On Interference Coordination for Directional Decode-And-Forward Relay in TD-LTE Systems

Interference coordination is the key to reduce intercell interference in a TD-LTE system. Because of implementation complexity, partial and soft frequency reuse schemes are hardly suitable to TD-LTE systems. The decode-and-forward relay scheme, which may generate some additional interference, is presented to extend coverage and improve performance of TD-LTE systems. To mitigate the relay related interference, a directional relay topology is proposed in this paper. The radio resource is reused between the isolated RSs to improve the spectrum efficiency. The joint interference coordination and directional relay can suppress most inter-cell and inter-relay interferences and improve the capacity. The signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) distributions and throughput for the traditional non-relay scenario and the proposed directional relay scenario are derived. The analysis and simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposal scheme.