wang ◽  
Celimuge Wu ◽  
Tsutomu Yoshinaga ◽  
Rui Yin ◽  
Tutomu Murase ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Mode Selection ◽  
D2d Communication ◽  
Dense Network ◽  
Unlicensed Spectrum ◽  
Selection Scheme ◽  
Frequency Bands ◽  
Key Technologies ◽  
5G Mobile Networks

By enabling direct communications between nearby user equipment (UE), device-to-device (D2D) communication has become one of the key technologies in 5th generation (5G) mobile networks. D2D communication brings new communication opportunities for mobile devices, especially in a highly dense network. In this paper, D2D communication in the unlicensed spectrum, namely, D2D-Unlicensed (D2D-U), is discussed. The use of unlicensed frequency bands can ease the shortage of spectrum resources and improve network performance. However, the D2D-U in 5G has significant effects on the network performance of existing unlicensed networks sharing the same frequency bands, such as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Therefore, it is necessary to design a fair coexistence scheme for D2D-U. To understand the coexistence problem, in this paper, we first formulate the network performance of D2D-U and Wi-Fi under two different coexistence schemes, namely, listen before talk (LBT) and duty cycle mechanism (DCM). Then, we use computer simulations to investigate a mode selection scheme that switches between these two schemes and point out the best possible solution for the coexistence between D2D-U and Wi-Fi.

scholarly journals Energy Efficiency Analysis of Cache-Enabled Cellular Networks with Limited Backhaul

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Congshan Fan ◽  
Tiankui Zhang ◽  
Zhimin Zeng ◽  
Yue Chen
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Cellular Networks ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Content Delivery ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Library Size ◽  
Improve Energy Efficiency ◽  
Delivery Probability ◽  
Content Popularity ◽  
Geometry Method

Caching in the cellular networks has been proposed as a promising technology for reducing the content delivery latency and backhaul cost. Since the backhaul capacity is limited in the practical scenario, the network performance analysis of base station (BS) caching should address the effects of the limited backhaul. This paper investigates the energy efficiency of the cache-enabled cellular networks with the limited backhaul based on the stochastic geometry method. First, the successful content delivery probability (SCDP), which depends on the successful access delivery probability, successful backhaul delivery probability, and cache hit ratio, is analyzed under the limited backhaul. Based on the obtained SCDP results, we derive the analytical expressions of throughput, power consumption, and energy efficiency for various scenes including the general case, the interference-limited case, and the mean load approximation case. The accuracy of theoretical analysis is verified by the Monte Carlo simulation. The simulation results show that BS caching can dramatically improve energy efficiency when the content popularity is skewed, the content library size is small, and the backhaul capacity is relatively small. Furthermore, it is confirmed that there exists an optimal BS density which maximizes the energy efficiency of the cache-enabled cellular networks.

scholarly journals Resource allocation for energy harvesting assisted D2D communications underlaying OFDMA cellular networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuo Yu ◽  
Ling Guan
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Energy Harvesting ◽  
Cellular Networks ◽  
Time Slot ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Multiple Time ◽  
Time Cost ◽  
D2d Communications ◽  
Transmission Process

D2D communications underlaying cellular networks has become very popular recently. Inter- ference between cellular users and D2D users is one of the tricky issues we need to solve. Another challenging issue is limited battery lives. In this thesis, we address these two issues together by introducing an energy harvesting (EH) assisted D2D model where the whole transmission process is divided into multiple time slots. At the beginning of every time slot, each D2D user will update the remaining energy level to the base station (BS) and the BS will then decide whether the D2D user should harvest energy or transmit data. The objective is to maximize sum throughput for all D2D users. To solve the problem, we first adopt the NOMAD algorithm, then propose a heuristic algorithm as sub-optimal solution. Numerical results show that our proposed algorithm can achieve almost the same sum throughput at a significantly smaller time cost.

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