Cell outage compensation for irregular cellular networks

We consider a cellular network in which base station positions, power levels and coverage areas are highly inhomogeneous or irregular - referred to in this paper as an irregular network. An adaptive algorithmic framework for resource allocation in irregular networks is discussed. Specifically, the framework is based on dynamically forming clusters of coordinating cells. As part of the overall framework, we implement an algorithm for cell outage compensation (COC) that is appropriate for irregular networks. The COC algorithm determines the base station power levels, outage user cell associations and a compensating cluster, and achieves robustness against cell outage.