CN111935833B - D2D communication in cellular network frequency spectrum multiplexing method of system - Google Patents

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CN111935833B
CN111935833B CN202010740197.8A CN202010740197A CN111935833B CN 111935833 B CN111935833 B CN 111935833B CN 202010740197 A CN202010740197 A CN 202010740197A CN 111935833 B CN111935833 B CN 111935833B
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The invention discloses a honeycomb netA spectrum multiplexing method of a D2D communication system in a network belongs to the technical field of communication. The invention comprises the following steps: step 1 if the distance between the D2D user and the serving base station of the cellular user satisfies a certain condition, D2D users may multiplex cellular user uplink spectrum resources; step 2, if the j-th pair D2D user D meeting the condition of step 1 j If there are multiple cellular users whose uplink spectrum resources can be multiplexed, then according to cellular user C i Interference metric value of (2)
Figure DDA0002606480860000011
Selecting a cellular user multiplexing spectrum resource which minimizes the interference metric value; step 3, if the kth pair D2D user D k With the j-th pair of D2D users D j The distance of (2) satisfies the condition described in the formula (5), then the D2D user D k With D2D user D j The spectrum resources of the same cellular user can be shared. The invention can effectively inhibit the inter-layer interference between the cellular user and the D2D user and the intra-layer interference between the D2D users, and improve the frequency spectrum utilization rate and the system energy efficiency.

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Frequency spectrum multiplexing method of D2D communication system in cellular network
Technical Field
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and in particular, to a method for spectrum multiplexing in a D2D communications system in a cellular network, so as to suppress interference caused by spectrum multiplexing. The multiple access technique may be a multiple access technique such as frequency division multiple access (Frequency Division Multiple Access: FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access: OFDMA), or the like.
Background
In recent years, the mobile communication industry has undergone significant development and reform, and the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication technology has been put into commercial use. According to industry demand for 5G, 5G networks will have ultra-high transmission rates, higher spectral efficiency, lower transmission delays, and support connections for higher density devices. In order to achieve the wish and goal of 5G, 5G will employ a more flexible and intelligent network architecture and intelligent networking technology in terms of wireless networks. The ultra-dense heterogeneous network such as D2D transmission is added on the basis of the original macro cell, so that the network capacity can be effectively improved, the system coverage probability is increased, and the ultra-dense heterogeneous network has become one of the development directions of the network architecture of a future mobile communication system. In the D2D dense heterogeneous network, the frequency spectrum efficiency and the energy efficiency are improved due to the fact that the distance between the terminal devices is closer. However, this manner of spectrum sharing causes multiple interference problems between users in layers and users in layers, especially when the D2D user pairs are dense, serious uplink co-channel interference will occur to the cellular network users. How to mitigate such interference requires intensive research. A reasonable spectrum reuse strategy is one of the effective measures to mitigate inter-layer interference and intra-layer interference in such network architectures.
Therefore, in the present invention, a method for spectrum multiplexing of a D2D communication system in a cellular network is proposed.
Disclosure of Invention
The present invention is directed to a spectrum multiplexing method for a D2D communication system in a cellular network, wherein radio resources to be multiplexed may include: one or more dimensions of radio resources such as frequency, time slot, space, etc. The method can dynamically multiplex spectrum resources according to information such as useful signal intensity, interference intensity and the like in the system, and can inhibit intra-layer interference and inter-layer interference caused by wireless resource sharing to users.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention for solving the technical problems comprises the following steps:
step 1, if the D2D user satisfies the following conditions, the D2D user may multiplex uplink spectrum resources of the cellular user, that is:
d 0 >f -1 (beta); formula (1)
Figure BDA0002606480840000011
Figure BDA0002606480840000012
wherein :d0 Is the distance between the D2D user and the serving base station of the cellular user,
Figure BDA0002606480840000013
representing cellular subscriber C i To the j-th pair of D2D users D j Distance of receiving end,/->
Figure BDA0002606480840000014
Representing cellular subscriber C i Distance to its serving base station; r is R D Representing the distance between a pair of D2D user transmitting ends and receiving ends; mu (mu) d The threshold value of the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio of the D2D communication system is determined according to the system requirement; epsilon is the ratio of the uplink transmitting power of the cellular user to the transmitting power of the D2D transmitting end, lambda d The density of the D2D users is M, the number of uplink spectrums available to the cellular system is M, B is a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold, and beta is a coverage probability threshold required by the cellular communication system; θ is a path loss index in the D2D communication system; alpha is the path loss index in the cellular communication system; r is R C A coverage radius for a cell;
step 2, if the j-th pair D2D user D meeting the condition of step 1 j If there are multiple cellular users whose uplink spectrum resources can be multiplexed, then according to cellular user C i Interference metric value of (2)
Figure BDA0002606480840000021
Selecting a cellular user multiplexing spectrum resource that minimizes the interference metric, interference metric +.>
Figure BDA0002606480840000022
Is calculated as follows:
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wherein ,
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transmitting end to cellular user C representing j-th pair of D2D users i Distance of the serving base station,/-, of>
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Representing beesInterference signal received by cellular user and useful signal energy ratio, +.>
Figure BDA0002606480840000026
Representing the ratio of the interference signal received by the D2D user to the useful signal energy.
