Cross-Layer Performance of Downlink Dynamic Cell Selection With Random Packet Scheduling and Partial CQI Feedback in Wireless Networks With Cell Sleeping

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a coordinated multipoint dynamic cell selection (DCS) transmission scheme for serving sleeping cell user equipments (UEs). According to this DCS scheme, packets of UEs in a sleeping cell are randomly forwarded to the potential active base stations (BSs) by the packet serving gateway and UEs in the sleeping cell dynamically select their serving BS from these active BSs. We model the system as a fork/join (F/J) queuing system and develop a cross-layer analytical model that considers the time varying nature of the channels, channel scheduling mechanism, partial channel quality information feedback, cell selection mechanism, bursty packet arrivals, and packet scheduling mechanism. The developed analytical model can be used to measure various packet-level performance parameters, such as packet loss probability (PLP) and queuing delay while accounting for out-of-sequence packet delivery. We validate the accuracy of the developed analytical model via simulations, and we compare the performance of the DCS scheme under consideration with the conventional fixed cell selection scheme and with the state-of-the-art DCS scheme. Presented numerical results show that the DCS scheme under consideration significantly improves the PLP performance. Queuing delay performance, on the other hand, depends on the system and operating parameters.