Estimation-based non-cooperative power allocation in two-tier femtocell networks

Nessrine Chakchouk*, Bechir Hamdaoui

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Abstract

Femtocells (FCs) are low power, small-area cellular networks typically designed for use in a home or small business. The design of FC networks is challenging due to their independence of each other and of the underlying macrocell (MC) network thereby, necessitating non-cooperative resource allocation schemes. This paper develops a new distributed non-cooperative uplink (UL) power allocation scheme for FC users. Our scheme aims at fairly maximizing the throughput of femto users (FUs) based on periodic interference estimation performed by the femto access points (FAPs). We compare our scheme to the optimal centralized one. Simulation results show that our scheme presents good performances in terms of throughput and fairness.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2011
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event54th Annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference: "Energizing Global Communications", GLOBECOM 2011 - Houston, TX, United States
Duration: 5 Dec 20119 Dec 2011

Publication series

NameGLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Conference

Conference54th Annual IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference: "Energizing Global Communications", GLOBECOM 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHouston, TX
Period5/12/119/12/11

Keywords

  • Femtocell
  • adaptive power allocation
  • co-channel
  • estimation
  • fairness
  • non-cooperative
  • throughput

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