Cooperative relaying and its application : from analysis to prototypes / Stefan Valentin. 2009
Content
1 Introduction
2 Fading and diversity
2.1 Fading channels
2.1.1 Basic channel model and terminology
2.1.2 Fading models
2.1.3 Coherence time: Slow versus fast fading
2.1.4 Performance metrics
2.2 Diversity systems
2.3 Basic constraints
2.4 Summary of basic assumptions
3 Cooperative relaying – Protocols and theoretical performance
3.1 Background on cooperative relaying protocols
3.2 Selection relaying protocols
3.2.1 Generalization and protocol classification
3.2.2 Combining-based protocols
3.2.3 Network path allocation-based protocols
3.3 Performance analysis of selection relaying
3.3.1 Method and assumptions
3.3.2 Outage probability for arbitrary flow networks
3.3.3 Outage probability for one and two relays
3.3.4 Outage capacity for arbitrary flow networks
3.3.5 Outage capacity for one and two relays
3.4 Performance analysis under practical constraints
3.4.1 Effect of limited CSI feedback
3.4.2 Effect of limited network connectivity
3.4.3 Occurrence-conditioned outage capacity
3.5 Summary of contributions and future work
4 Selection relaying with partial forwarding
4.1 Partial forwarding
4.2 Forwarding decision frequency
4.2.1 Block lengths and decision frequency
4.2.2 Analysis for block fading channels
4.2.3 Discussion
4.3 Forwarding decision metric
4.3.1 Related work and terminology
4.3.2 Calculating Minimum Path Difference
4.3.3 Decoder complexity and implementation remarks
4.3.4 Accuracy study
4.4 Protocols for partial forwarding
4.5 End-to-end performance study
4.5.1 System model and parameters
4.5.2 Effect of the decision metric
4.5.3 Effect of the protocol and signaling functions
4.6 Summary of contributions and future work
5 Applying selection relaying to resource allocation
5.1 Asymmetric cooperation for media streaming
5.1.1 Approach and scenario
5.1.2 Related work
5.1.3 Asymmetric diversity branch allocation (ACD)
5.1.4 Outage probability and diversity order
5.1.5 Traffic-aware cooperation diversity
5.1.6 Video quality study
5.2 Cooperative feedback for multiuser diversity systems
5.2.1 Multiuser diversity in OFDM systems
5.2.2 Related work
5.2.3 Cooperative feedback protocol
5.2.4 Effects of feedback errors and overhead
5.2.5 Performance study
5.3 Summary of contributions and future work
6 Cooperative WLANs – A prototype
6.1 Scope and related work
6.2 Combining versus packet selection
6.3 Cooperative medium access
6.3.1 Signaling for cooperative WLANs
6.3.2 CSIG control frames and overhead
6.3.3 CSIG protocol operation
6.4 A prototype for cooperative WLANs
6.5 Measurement results
6.5.1 Experimental setup and scenarios
6.5.2 Indoor scenario results
6.5.3 Vehicular scenario results
6.6 Summary of contributions and future work
7 Conclusions and future research
A BER of partial forwarding
A.1 BER of uncoded BPSK
A.2 Fraction of symbols not forwarded
A.3 End-to-end BER of partial forwarding
B Details on the measurement platform and scenarios
B.1 SORBAS prototyping platform
B.2 Transmit power mismatch
B.3 Path loss and link budget
B.4 Summary of experimental setup and parameters
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