Capacity Gains of Buffer-Aided Moving Relays Conference Paper uri icon

abstract

  • 2017 IEEE. This work investigates the gain due to reduction in path loss by deploying buffer-aided moving relaying. In particular, the increase in gain due to moving relays is studied for dual-hop broadcast channels and the bidirectional relay channel. It is shown that the exploited gains in these channels due to buffer-aided relaying can be enhanced by utilizing the fact that a moving relay can communicate with the terminal closest to it and store the data in the buffer and then forward the data to the intended destination when it comes in close proximity with the destination. Numerical results show that for both the considered channels the achievable rates are increased as compared to the case of stationary relays. Numerical results also show that more significant increase in performance is seen when the relay moves to-and-fro between the source and the relay.

name of conference

  • 2017 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)

published proceedings

  • 2017 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTING, NETWORKING AND COMMUNICATIONS (ICNC)

author list (cited authors)

  • Zafar, A., Shaqfeh, M., Alnuweiri, H., & Alouini, M.

citation count

  • 2

complete list of authors

  • Zafar, Ammar||Shaqfeh, Mohammad||Alnuweiri, Hussein||Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

publication date

  • January 2016