Delay-and diversity-Aware buffer-Aided relay selection policies in cooperative networks
Paper in proceeding, 2016

In this paper, we propose novel relay selection policies that aim at reducing the average delay by incorporating the buffer size of the relay nodes into the relay selection process. More specifically, we propose two delay-Aware protocols that are based on the max-link relay selection protocol. First, a delay-Aware only approach while it reduces the delays considerably it starves the buffers and increases the outage probability of the system. Towards this end, we propose a delay-and diversity-Aware buffer-Aided relay selection policy that aims at reducing the average delay considerably and at the same time maintaining good diversity. The protocols are analyzed by means of Markov Chains and expressions for the outage, throughput and delay are derived. The performance and use of our proposed algorithms is demonstrated via extensive simulations and comparisons.

Cooperative relaying

delays

Markov chains

relay selection

diversity

buffer-Aided relaying

Author

D. Poulimeneas

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

Themistoklis Charalambous

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks

Nikolaos Nomikos

University of the Aegean

Ioannis Krikidis

University of Cyprus

Demosthenes Vouyioukas

University of the Aegean

Mikael Johansson

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

15253511 (ISSN)

Vol. 2016-September 12 September 2016 Art no 7565048-
9781467398145 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Communication Systems

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2016.7565048

ISBN

9781467398145

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