Shared access protocol (SAP) in femtocell channel resources for cellular coverage enhancement

Amer M. Magableh, Redha Mahmoud Mesleh Radaydeh, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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Abstract

Femtocells are promising techniques employed in cellular systems to enhance the indoor coverage, especially in areas with high density and high traffic rates. In this paper, we propose an efficient resource utilization protocol, named shared access protocol (SAP), that enables the unlicensed macro-cell user equipments (MC-UE) to communicate with partially closed access femtocell base stations and hence, improves and enhances the overall system performance in closed environments. For the proposed system model, we obtain, in closed-form, the main signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) characteristics, including the probability density function (PDF) and the cumulative distribution function (CDF). In addition, these expressions are further used to derive several performance metrics in closed-form, such as, the average bit error rate (BER), outage probability, and the average channel capacity for the proposed SAP herein. Furthermore, Monte-carlo simulations as well as numerical results are provided showing a good match that ensures and confirms the correctness of the derived expressions. © 2012 IEEE.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 IEEE Globecom Workshops
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages569-573
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781467349413
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2012

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