Throughput performance of adaptive frequency offset selection for amplify-and-forward relay in multiuser environment

Takayuki Shiba, Yukitoshi Sanada

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Abstract

This paper proposes an adaptive frequency offset scheme in an amplify-and-forward (AF) relay station (RS). When the RSs are at a cell edge, frequency resources are partially assigned between them and a base station (BS) to avoid inter-cell interference. On the other hand, the RS is expected to use a higher frequency band for transmission in the next generation mobile communication system. The whole frequency band can be used in the transmission between the RS and a mobile station (MS) while the RS uses only the restricted bandwidth in the low frequency band. In the proposed AF relay scheme, the frequency of the signal from the RS is shifted adaptively in accordance with the frequency response of the channel between the RS and the MS. In this scheme, the relay transmission is assumed to use a wider bandwidth between the RS and the MS than that between the BS and the RS. By making use of the better frequency response between the RS and the BS owing to the adaptive frequency offset scheme the total throughput of the cell improves. It is shown with numerical results obtained through computer simulation that for a two-user case the proposed scheme improves the total throughput by about 1.2 to 1.3 times with proportional fairness scheduling especially at a low Eb/N0 condition.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-5
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781538663554
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jul 20
Event87th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018 - Porto, Portugal
Duration: 2018 Jun 32018 Jun 6

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Volume2018-June
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Other

Other87th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2018
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityPorto
Period18/6/318/6/6

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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