Wu, Y., Guo, W., Yuan, H. et al. (4 more authors) (2016) Device-to-device meets LTE-unlicensed. IEEE Communications Magazine, 54 (5). pp. 154-159. ISSN 0163-6804
Abstract
In this article, we look into how the LTE network can efficiently evolve to cater for new data services by utilizing direct communications between mobile devices and extending the direct transmissions to the unlicensed bands, i.e., device-to-device (D2D) communications in conjunction with LTE-Unlicensed. In doing so, it provides an opportunity to solve the main challenge of mutual interference between in D2D and conventional cellular (CC) transmissions. In this context, we review three interconnected major technical areas of multi-hop D2D: transmission band selection, routing path selection, and resource management. Traditionally, D2D transmissions are limited to specific regions of a cell’s coverage area in order to limit the interference to CC primary links. We show that by allowing D2D to operate in the unlicensed bands with protective fairness measures for Wi-Fi transmissions, D2D is able to operate across the whole coverage area and in doing so, efficiently scale the overall network capacity whilst minimizing cross-tier and cross-technology interference.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 IEEE. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in IEEE Communications Magazine. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number EUROPEAN COMMISSION - HORIZON 2020 645705 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 28 Jan 2016 14:42 |
Last Modified: | 10 Jul 2016 14:01 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2016.7470950 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/MCOM.2016.7470950 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:94269 |