Should one always connect to the base station with the strongest signal?

Amin Jafarian; Uri Erez; Sriram Vishwanath

doi:10.1109/ACSSC.2009.5470214

Should one always connect to the base station with the strongest signal?

Amin Jafarian^*, Uri Erez, Sriram Vishwanath

^*Corresponding author for this work

School of Electrical Engineering

University of Texas at Austin

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

Abstract

This work considers a network with K transmitters and receivers, where the transmit-receive association is not predetermined. It is thus an interference network where the pairing between transmitters and receivers can be optimized to improve performance. This model is designed to represent a cellular system where each transmitter (mobile) is attempting to determine the best receiver (base-station) to connect to so as to maximize throughput. It is shown that in the two transmitreceive case, it is always better for a user to communicate with the "stronger" base station, for a network with K > 2 transmitters and receivers, there exists a range of channel realizations for which connecting mobiles with a "weaker" base station results in a higher network throughput than connecting to the basestation with the "stronger" signal.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference Record - 43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Pages	1828-1832
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2009.5470214
State	Published - 2009
Event	43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers - Pacific Grove, CA, United States Duration: 1 Nov 2009 → 4 Nov 2009

Publication series

Name	Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
ISSN (Print)	1058-6393

Conference

Conference	43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pacific Grove, CA
Period	1/11/09 → 4/11/09

Keywords

Cellular networks
Interference channel

Access to Document

10.1109/ACSSC.2009.5470214

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Jafarian, A, Erez, U & Vishwanath, S 2009, Should one always connect to the base station with the strongest signal? in Conference Record - 43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers., 5470214, Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, pp. 1828-1832, 43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Pacific Grove, CA, United States, 1/11/09. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2009.5470214

Should one always connect to the base station with the strongest signal? / Jafarian, Amin; Erez, Uri; Vishwanath, Sriram.
Conference Record - 43rd Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers. 2009. p. 1828-1832 5470214 (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review