Step 3, if the kth pair D2D user D k With the j-th pair of D2D users D j The distance of (2) satisfies the condition described in the formula (5), then the D2D user D k With D2D user D j The spectrum resources of the same cellular user can be shared; the specific conditions are as follows:
Figure BDA0002606480840000027
wherein
Figure BDA0002606480840000028
Representing the kth pair of D2D users D k Transmitting end to j-th pair of D2D users D j Distance of the receiving end; r is R D Representing the distance between a pair of D2D user transmitting ends and receiving ends; mu (mu) d The threshold value of the signal to interference plus noise ratio of the D2D communication system is determined according to the system requirement.
The invention has the following beneficial effects:
the invention can effectively restrain the interference caused by the multiplexing of the wireless resources, in particular co-channel interference; the spectrum utilization rate can be improved, and the system coverage probability can be improved; and simultaneously, the service quality of the user is improved.
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The system model of D2D communication in cellular network is specifically disclosed, wherein the figure comprises 1 macro base station of cellular network and several D2D user pairs distributed randomly.
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According to the basic concept of the invention, when wireless resources are allocated to D2D users in a cellular network, a distance threshold value capable of multiplexing the wireless resources among the users is firstly determined, then the wireless resources are allowed to be multiplexed among the users meeting the distance threshold value, and if a plurality of wireless resources can be multiplexed, the optimal one is selected according to the interference metric value. As shown in fig. 1, a spectrum multiplexing method for a D2D communication system in a cellular network according to the present invention includes the following specific steps:
step 1, if the D2D user satisfies the following conditions, the D2D user may multiplex uplink spectrum resources of the cellular user, that is:
d 0 >f -1 (beta); formula (1)
Figure BDA0002606480840000031
Figure BDA0002606480840000032
wherein :d0 Is the distance between the D2D user and the serving base station of the cellular user,
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representing cellular subscriber C i To the j-th pair of D2D users D j The distance between the receiving ends of the two optical fibers, and (2)>
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Representing cellular subscriber C i Distance to its serving base station; r is R D Representing the distance between a pair of D2D user transmitting ends and receiving ends; mu (mu) d For the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold value of the D2D communication system, depending on the system requirements; epsilon is the ratio of the uplink transmitting power of the cellular user to the transmitting power of the D2D transmitting end, lambda d The density of the D2D users is M, the number of uplink spectrums available to the cellular system is M, B is a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold, and beta is a coverage probability threshold required by the cellular communication system; θ is a path loss index in the D2D communication system; alpha is the path loss index in the cellular communication system; r is R C A coverage radius for a cell;
step 2, if the j-th pair D2D user D meeting the condition of step 1 j Uplink spectrum resources of a plurality of cellular users can be multiplexed, and then the method is based on beesCellular user C i Interference metric value of (2)
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Selecting a cellular user multiplexing spectrum resource that minimizes the interference metric, interference metric +.>
Figure BDA0002606480840000036
Is calculated as follows:
Figure BDA0002606480840000037
wherein ,
Figure BDA0002606480840000038
transmitting end to cellular user C representing j-th pair of D2D users i Distance of the serving base station,/-, of>
Figure BDA0002606480840000039
Representing the ratio of the interference signal received by the cellular subscriber to the useful signal energy,/for the cellular subscriber>
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Representing the ratio of the interference signal received by the D2D user to the useful signal energy;
step 3, if the kth pair D2D user D k With the j-th pair of D2D users D j The distance of (2) satisfies the condition described in the formula (5), then the D2D user D k With D2D user D j The spectrum resources of the same cellular user can be shared; the specific conditions are as follows:
Figure BDA00026064808400000311
wherein
Figure BDA00026064808400000312
Representing the kth pair of D2D users D k Transmitting end to j-th pair of D2D users D j Distance of the receiving end; r is R D Represents a pair of D2D, the distance between the user transmitting end and the user receiving end; mu (mu) d The threshold value of the signal to interference plus noise ratio of the D2D communication system is determined according to the system requirement. .
The types and the transmitting powers of the base stations in the invention can be the same or different, and the coverage area of the base stations can be coverage areas of any shape, including cells. And the threshold value and the coverage probability requirement of the system can be determined according to the actual requirement of the system, and the threshold value of each user can be the same or different.
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a spectrum multiplexing method of a D2D communication system in a cellular network according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings in combination with a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
Referring to fig. 1, in the present invention, a method for multiplexing frequency resources of a D2D communication system of a single cell cellular network is provided to suppress co-channel interference caused by frequency multiplexing. The wireless resource allocation of the multi-cell users can be designed according to the method provided by the invention, so that the problem of interference suppression of the multi-cell users is solved.
