A dynamic channel assignment scheme for clustered multihop cellular networks

Authors:
Xue Jun Li;Peter Han Joo Chong
Affiliations:
Network Technology Research Centre, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore;Network Technology Research Centre, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Venue:
Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Whereas cellular systems have traditionally adopted single-hop transmissions between the mobile station (MS) and the base station (BS), researchers expect multihop transmission to be utilised in the future. Cellular systems present several challenges, such as channel assignment, which are exacerbated by multimedia service traffic and an increasing number of subscribers. Recently, a clustered multihop cellular network (cMCN) architecture that complements traditional cellular systems has been proposed and studied using fixed channel assignment (FCA). However, the performance of FCA is limited when the traffic pattern varies in a service area. This paper proposes the use of dedicated information ports (DIPs) as clusterheads in cMCN, followed by a multihop dynamic channel assignment (mDCA) scheme. The mDCA works by assigning channels based on information about interference in surrounding cells. Two different channel searching strategies are developed and evaluated. Through computer simulation, we show that the proposed mDCA is able to achieve a significantly improved capacity which is maintained when the number of system channels is increased. Finally, issues regarding the implementation of the mDCA and future work on this topic are discussed. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.