Cooperative Transmissions in Ultra-Dense Networks under a Bounded Dual-Slope Path Loss Model

• In an Ultra-dense network (UDN) where there aremore base stations (BSs) than active users, it is possible thatmany BSs are instantaneously left idle. Thus, how to utilizethese dormant BSs by means of cooperative transmission is aninteresting question. In this paper, we investigate the performanceof a UDN with two types of cooperation schemes: non-coherentjoint transmission (JT) without channel state information (CSI)and coherent JT with full CSI knowledge. We consider a boundeddual-slope path loss model to describe UDN environments wherea user has several BSs in the near-field and the rest in thefar-field. Numerical results show that non-coherent JT cannotimprove the user spectral efficiency (SE) due to the simultaneousincrement in signal and interference powers. For coherent JT, theachievable SE gain depends on the range of near-field, the relativedensities of BSs and users, and the CSI accuracy. Finally, weassess the energy efficiency (EE) of cooperation in UDN. Despitecosting extra energy consumption, cooperation can still improveEE under certain conditions.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Kommunikationssystem (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Communication Systems (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Ultra-dense networks

cooperative transmissions

bounded path loss model

multi-slope path loss model

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