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Hierarchical Cellular Network Design with Channel Allocation

채널할당을 고려한 다중계층 셀룰러 네트워크 설계

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Abstract

With the limited frequency spectrum and an increasing demand for cellular communication services, the problem of channel assignment becomes increasingly important. However, finding a conflict free channel assignment with the minimum channel span is NP hard. The innovations are cellular concept, dynamic channel assignment and hierarchical network design. We consider the frequency assignment problem and the base station placement simultaneously. Our model takes the candidate locations emanating from this process and the cost of assigning a frequency, operating and maintaining equipment as an input. Hierarchical network design using genetic algorithm is the first three-tier (Macro, Micro, Pico) model. We increase the reality through applying to Electromagnetic Compatibility Constraints. Computational experiments on 72 problem instances which have $15{\sim}40$ candidate locations demonstrate the computational viability of our procedure. The result of experiments increases the reality and covers 90% of the demand.

제한된 주파수 범위 내에서 무선통신에 대한 수요증가에 따라 중계소 설치 및 채널할당 문제가 갈수록 중요시되고 있다. 최소한의 주파수 범위를 가지고 간접이 없는 채널을 할당하는 문제는 NP-hard 문제이다. 다중계층 셀룰러 네트워크는 무선통신의 수요가 늘어나고, 서비스 질 향상 요구의 증가에 따라 주목받고 있는 설계 방법이다. 다중계층 셀룰러 네트워크는 큰 도시에 적용되는 방법으로서 소비자의 이동속도에 따라 서로 다른 계층에서 관리하고 소비자에게 안정된 서비스를 제공한다. 본 논문의 유전자 알고리즘을 이용한 다중계층 설계는 지존의 2계층 방식과 달리 3계층(macro, micro, pico) 방법을 적용하며, EMC(Electromagnetic Compatibility Constraints)를 적응하여 현실성을 더욱 증가하였다. 후보지 선정 개수는 $15{\sim}40$개까지 적응하며, 72개의 데이터를 적용하여 알고리즘을 실험하여 수요자 수를 총 수요의 90%이상으로 끌어 올려 현실성을 강화시켰다.

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