System Architecture for a Cellular Network with Cooperative Mobile Relay

Author

Raghothaman, Balaji ; Sternberg, Gregory ; Kaur, Samian ; Pragada, Ravikumar ; Deng, Tao ; Vanganuru, Kiran

Author_Institution

InterDigital Commun. LLC, King of Prussia, PA, USA

fYear

2011

fDate

5-8 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper describes a comprehensive system architecture that enables mobile-to-mobile communications for the purpose of enhancing the capacity of the cellular network. The architecture is developed using LTE Release-10 as the baseline. The impact on the protocol stack is discussed in detail. Neighbor discovery mechanisms are described to enable users to identify potential helper mobiles to enable a cooperative mobile relay. Resource partitioning for the mobile-to-mobile link is detailed and changes to the design of the HARQ entity structure and timing are discussed.

Keywords

cellular radio; cooperative communication; mobile radio; HARQ entity structure; cellular network; comprehensive system architecture; cooperative mobile relay; mobile to mobile communications; mobile to mobile link; neighbor discovery mechanisms; potential helper mobiles; protocol stack; resource partitioning; Computer architecture; Mobile communication; Protocols; Relays; Time division multiplexing; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8328-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2011.6093121

Filename

6093121