Abstract
Cache-enabled small base station (SBS) densification is foreseen as a key component of 5G cellular networks. This architecture enables storing popular files at the network edge (i.e., SBS caches), which empowers local communication and alleviates traffic congestions at the core/backhaul network. This paper develops a mathematical framework, based on stochastic geometry, to characterize the hit probability of a cache-enabled multicast 5G network with SBS multi-channel capabilities and opportunistic spectrum access. To this end, we first derive the hit probability by characterizing opportunistic spectrum access success probabilities, service distance distributions, and coverage probabilities. The optimal caching distribution to maximize the hit probability is then computed. The performance and trade-offs of the derived optimal caching distributions are then assessed and compared with two widely employed caching distribution schemes, namely uniform and Zipf caching, through numerical results and extensive simulations. It is shown that the Zipf caching almost optimal only in scenarios with large number of available channels and large cache sizes.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | GLOBECOM 2017 - 2017 IEEE Global Communications Conference |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781509050192 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 15 2018 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-02-19Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): KAUST-002
Acknowledgements: This research was funded by a grant from the office of competitive research funding (OCRF) at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The work was also supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research (DSR) at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, through project number KAUST-002.