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http://dx.doi.org/10.7840/kics.2012.37B.12.1138

Interference Aware Cost Effective Coverage Extension in Multihop Relay Networks  

Kim, Yongchul (육군사관학교 전자정보학과)
Lim, Won-Taek (육군사관학교 전자정보학과)
Cho, Sung-Hwan (육군사관학교 전자정보학과)
Publication Information
The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences / v.37B, no.12, 2012 , pp. 1138-1147 More about this Journal
Abstract
IEEE standard 802.16, often referred to as WiMAX, is considered a "last mile" broadband wireless access alternative to conventional DSL and Cable Internet. One extension that is recently receiving great attention is the IEEE 802.16j Mobile Multihop Relay (MMR) amendment. The focus of this amendment is the development of simple and lower cost relay stations (RSs) that can enhance network coverage and capacity. We use our proposed simple scheduling scheme for serving the SSs in a fair manner and evaluate the performance of WiMAX networks with relays, especially we analyze the impact of interference between RSs on cell throughput Through simulations and numerical analysis, we make several fundamental observations about interference aware cost effective coverage extension in such networks.
Keywords
Multihop Relay Networks; WiMAX; 802.16j; Coverage extension; Resource allocation;
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