Fluid model of the outage probability in sectored wireless networks

Jean Marc Kelif, Marceau Coupechoux, Philippe Godlewski

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Abstract

We establish a closed form formula of the other-cell interference factor f for omni-directional and sectored cellular networks, as a function of the location of the mobile. That formula is based on a fluid model of cellular networks: The key idea is to consider the discrete base stations (BS) entities as a continuum of transmitters which are spatially distributed in the network. Simulations show that the obtained closed-form formula is a very good approximation, even for the traditional hexagonal network. From f, we are able to derive the global outage probability and the spatial outage probability, which depends on the location of a mobile station (MS) initiating a new call. Although initially focused on CDMA (UMTS, HSDPA) and OFDMA (WiMax) networks, we show this approach is applicable to any kind of wireless system such as TDMA (GSM) or even ad-hoc ones.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWCNC 2008 - IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages2933-2938
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781424419968
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2008
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2008 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 31 Mar 20083 Apr 2008

Publication series

NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
ISSN (Print)1525-3511

Conference

ConferenceIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2008
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period31/03/083/04/08

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