Hybrid spectrum sharing for cognitive small cells

Pavel Mach, Zdenek Becvar, Amir Leshem

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Abstract

Conventional overlay and underlay spectrum sharing strategies enable the cognitive Small Cells (SCeNBs) to access a spectrum of macrocells. The problem of the overlay approach is strong dependency of its efficiency on an activity of macrocell users. Thus, not enough resources remain for the SCeNB users if the macrocell is loaded heavily. The main weakness of the underlay approach is that it can result in a low transmission efficiency because the transmission power level of the SCeNBs is restricted. To overcome the above-mentioned problems of both spectrum sharing strategies, a hybrid spectrum sharing combining both overlay and underlay has been introduced in literature. In this paper, we propose a new distributed resource allocation algorithm for hybrid spectrum sharing tailored for realistic scenarios considering varying channel quality over individual resource blocks. The algorithm considers the buffer state at the SCeNBs, ratio of the resources available in the overlay and underlay modes, and channel quality experienced by the users at individual resource blocks. The proposed scheme increases the amount of traffic served for SCeNB users by 22.7% and reduces the packet delay by 27.1% for heavy loaded network comparing to existing schemes.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2018
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-6
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781538617342
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Jun 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2018 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 15 Apr 201818 Apr 2018

Publication series

NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
Volume2018-April
ISSN (Print)1525-3511

Conference

Conference2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2018
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period15/04/1818/04/18

Bibliographical note

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Keywords

  • Cognitive small cells
  • Hybrid spectrum sharing
  • Mobile networks
  • Resource allocation

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