Title :
A Novel Multiple Relay Selection Strategy for LTE-Advanced Relay Systems
Author :
Hu, Yulin ; Qiu, Ling
Author_Institution :
Personal Commun. Network & Spread Spectrum Lab. (PCN&SS), Univ. of Sci. & Technol. of China (USTC), Hefei, China
Abstract :
This paper considers a multiple decode-and-forward (DF) relay assisted network in the Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) system. Multiple relay nodes (RNs) joint transmission is applied to enhance the fairness of capacity for edge user (UE). But a number of RNs activated in the same time-frequency block group (TFBG) will let inter-cell interference (ICI) be stronger, and will reduce the system average capacity. In order to reconcile this contradiction between average capacity and fairness, this paper proposes an utility function (UF) which takes "RN-UE\´s demand" and "RNs\´ efficiency" into account. Besides, a low complexity greedy multi-RN selection (GMRS) scheme based on the UF (GMRS-UF) also be proposed. The simulation results show that GMRS has low complexity but outstanding performance. Compared with previous RN selection strategy, GMRS-UF could reduce ICI by discarding in efficient RNs, thereby promoting the average system throughput. And GMRS-UF can achieve any compromise between average capacity and fairness.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; cellular radio; communication complexity; cooperative communication; decode and forward communication; radiofrequency interference; DF relay assisted network; GMRS-UF; ICI; LTE-advanced relay system; edge user; greedy multiRN selection scheme; intercell interference; long term evolution-advanced system; multiple decode and forward relay assisted network; multiple relay node joint transmission; multiple relay selection strategy; time-frequency block group; utility function; Complexity theory; Interference; Mathematical model; Receiving antennas; Relays; Simulation; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2011 IEEE 73rd
Conference_Location :
Budapest
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8332-7
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2011.5956300