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Enhancing cell-edge performance using multi-layer soft frequency reuse scheme

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Abstract

In cellular systems, maintaining data rate at the cell edge has been a challenging task due to strong co-channel interference from neighbouring cells. Several techniques have been proposed to tackle the issue, among which soft frequency reuse (SFR) is the most widely used. A novel multi-layer SFR scheme combined with cell sectoring is proposed to improve the performance in cell-edge region. Then, a spectrum allocation scheme in a three-cell reuse system is designed to ensure the maximisation of the efficiency. A generic expression for power allocation in different regions along with the signal-to-noise ratio of multi-layer SFR in sectored cell is derived. Finally, systemlevel simulation has been carried out to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed resource allocation scheme. It is shown that the spectral efficiency at cell-edge area improves by ∼10% which is significant for the cell-edge region.

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Research Output:
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Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 1826-1828

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Electronics Letters (Volume 51, Issue 22)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 29/10/2015

Publication status

Published - 29/10/2015

ISSN

0013-5194

Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/624238
  • Scopus: 84946096419

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