Diversity schemes in interference-limited wireless networks with low-cost radios

We investigate the impact of time diversity and space-time diversity schemes on the traffic capacity of large-scale wireless networks with low-cost radios. Especially, we analyze the tradeoff between relaying gain and increased interference due to additional traffic. The results of a simulation-based study imply that cooperative relaying with selection combining shows benefits for low interference scenarios. For high traffic, however, higher-order modulation schemes outperform the investigated cooperative relaying scenario due to lower interference.