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Uplink performance analysis of dense cellular networks with LoS and NLoS transmissions
© 2016 IEEE. In this paper, we analyse the coverage probability and the area spectral efficiency (ASE) in the uplink (UL) of dense small cell networks (SCNs) considering a piecewise linear path loss model incorporating both line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) transmissions. The performance impact of LoS and NLoS transmissions in the ASE of the UL of dense SCNs is shown to be significant, both quantitatively and qualitatively, compared with previous works that do not differentiate LoS and NLoS transmissions. In particular, previous works predicted that a larger UL power compensation factor would always result in a better ASE in the practical range of user equipment (UE) density, i.e., 100 ∼ 103 UEs/km2. However, our results show that a smaller UL power compensation factor can greatly boost the ASE in the UL of dense SCNs, i.e., 102∼103 UEs/km2, while a larger UL power compensation factor is more suitable for sparse SCNs, i.e., 100∼102 UEs/km2
Uplink Performance Analysis of Dense Cellular Networks with LoS and NLoS Transmissions
© 2002-2012 IEEE. In this paper, we analyze the coverage probability and the area spectral efficiency (ASE) for the uplink (UL) of dense small cell networks (SCNs) considering a practical path loss model incorporating both line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) transmissions. Compared with the existing work, we adopt the following novel approaches in this paper: 1) we assume a practical user association strategy (UAS) based on the smallest path loss, or equivalently the strongest received signal strength; 2) we model the positions of both base stations (BSs) and the user equipments (UEs) as two independent homogeneous Poisson point processes; and 3) the correlation of BSs' and UEs' positions is considered, thus making our analytical results more accurate. The performance impact of LoS and NLoS transmissions on the ASE for the UL of dense SCNs is shown to be significant, both quantitatively and qualitatively, compared with existing work that does not differentiate LoS and NLoS transmissions. In particular, existing work predicted that a larger UL power compensation factor would always result in a better ASE in the practical range of BS density, i.e., 10-1∼ 10-3 BSs/km2. However, our results show that a smaller UL power compensation factor can greatly boost the ASE in the UL of dense SCNs, i.e., 10-2∼ 10-3 BSs/km2 , while a larger UL power compensation factor is more suitable for sparse SCNs, i.e., 10-1∼ 10-2,BSs/km-2
Wireless Powered Dense Cellular Networks: How Many Small Cells Do We Need?
This paper focuses on wireless powered 5G dense cellular networks, where base
station (BS) delivers energy to user equipment (UE) via the microwave radiation
in sub-6 GHz or millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency, and UE uses the harvested
energy for uplink information transmission. By addressing the impacts of
employing different number of antennas and bandwidths at lower and higher
frequencies, we evaluate the amount of harvested energy and throughput in such
networks. Based on the derived results, we obtain the required small cell
density to achieve an expected level of harvested energy or throughput. Also,
we obtain that when the ratio of the number of sub-6 GHz BSs to that of the
mmWave BSs is lower than a given threshold, UE harvests more energy from a
mmWave BS than a sub-6 GHz BS. We find how many mmWave small cells are needed
to perform better than the sub-6 GHz small cells from the perspectives of
harvested energy and throughput. Our results reveal that the amount of
harvested energy from the mmWave tier can be comparable to the sub-6 GHz
counterpart in the dense scenarios. For the same tier scale, mmWave tier can
achieve higher throughput. Furthermore, the throughput gap between different
mmWave frequencies increases with the mmWave BS density.Comment: pages 1-14, accepted by IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in
Communication
An Efficient Uplink Multi-Connectivity Scheme for 5G mmWave Control Plane Applications
The millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies offer the potential of orders of
magnitude increases in capacity for next-generation cellular systems. However,
links in mmWave networks are susceptible to blockage and may suffer from rapid
variations in quality. Connectivity to multiple cells - at mmWave and/or
traditional frequencies - is considered essential for robust communication. One
of the challenges in supporting multi-connectivity in mmWaves is the
requirement for the network to track the direction of each link in addition to
its power and timing. To address this challenge, we implement a novel uplink
measurement system that, with the joint help of a local coordinator operating
in the legacy band, guarantees continuous monitoring of the channel propagation
conditions and allows for the design of efficient control plane applications,
including handover, beam tracking and initial access. We show that an
uplink-based multi-connectivity approach enables less consuming, better
performing, faster and more stable cell selection and scheduling decisions with
respect to a traditional downlink-based standalone scheme. Moreover, we argue
that the presented framework guarantees (i) efficient tracking of the user in
the presence of the channel dynamics expected at mmWaves, and (ii) fast
reaction to situations in which the primary propagation path is blocked or not
available.Comment: Submitted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications (TWC
Coverage and Rate Analysis for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Base Stations with LoS/NLoS Propagation
The use of unmanned aerial vehicle base stations (UAV-BSs) as airborne base
stations has recently gained great attention. In this paper, we model a network
of UAV-BSs as a Poisson point process (PPP) operating at a certain altitude
above the ground users. We adopt an air-to-ground (A2G) channel model that
incorporates line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) propagation.
Thus, UAV-BSs can be decomposed into two independent inhomogeneous PPPs. Under
the assumption that NLoS and LoS channels experience Rayleigh and Nakagami-m
fading, respectively, we derive approximations for the coverage probability and
average achievable rate, and show that these approximations match the
simulations with negligible errors. Numerical simulations have shown that the
coverage probability and average achievable rate decrease as the height of the
UAV-BSs increases
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