Performance of iCAR system - a new load balancing scheme in wireless networks - is analyzed. Traffic capacity enhancement of the iCAR system with respect to the conventional cellular system, without any load balancing, is evaluated. It is shown that, with a moderate amount of relay coverage, perfect load balancing can be achieved, thus enabling the system to support maximum possible traffic intensity for a given grade of service.
Index Terms:
Load balancing, relaying, ISM band, grade of service (GoS), system capacity
Citation:
S. De, O. Tonguz, H. Wu, C. Qiao, "Integrated Cellular and Ad Hoc Relay (iCAR) Systems: Pushing the Performance Limits of Conventional Wireless Networks," hicss, vol. 9, pp.300, 35th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'02)-Volume 9, 2002