Cellular Multiuser Two-Way Relay Network With Cochannel Interference and Channel Estimation Error: Performance Analysis and Optimization

In this paper, we study the impacts of cochannel interference (CCI) and channel estimation error (CEE) on the performance of a cellular multiuser two-way relay network. The network comprises of one N
_a
-antenna base station (BS), M single-antenna users, and one L-antenna relay with N
_r
number of interferers. In particular, by employing antenna selection at the relay, we propose beamforming and antenna selection transmission schemes at the BS with user scheduling in the presence of CEE and CCI. Then, we derive the tight closed-form lower bound expressions for the overall outage probability under Nakagami-m fading. We also deduce the asymptotic outage expressions in the high signal-to-noise ratio regime, from which the impacts of CEE and CCI on the achievable diversity order are highlighted. Moreover, using the asymptotic expressions, three optimization problems to minimize the outage probability are formulated and solved: first, optimal power allocation (OPA) with fixed relay location. Specifically, we develop two OPA approaches, namely, OPA I and OPA II. OPA I allocates the total power appropriately at each terminal, whereas OPA II allocates the fixed half of the total power at the relay and remaining power to base station and users; second, optimal relay location with fixed power allocation; and third, jointly optimal power allocation and relay location. Our results reveal that the OPA I outperforms OPA II, irrespective of different channel/system parameters, interferers, and relay locations. In addition, we demonstrate that the effect of interferers at the relay can be ignored if we allocate sufficient power to the base station and users. It is also shown that the CEE and CCI can severely degrade the outage performance, and even reduce the diversity order to zero. Further, it is highlighted that the impact of CCI can be alleviated by increasing the number of relay antennas. The numerical and simulation results validate our analytical findings, and also demonstrate that the antenna selection scheme offers comparable outage performance as beamforming scheme.