Uplink resource shared interference mitigation scheme for in-band D2D underlay 5G networks

Abstract

The benefits of Device-to-Device (D2D) communication often include increased overall system throughput, reduced latency, and increased spectrum efficiency. These advantages usually come from improved spatial reuse of time and frequency resources and the last but not least, the proximity of users engaged into D2D communication. Radio Resource allocation is a critical issue in D2D model and if not dealt with carefully, it can lead to significant interference to both pure cellular and D2D users, thereby proving detrimental to the desired outcomes. This paper presents novel Uplink Resource Shared Interference Mitigation Scheme called URSIMS. URSIMS adopts guard zones, further it implements radio resource allocation algorithm (RRAA) and distance dependent dynamic power control algorithm (DDDPA) with the goal to mitigate interference and achieve increased overall system throughput and spectral efficiency. URSIMS has been compared with other similar state of the art both for static and user mobility based scenarios; it is found that URSIMS responded adequately well and outperformed Random and Greedy schemes in terms of salient performance indicators including overall system throughput, pure cellular user throughput, spectral efficiency and D2D pair throughout. URSIMS did provide sustained higher system throughput, which significantly improved further in case of increased user mobility while compared to Random and Greedy schemes respectively.