Energy aware resource coordination in heterogeneous LTE cellular networks

Ayad Atiyah Abdulkafi, Tiong Sieh Kiong, Johnny Koh, David Chieng, Alvin Ting, Abdulaziz M. Ghaleb

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Abstract

Cellular networks are evolving from traditional homogeneous networks to heterogeneous network (HetNet) to cope with the ever-increasing traffic growth and users' expectations. This new paradigm not only offers a significant improvement in the network capacity and user data rate but also promises improvement in overall network energy efficiency (EE). To achieve these improvements however, radio resources need to be utilized in a coordinated manner to ensure adequate users' satisfaction level. This paper proposes a new energy aware methodology for evaluating the EE in HetNet. In particularly, it analyzes the impacts of HetNet resource coordination (HetRC) on the overall EE. HetRC offers valuable insights on how to optimize different combinations of main systems parameters such as frequency band, modulation and coding scheme, and channel bandwidth size towards better EE. The simulation results show that the proposed HetRC has a significant impact on HetNet's EE performance and hence gives a fresh direction towards EE improvement in future HetNet.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISTT 2014 - 2014 IEEE 2nd International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies
EditorsMahamod Ismail, Nordin Ramli
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages220-225
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479959822
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Sept 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd IEEE International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies, ISTT 2014 - Langkawi, Malaysia
Duration: 24 Nov 201426 Nov 2014

Publication series

NameISTT 2014 - 2014 IEEE 2nd International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies

Conference

Conference2nd IEEE International Symposium on Telecommunication Technologies, ISTT 2014
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityLangkawi
Period24/11/1426/11/14

Keywords

  • energy efficiency
  • heterogeneous network
  • resource coordination

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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