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Performance Evaluation of a New Helper Node Selection Scheme for Cooperative Communications

협력통신용 신규 도움노드 선정기법 설계 및 성능평가

  • Jang, Jaeshin (Department of Information and Communications Engineering, Inje University)
  • Received : 2013.04.15
  • Accepted : 2013.06.25
  • Published : 2013.08.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we carried out a study on how to find an appropriate helper node for cooperative communications, the role of which is very import to enhance system throughput of wireless communication system. The busy tone cooperative MAC (BT-COMAC) protocol proposed in this paper is a new cooperative MAC protocol with a reactive helper node scheme and maximizes the benefits of existing schemes while making up for their shortcomings. We conducted performance evaluation of this new protocol using computer simulation experiment. System throughput in bps and channel access delay are utilized as performance measures. We used a random way point mobility model where every communication node moves independently one another, and slow fading channel where every communication node decided its transmission rate with received power basis. Numerical results show that the new MAC protocol enhances system throughput as much as 15% of the existing scheme.

본 논문에서는 무선통신에서의 시스템 성능을 향상시키기 위해 협력통신에서 매우 중요한 도움노드를 선정하는 방법에 대하여 연구를 수행하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 BT-COMAC (busy tone cooperative MAC) 프로토콜은 사후(reactive) 도움노드 선정기법을 채용하였으며, 기존 기법의 장점을 극대화하면서 단점을 보완한 새로운 협력통신용 MAC 프로토콜이다. 컴퓨터 모의실험을 통해 성능평가를 수행하였으며, 시스템 처리량과 채널 액세스 지연시간을 성능평가 척도로 사용하였다. 모든 통신노드들이 통신영역 내에서 독자적으로 움직이는 이동성 모델을 사용하였으며, 슬로우 페이딩 채널 환경에서 수신 전력을 기반으로 전송속도를 결정하는 방법을 사용하였다. 성능평가 결과 본 논문에서 제안한 기법이 기존 방식에 비해 시스템 처리량 측면에서 최대 15% 정도 성능개선을 달성한 것을 확인할 수 있었다.

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