451 research outputs found
Cache-Aided Millimeter Wave Ad-Hoc Networks
In this paper, we investigate the performance of cache enabled millimeter wave (mmWave) ad-hoc network, where randomly distributed nodes are supported by a cache memory. Specifically, we study the optimal caching placement at the desirable mmWave node using a network model that accounts for the uncertainties in node locations and blockages. We then characterize the average success probability of content delivery. As a desirable side effect, certain factors like the density of nodes and increased antenna gain, can significantly increase the cache hit ratio in mmWave networks. However, a trade-off between the cache hit probability and the average successful content delivery probability with respect to the density of nodes is presented
Cache-Aided Millimeter Wave Ad-Hoc Networks with Contention-Based Content Delivery
The narrow-beam operation in millimeter wave (mmWave) networks minimizes the network interference leading to a noise-limited networks in contrast with interference-limited ones. The medium access control (MAC) layer throughput, and interference management strategies heavily depend on the noise-limited or interference-limited regime. Yet, these regimes are not considered in recent mmWave MAC layer designs, which can potentially have disastrous consequences on the communication performance. In this paper, we investigate the performance of cache-enabled MAC based mmWave ad-hoc networks, where randomly distributed nodes are supported by a cache. The adhoc nodes are modeled as homogenous Poisson Point Processes (PPP). Specifically, we study the optimal content placement (or caching placement) at desirable mmWave nodes using a network model that accounts for uncertainties both in node locations and blockages. We propose a contention-based multimedia delivery protocol to avoid collisions among the concurrent transmissions. Subsequently, only the node with smallest back-off timer amongst its contenders is allowed to transmit. We then characterize the average success probability of content delivery. We also characterize the cache hit ratio probability, and transmission probability of this system under essential factors, such as blockages, node density, path loss and caching parameters
A New Look at Physical Layer Security, Caching, and Wireless Energy Harvesting for Heterogeneous Ultra-dense Networks
Heterogeneous ultra-dense networks enable ultra-high data rates and ultra-low
latency through the use of dense sub-6 GHz and millimeter wave (mmWave) small
cells with different antenna configurations. Existing work has widely studied
spectral and energy efficiency in such networks and shown that high spectral
and energy efficiency can be achieved. This article investigates the benefits
of heterogeneous ultra-dense network architecture from the perspectives of
three promising technologies, i.e., physical layer security, caching, and
wireless energy harvesting, and provides enthusiastic outlook towards
application of these technologies in heterogeneous ultra-dense networks. Based
on the rationale of each technology, opportunities and challenges are
identified to advance the research in this emerging network.Comment: Accepted to appear in IEEE Communications Magazin
Capacity of Cellular Networks with Femtocache
The capacity of next generation of cellular networks using femtocaches is
studied when multihop communications and decentralized cache placement are
considered. We show that the storage capability of future network User
Terminals (UT) can be effectively used to increase the capacity in random
decentralized uncoded caching. We further propose a random decentralized coded
caching scheme which achieves higher capacity results than the random
decentralized uncoded caching. The result shows that coded caching which is
suitable for systems with limited storage capabilities can improve the capacity
of cellular networks by a factor of log(n) where n is the number of nodes
served by the femtocache.Comment: 6 pages, 2 figures, presented at Infocom Workshops on 5G and beyond,
San Francisco, CA, April 201
Content Placement in Cache-Enabled Sub-6 GHz and Millimeter-Wave Multi-antenna Dense Small Cell Networks
This paper studies the performance of cache-enabled dense small cell networks
consisting of multi-antenna sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave base stations.
Different from the existing works which only consider a single antenna at each
base station, the optimal content placement is unknown when the base stations
have multiple antennas. We first derive the successful content delivery
probability by accounting for the key channel features at sub-6 GHz and mmWave
frequencies. The maximization of the successful content delivery probability is
a challenging problem. To tackle it, we first propose a constrained
cross-entropy algorithm which achieves the near-optimal solution with moderate
complexity. We then develop another simple yet effective heuristic
probabilistic content placement scheme, termed two-stair algorithm, which
strikes a balance between caching the most popular contents and achieving
content diversity. Numerical results demonstrate the superior performance of
the constrained cross-entropy method and that the two-stair algorithm yields
significantly better performance than only caching the most popular contents.
The comparisons between the sub-6 GHz and mmWave systems reveal an interesting
tradeoff between caching capacity and density for the mmWave system to achieve
similar performance as the sub-6 GHz system.Comment: 14 pages; Accepted to appear in IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communication
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