Step 1, if the D2D user satisfies the following conditions, the uplink spectrum resources of the cellular user can be multiplexed, that is
d 0 >f -1 (beta); formula (1)
Figure BDA0002606480840000041
Figure BDA0002606480840000042
wherein :d0 Is the distance between the D2D user and the serving base station of the cellular user,
Figure BDA0002606480840000043
representing cellular subscriber C i To the j-th pair of D2D users D j Distance of receiving end,/->
Figure BDA0002606480840000044
Representing the distance of a cellular subscriber to its serving base station; r is R D Representing the distance between a pair of D2D user transmitting ends and receiving ends; mu (mu) d The threshold value of the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio of the D2D communication system is determined according to the system requirement; epsilon is the ratio of the uplink transmitting power of the cellular user to the transmitting power of the D2D transmitting end, lambda d The density of the D2D users is M, the number of uplink spectrums available to the cellular system is M, B is a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold, and beta is a coverage probability threshold required by the cellular communication system; θ is in D2D communication system is a path loss index of (2); alpha is the path loss index in the cellular communication system; r is R C A coverage radius for a cell;
for example in FIG. 1, D 2 Satisfy C 1 But does not meet C 2 Interference limitation of (D), thus D 2 Can be combined with C 1 Multiplexing resources with C 2 Different radio resources are used.
Step 2, if the kth pair of D2D users (denoted D k ) With the j-th pair of D2D users (denoted as D j ) Sharing spectrum resources requires the following conditions to be satisfied:
Figure BDA0002606480840000045
wherein
Figure BDA0002606480840000046
Representing the distance from the transmitting end of the kth pair of D2D users to the receiving end of the jth pair of D2D users; r is R D Representing the distance between a pair of D2D user transmitting ends and receiving ends; mu (mu) d The threshold value of the signal to interference plus noise ratio of the system is determined according to the system requirement; for example in FIG. 1, D 2 And D 4 The distance of (2) does not meet the interference constraint and therefore it is necessary to allocate different resources thereto.
Step 3, if the j-th pair of D2D users (denoted as D j ) Uplink spectrum resources with multiple cellular users can be multiplexed, e.g. D in fig. 1 1 At the same time satisfy C 1 、C 2 According to interference limitation of (2)
Figure BDA0002606480840000047
Selecting the cellular user multiplexing frequency spectrum resource which makes the interference metric value maximum; wherein (1)>
Figure BDA0002606480840000048
Transmitting end to cellular user C representing j-th pair of D2D users i Is a distance of the serving base station.
The types and the transmitting powers of the base stations in the invention can be the same or different, and the coverage area of the base stations can be coverage areas of any shape, including cells. And the threshold value and the coverage probability requirement of the system can be determined according to the actual requirement of the system, and the threshold value of each user can be the same or different.

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1. A method for spectrum multiplexing of a D2D communication system in a cellular network, comprising the steps of:
step 1, if the D2D user satisfies the following conditions, the D2D user may multiplex uplink spectrum resources of the cellular user, that is:
d 0 >f -1 (beta); formula (1)
Figure FDA0002606480830000011
Figure FDA0002606480830000012
wherein :d0 Is the distance between the D2D user and the serving base station of the cellular user,
Figure FDA0002606480830000013
representing cellular subscriber C i To the j-th pair of D2D users D j Distance of receiving end,/->
Figure FDA0002606480830000014
Representing cellular subscriber C i Distance to its serving base station; r is R D Representing the distance between a pair of D2D user transmitting ends and receiving ends; mu (mu) d The threshold value of the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio of the D2D communication system is determined according to the system requirement; epsilon is the ratio of the uplink transmitting power of the cellular user to the transmitting power of the D2D transmitting end, lambda d The density of the D2D users is M, the number of uplink spectrums available to the cellular system is M, B is a signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio threshold, and beta is a coverage probability threshold required by the cellular communication system; θ is a path loss index in the D2D communication system; alpha is the path loss index in the cellular communication system; r is R C A coverage radius for a cell;
step 2, if the j-th pair D2D user D meeting the condition of step 1 j If there are multiple cellular users whose uplink spectrum resources can be multiplexed, then according to cellular user C i Interference metric value of (2)
Figure FDA0002606480830000015
Selecting a cellular user multiplexing spectrum resource that minimizes the interference metric, interference metric +.>
Figure FDA0002606480830000016
Is calculated as follows:
Figure FDA0002606480830000017
wherein ,
Figure FDA0002606480830000018
transmitting end to cellular user C representing j-th pair of D2D users i Distance of the serving base station,/-, of>
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Representing the ratio of the interference signal received by the cellular subscriber to the useful signal energy,/for the cellular subscriber>
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Representing D2D usersThe ratio of the received interfering signal to the useful signal energy.
2. The method for spectrum multiplexing of D2D communication system in cellular network according to claim 1, further comprising a technical feature step 3, if the kth pair of D2D users D k With the j-th pair of D2D users D j The distance of (2) satisfies the condition described in the formula (5), then the D2D user D k With D2D user D j The spectrum resources of the same cellular user can be shared; the specific conditions are as follows:
Figure FDA00026064808300000111
wherein
Figure FDA00026064808300000112
Representing the kth pair of D2D users D k Transmitting end to j-th pair of D2D users D j Distance of the receiving end; r is R D Representing the distance between a pair of D2D user transmitting ends and receiving ends; mu (mu) d The threshold value of the signal to interference plus noise ratio of the D2D communication system is determined according to the system requirement. />
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