TY - GEN
T1 - Cellular multi-coverage with non-uniform rates
AU - Gurewitz, Omer
AU - Sandomirsky, Yakov
AU - Scalosub, Gabriel
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Recent advances in the standardization of 4G cellular networks introduce the notion of multi-coverage, where multiple base stations may collaboratively satisfy the demands of mobile users. We provide a theoretical model for studying such multi-coverage environments, in highly heterogeneous settings, where users demands and profits may vary, as can base stations' capacities and the rates with which they can service the users. Whereas previous works provided solutions that were only applicable to scenarios where rates are uniform throughout the network, or allowed a mobile user to be serviced by at most one base station, we present several algorithms for the multi-coverage problem in the presence of non-uniform rates, and analyze their performance. We complete our study by a simulation study that further validates our results and provides further insight into algorithm design, depending on the users' characteristics.
AB - Recent advances in the standardization of 4G cellular networks introduce the notion of multi-coverage, where multiple base stations may collaboratively satisfy the demands of mobile users. We provide a theoretical model for studying such multi-coverage environments, in highly heterogeneous settings, where users demands and profits may vary, as can base stations' capacities and the rates with which they can service the users. Whereas previous works provided solutions that were only applicable to scenarios where rates are uniform throughout the network, or allowed a mobile user to be serviced by at most one base station, we present several algorithms for the multi-coverage problem in the presence of non-uniform rates, and analyze their performance. We complete our study by a simulation study that further validates our results and provides further insight into algorithm design, depending on the users' characteristics.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84904438503&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/INFOCOM.2014.6848066
DO - 10.1109/INFOCOM.2014.6848066
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904438503
SN - 9781479933600
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE INFOCOM
SP - 1330
EP - 1338
BT - IEEE INFOCOM 2014 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
T2 - 33rd IEEE Conference on Computer Communications, IEEE INFOCOM 2014
Y2 - 27 April 2014 through 2 May 2014
ER -