Effect of Inaccurate Position Estimation on Self-Organising Coverage Estimation in Cellular Networks

Akbar, I., Onireti, O. , Imran, M. A. , Imran, A. and Tafazolli, R. (2014) Effect of Inaccurate Position Estimation on Self-Organising Coverage Estimation in Cellular Networks. In: 20th European Wireless Conference (European Wireless 2014), Barcelona, Spain, 14-16 May 2014, pp. 176-180. ISBN 9783800736218

Abstract

Requirement for low operating and deployment costs of cellular networks motivate the need for self-organisation in cellular networks. To reduce operational costs, self-organising networks are fast becoming a necessity. One key issue in this context is self-organised coverage estimation that is done based on the signal strength measurement and reported position information of system users. In this paper, the effect of inaccurate position estimation on self-organised coverage estimation is investigated. We derive the signal reliability expression (i.e. probability of the received signal being above a certain threshold) and the cell coverage expressions that take the error in position estimation into consideration. This is done for both the shadowing and non-shadowing channel models. The accuracy of the modified reliability and cell coverage probability expressions are also numerically verified for both cases.

• Item Type: Conference Proceedings
• Additional Information: This work was made possible by NPRP grant No. 5-1047- 2437 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of The Qatar Foundation).
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Imran, Professor Muhammad and Onireti, Oluwakayode
• Authors: Akbar, I., Onireti, O., Imran, M. A., Imran, A., and Tafazolli, R.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering; College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering
• ISBN: 9783800736218
• Published Online: 27 June 2014