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Multi-Cell Search Scheme for Heterogeneous Networks

이기종 네트워크를 위한 다중 셀 검출 기법

  • Cho, Yong-Ho (Hoseo University Department of Oceanic IT Eng.) ;
  • Ko, Hak-lim (Hoseo University Department of Information and Telecommunication Eng.) ;
  • Im, Tae-ho (Hoseo University Department of Oceanic IT Eng.)
  • Received : 2016.01.04
  • Accepted : 2016.04.06
  • Published : 2016.04.30

Abstract

This paper introduces a multi-cell search method for heterogeneous networks (HetNet), in which user equipments need to search multiple cells in its vicinity simultaneously. Due to the difficulty of acquiring channel informations for multiple cells, a non-coherent approach is preferred. In this paper, a non-coherent single-cell search scheme using a weighted vector is proposed, and the successive interference cancellation based multi-cell search algorithm is devised. In order to improve cell search performance, the weighted vector is designed in a way to exploit the general characteristic of wireless channel. Based on the fact that the performance of the proposed single-cell search scheme deviates slowly from the one using the optimal weighted vector, a universal weighted vector is also proposed, which shows the performance close to the optimal ones for various channel environments and signal-to-noise ratio regimes. Simulation results confirm that the proposed multi-cell search algorithm is capable of identifying cells more accurately with the help of the proposed single-cell search scheme, and can detect the remaining cells more effectively by removing the signals of the identified cells from the received signal.

본 논문은 이기종 네트워크(heterogeneous networks: HetNet)를 위한 다중 셀 검출 방안을 제안한다. 이기종 네트워크에서 여러 셀을 동시에 검출 시 모든 셀로부터의 채널 정보를 획득하는 것은 어렵기 때문에 채널 정보를 필요로 하지 않는 비동기(non-coherent) 검출 방식이 선호된다. 본 논문에서는 가중치 벡터를 사용하는 비동기 기반 단일 셀 검출 기법을 제안하고, 이를 이용한 순차적 간섭 제거 기반 다중 셀 방안을 고안한다. 셀 검출 능력 향상을 위해 가중치 벡터는 무선 채널이 갖는 일반적 성질을 반영하여 설계되었다. 또한 제안된 단일 셀 검출 방안의 성능이 각 채널 환경별 최적 가중치 벡터 근처에서 둔감하게 변하는 성질을 바탕으로 다양한 채널 환경 및 신호 대 잡음비 영역에서 최적 성능에 근접한 universal 가중치 벡터도 제안되었다. 모의실험 결과 제안된 다중 셀 검출 방안은 향상된 단일 셀 검출 능력을 통해 기존 방식 대비 좀 더 정확히 셀을 검출할 수 있고, 검출된 셀로부터의 신호를 수신 신호에서 제거함으로써 나머지 셀을 효과적으로 검출할 수 있음을 확인하였다.

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