Plane cover multiple access: a new approach to maximizing cellular system capacity

Author

Blair, Paul M. ; Polyzos, George C. ; Zorzi, Michele

Author_Institution

Center for Wireless Commun., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

Volume

19

Issue

11

fYear

2001

fDate

11/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2131

Lastpage

2141

Abstract

We develop a new media access control strategy, called plane cover multiple access (PCMA), that provides a means of allocating wireless bandwidth in a packet-based cellular system. PCMA seeks to maximize the number of parallel transmissions among cells by defining virtual cells in which users transmit using a given reuse factor. By keeping the reuse factors low, system throughput can be maximized. We show that the throughput of a simple system designed using PCMA is up to 82% more efficient than capture division packet access (CDPA), the best known alternative for the cellular mobile environment

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; cellular radio; channel capacity; delays; frequency allocation; multi-access systems; multiuser channels; optimisation; packet radio networks; probability; statistical analysis; CDPA; PCMA; capture division packet access; cellular system capacity maximization; delay characteristics; media access control; packet-based cellular system; parallel transmission; plane cover multiple access; reuse factor transmission; statistical model; successful packet transmission probability; system throughput; virtual cells; wireless bandwidth allocation; Bandwidth; Circuits; Economic forecasting; Environmental economics; Frequency; Media Access Protocol; Proposals; Resource management; Throughput; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.963800

Filename

963800