Analyzing the Reduced Required BS Density due to CoMP in Cellular Networks

In this paper we investigate the benefit of base station (BS) cooperation in the uplink of coordinated multi-point (CoMP) networks. Our figure of merit is the required BS density required to meet a chosen rate coverage. Our model assumes a 2-D network of BSs on a regular hexagonal lattice in which path loss, lognormal shadowing and Rayleigh fading affect the signal received from users. Accurate closed-form expressions are first presented for the sum-rate coverage probability and ergodic sum-rate at each point of the cooperation region. Then, for a chosen quality of user rate, the required density of BS is derived based on the minimum value of rate coverage probability in the cooperation region. The approach guarantees that the achievable rate in the entire coverage region is above a target rate with chosen probability. The formulation allows comparison between different orders of BS cooperation, quantifying the reduced required BS density from higher orders of cooperation.Comment: Accepted for presentation in IEEE Globecom Conf., to be held in Atlanta, USA, Dec. 2013. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1302.159

Energy-Efficient User Access Control and Resource Allocation in HCNs with Non-Ideal Circuitry

In this paper, we study the energy-efficient user access control (UAC) based on resource allocation (RA) in heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs) with the required downlink data rate under non-ideal power amplifiers (PAs) and circuit power. It is proved that the energy consumption minimization is achieved when the typical user accesses only one base station (BS), while the other BSs remain in idle mode on the transmission resource allocated to this user. For this purpose, we reformulate the original non-convex optimization problem into a series of convex optimization problems where, in each case, the transmit power and duration of the accessed BS are determined. Then, the BS with the minimal energy consumption is selected for transmission. Considering the approximate situation, it is showed that the optimal transmit duration of the accessed BS can be estimated in closed form. The benefits of our proposed UAC and RA schemes are validated using numerical simulations, which also characterize the effect that non-ideal PAs have on the total energy consumption of different transmission schemes.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, 2017 9th International Conference on Wireless Communications and Signal Processing (WCSP