Analysis of Coverage in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks

Lee W, Schober R (2016)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Journal article

Publication year: 2016

Journal

IEEE Communications Letters Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Book Volume: 20

Pages Range: 1211 - 1214

Journal Issue: 6

DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2553145

Abstract

In this letter, we study the coverage of base stations (BSs) in heterogeneous cellular networks, where BSs with different transmit powers are randomly deployed. Specifically, the boundary of coverage is formulated analytically as the intersection of circles when a multiplicative bias is applied for BS association. Moreover, the effect of the transmit power and the path loss exponent on the coverage is investigated. Furthermore, for femto BSs with low transmit powers which are deployed to offload the traffic of the cellular system, it is shown that the expected number of offloaded users is concave with respect to the transmit power. Finally, the coverage of BSs is evaluated through simulations, which verify the accuracy of the presented analysis.

Authors with CRIS profile

Robert Schober Lehrstuhl für Digitale Übertragung

Involved external institutions

Gyeongsang National University (GNU) / 경상대학교 KR Korea, Republic of (KR)

How to cite

APA:

Lee, W., & Schober, R. (2016). Analysis of Coverage in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 20(6), 1211 - 1214. https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2553145

MLA:

Lee, Woongsup, and Robert Schober. "Analysis of Coverage in Heterogeneous Cellular Networks." IEEE Communications Letters 20.6 (2016): 1211 - 1214.

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