Title :
The transport capacity of cellular wireless networks
Author :
Zhang, Geordie Z. ; King, Horace ; Faulkner, Mike
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Sci., Victoria Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Transport capacity was originally introduced in the study of wireless ad hoc networks as a measure of the distance hauling capacity of a wireless network. In this paper, we develop a general network model to extend the concept of transport capacity to cellular wireless networks. We show that in the case of a p-dimensional regular cellular network, the transport capacity of the network follows the scaling law of Θ(Np+1/p) bit meters per second. In the planar case where p = 2, our result of Θ(N√N) is substantially different from the scaling law of Θ(N) bit meters per second derived by Xie and Kumar for a regular planar wireless ad hoc network. This result highlights the key role the network topology plays in a network´s transport capacity.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; cellular radio; telecommunication network topology; bit meter scaling law; cellular wireless ad hoc network; distance hauling capacity; network topology; network transport capacity; p-dimensional regular cellular network; regular planar wireless ad hoc network; Base stations; Interference; Mathematical model; Mobile ad hoc networks; Network topology; Wireless networks; Adhoc Network; Cellular Network; Transport Capacity; Wireless Network;
Conference_Titel :
Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2012 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2566-0
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-9570
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.2012.6362863