Femtocells in cellular radio networks with successive interference cancellation

Brett Kaufman, Elza Erkip, Jorma Lilleberg, Behnaam Aazhang

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Abstract

Interference is one of the main performance limiting factors in the use of femtocells in conventional cellular radio networks. We develop a femtocell power control scheme that relies on minimal coordination with the macrocell base station. The power control is used in conjunction with an interference sensing channel assignment mechanism. Using these two schemes we show gains over 100% in sum rate. We then develop a technique for macro users to join a nearby femtocell and share a common channel with a femtocell user through the use of interference cancellation. By adding this mechanism to the power control and channel assignment schemes, we show gains over 200% in sum rate and power savings up to 90% for macro cell users.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2011 Workshops
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2011 Workshops - Kyoto, Japan
Duration: Jun 5 2011Jun 9 2011

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)0536-1486

Other

Other2011 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC 2011 Workshops
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityKyoto
Period6/5/116/9/11

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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