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Pilot power minimization in HSDPA femtocells

  • Yalin Zhang*
  • , Yang Yang Li
  • , Elvino S. Sousa
  • , Qinyu Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In UMTS cellular networks, Common Pilot Channel (CPICH) signals are broadcast by base stations for channel estimation and cell selection. The strength of CPICH signal determines cell coverage and pilot pollution to neighboring cells; pilot power allocation thus involves a tradeoff between coverage and interference. In this paper, we study the issue of pilot power management in closed-access High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) femtocell network. We minimize the total pilot power in a HSDPA femtocell network subject to instantaneous coverage requirements. We formulate a generalized optimization problem in a femtocell network and propose a suboptimal analytic solution to pilot power allocation implemented in each femtocell. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms fixed pilot power schemes in terms of much lower allocated pilot power and interference to macro user equipments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781424456383
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event53rd IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010 - Miami, United States
Duration: 6 Dec 201010 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameGLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Conference

Conference53rd IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period6/12/1010/12/10

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