A user-pairing power control algorithm in two-tier HetNet

Xiaomeng Chai, Siyu Zhang, Tianyu Zhang, Zhongshan Zhang*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The main constraint to the performance improvement of two-tier heterogeneous network (HetNet) comes from the cross-tier interference (CTI) due to the frequency reuse among cells. A user-pairing aided uplink power control algorithm based on the non- cooperative game theory can be employed in consideration of user diversity gain for alleviating the CTI. In order to maximize the overall performance, the macro-tier users with higher channel gains and the femto-tier users with lower channel gains are scheduled alternately to be »active» in one time slot but to be »opposite» in the next time slot in the proposed scheme. Numerical results show that the proposed scheme is capable of outperforming the traditional stochastic schedule based strategy by more than 30% improvement in terms of average macrocell capacity. Furthermore, an obvious performance gain in terms of the percentage of femtocells that beyond their signal- to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR) target can also be achieved by executing the macro-tier link- qualityprotection strategy.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479980888
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event81st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2015 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 11 May 201514 May 2015

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Volume2015
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Conference

Conference81st IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period11/05/1514/05/15

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