Various Techniques of Interference Management in Heterogeneous Network : A Review

Authors(1) :-Baljot Kaur Garima Saini

Day by day evolution in the mobile networks is seen. As the number of mobile users are increasing, urge for data rate is also getting high. To satisfy these needs either the radio power can be increased or number of remote radio nodes can be increased. Due to tremendous development in the field of wireless communication there is a huge increase in the demand for spectrum. But the useful spectrum is limited. To deal with this, heterogeneous network is introduced. With Heterogeneous network, better data rate can be achieved at low power and with minimum spectrum. Heterogeneous network use small cells having low transmission power along with high transmission power macro cells. Small cells used in heterogeneous networks are femto, pico and micro cells. Using these small cells, increase the complexity of the network as well as interference in the neighbouring cells. The major issue in heterogeneous network is to mitigate interference which occurs between small cells such as femto and micro cells working on similar frequency band. In order to increase capacity as well as quality of service of the network interference management should be done. This paper presents a review on interference management techniques.

Authors and Affiliations

Baljot Kaur Garima Saini
Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research, Chandigarh, India

Fractional Frequency Reuse, Heterogeneous Network, Interference Management, Small Cells.

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