Journal
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Volume 20, Issue 12, Pages 8316-8332Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2021.3091815
Keywords
Relays; Optimization; Approximation algorithms; Cache storage; Stochastic processes; Throughput; Wireless networks; Relay; caching; user association; millimeter wave networks; stochastic geometry; backhaul offloading
Funding
- National Science Foundation of China [61771445, 61631017, 91538203]
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Limited backhaul bandwidth and blockage effects hinder the practical deployment of mmWave networks. This study investigates the feasibility of relaying and caching in mmWave networks. By analyzing the relationship between user association and caching placement probabilities, the study proposes a new criterion for user association and relaying. Experiment results show that deploying more relay nodes and increasing cache size lead to a more cost-effective backhaul offloading performance compared to increasing base station density.
Limited backhaul bandwidth and blockage effects are two main factors limiting the practical deployment of millimeter wave (mmWave) networks. To tackle these issues, we study the feasibility of relaying as well as caching in mmWave networks. A user association and relaying (UAR) criterion dependent on both caching status and maximum biased received power is proposed by considering the spatial correlation caused by the coexistence of base stations (BSs) and relay nodes (RNs). Using stochastic geometry tools, we decouple the UAR and caching placement issues by analyzing the relationship between UAR probabilities and caching placement probabilities. We then optimize the formulated caching placement problem based on polyblock outer approximation by exploiting the monotonic property in the general case and utilizing convex optimization in the noise-limited case. Accordingly, we propose a BS and RN selection algorithm where caching status at BSs and maximum biased received power are jointly considered. Experimental results demonstrate a significant enhancement of backhaul offloading using the proposed algorithms, and show that deploying more RNs and increasing cache size in mmWave networks is a more cost-effective alternative than increasing BS density to achieve similar backhaul offloading performance.
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