Abstract:
In-band full-duplex (FD) communications have been optimistically promoted to improve the spectrum utilization and efficiency. However, the penetration of FD communication...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
In-band full-duplex (FD) communications have been optimistically promoted to improve the spectrum utilization and efficiency. However, the penetration of FD communications to the cellular networks domain is challenging due to the imposed uplink/downlink interference. This paper presents a tractable framework, based on stochastic geometry, to study FD communications in cellular networks. Particularly, we assess the FD communications effect on the network performance and quantify the associated gains. This paper proves the vulnerability of the uplink to the downlink interference and shows that FD rate gains harvested in the downlink (up to 97%) come at the expense of a significant degradation in the uplink rate (up to 94%). Therefore, we propose a novel fine-grained duplexing scheme, denoted as the α-duplex scheme, which allows a partial overlap between the uplink and the downlink frequency bands. We derive the required conditions to harvest rate gains from the α-duplex scheme and show its superiority to both the FD and half-duplex (HD) schemes. In particular, we show that the α-duplex scheme provides a simultaneous improvement of 28% for the downlink rate and 56% for the uplink rate. Finally, we show that the amount of the overlap can be optimized based on the network design objective.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications ( Volume: 15, Issue: 10, October 2016)
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad AlAmmouri (S’11) received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, in 2014, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, in 2016. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. His research interests ...Show More
Ahmad AlAmmouri (S’11) received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, in 2014, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, in 2016. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. His research interests ...View more
Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Divison, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Hesham ElSawy (S’10–M’14) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2006, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 2014. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Computer, Electrical, an...Show More
Hesham ElSawy (S’10–M’14) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2006, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 2014. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Computer, Electrical, an...View more
Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Divison, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Osama Amin (S’07–M’11–SM’15) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt, in 2000, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2010. In 2012, he joined the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Assiut Universi...Show More
Osama Amin (S’07–M’11–SM’15) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt, in 2000, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2010. In 2012, he joined the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Assiut Universi...View more
Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Divison, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed-Slim Alouini (S’94–M’98–SM’03–F’09) was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1998. He served as a Faculty Member with the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar. He joined the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia,...Show More
Mohamed-Slim Alouini (S’94–M’98–SM’03–F’09) was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1998. He served as a Faculty Member with the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar. He joined the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia,...View more
Contents Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Ahmad AlAmmouri (S’11) received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, in 2014, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, in 2016. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. His research interests include statistical modeling and performance analysis of wireless networks and stochastic geometry.
Ahmad AlAmmouri (S’11) received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in electrical engineering from the University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan, in 2014, and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, in 2016. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering with The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. His research interests include statistical modeling and performance analysis of wireless networks and stochastic geometry.View more
Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Divison, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Hesham ElSawy (S’10–M’14) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2006, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 2014. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, and an Adjunct Faculty with the School of Computer Science & Engineering, York University, Canada. From 2006 to 2010, he was with the National Telecommunication Institute, Egypt, where he conducted professional training both at the national and international levels, and research on network planning. From 2010 to 2014, he was with TRTech, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, as a Student Researcher. His research interests include statistical modeling of wireless networks, stochastic geometry, and queueing analysis for wireless communication networks. He has received several academic awards, including the NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship from 2010 to 2013, and the TRTech Graduate Students Fellowship from 2010 to 2014. He also received the Best Paper Award in the ICC 2015 workshop on small cells and 5G networks. He is recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer by the IEEE Transactions of communication in 2015 and 2016, respectively.
Hesham ElSawy (S’10–M’14) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2006, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Cairo, Egypt, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, in 2014. He is currently a Post-Doctoral Fellow with the Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia, and an Adjunct Faculty with the School of Computer Science & Engineering, York University, Canada. From 2006 to 2010, he was with the National Telecommunication Institute, Egypt, where he conducted professional training both at the national and international levels, and research on network planning. From 2010 to 2014, he was with TRTech, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, as a Student Researcher. His research interests include statistical modeling of wireless networks, stochastic geometry, and queueing analysis for wireless communication networks. He has received several academic awards, including the NSERC Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship from 2010 to 2013, and the TRTech Graduate Students Fellowship from 2010 to 2014. He also received the Best Paper Award in the ICC 2015 workshop on small cells and 5G networks. He is recognized as an Exemplary Reviewer by the IEEE Transactions of communication in 2015 and 2016, respectively.View more
Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Divison, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Osama Amin (S’07–M’11–SM’15) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt, in 2000, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2010. In 2012, he joined the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Assiut University as an Assistant Professor. He is currently with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. His general research interests lie in communications systems and signal processing for communications with special emphasis on wireless applications. Specific research areas include green communications, cognitive radio, cooperative communications, and channel estimation.
Dr. Amin is an Editor of the IEEE Communications Letters. He has served as a Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE VTC, CROWNCOM, PIMRC, and ISSPIT conferences. He has served also as a Co-Organizer and a Co-Chair of the Next Generation Green ICT and 5G Networking GreeNets 2015 in the IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband ICUWB, Montreal, Canada.
Osama Amin (S’07–M’11–SM’15) received the B.Sc. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Aswan University, Aswan, Egypt, in 2000, the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt, in 2004, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical and computer engineering, University of Waterloo, Canada, in 2010. In 2012, he joined the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Assiut University as an Assistant Professor. He is currently with the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Makkah, Saudi Arabia. His general research interests lie in communications systems and signal processing for communications with special emphasis on wireless applications. Specific research areas include green communications, cognitive radio, cooperative communications, and channel estimation.
Dr. Amin is an Editor of the IEEE Communications Letters. He has served as a Technical Program Committee Member of the IEEE VTC, CROWNCOM, PIMRC, and ISSPIT conferences. He has served also as a Co-Organizer and a Co-Chair of the Next Generation Green ICT and 5G Networking GreeNets 2015 in the IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Wireless Broadband ICUWB, Montreal, Canada.View more
Computer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Divison, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia
Mohamed-Slim Alouini (S’94–M’98–SM’03–F’09) was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1998. He served as a Faculty Member with the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar. He joined the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, as a Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2009. His current research interests include the modeling, design, and performance analysis of wireless communication systems.
Mohamed-Slim Alouini (S’94–M’98–SM’03–F’09) was born in Tunis, Tunisia. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the California Institute of Technology Caltech, Pasadena, CA, USA, in 1998. He served as a Faculty Member with the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA, Texas A&M University at Qatar, Doha, Qatar. He joined the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, as a Professor of Electrical Engineering in 2009. His current research interests include the modeling, design, and performance analysis of wireless communication systems.View more
