Scheduling for Millimeter Wave Networks

doi:10.1017/9781316771655.022

21 - Scheduling for Millimeter Wave Networks

from Part III - Network Protocols, Algorithms, and Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 April 2017

Lin X. Cai ,

Lin Cai ,

Xuemin Shen and

Jon W. Mark

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Vincent W. S. Wong ,

Robert Schober ,

Derrick Wing Kwan Ng and

Li-Chun Wang

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Lin X. Cai: Affiliation:
Illinois Institute of Technology, USA
Lin Cai: Affiliation:
University of Victoria, Canada
Xuemin Shen: Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Canada
Jon W. Mark: Affiliation:
University of Waterloo, Canada
Vincent W. S. Wong: Affiliation:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Robert Schober: Affiliation:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Derrick Wing Kwan Ng: Affiliation:
University of New South Wales, Sydney
Li-Chun Wang: Affiliation:
National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan

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Introduction

The spectrum between 30 and 300 GHz is referred to as the millimeter wave (mmWave) band because the wavelengths for these frequencies are in the range from about one to ten millimeters. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated the 57–64 GHz mmWave band for general unlicensed use, opening the door to supporting high data rate wireless applications over the 7 GHz unlicensed band. Given the spectrum deficiency and network densification of cellular systems, how to use the mmWave band to support various machine/human-to-machine/human communications is critically important for fifth generation (5G) cellular systems.

Millimeter wave can be applied to both outdoor and indoor wireless communications. mmWave together with massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising candidate for 5G outdoor transmission, as discussed in Chapter 15. For indoor uses, mmWave communication has many salient features, listed below, and it is highly desirable for 5G femtocell communications. This chapter focuses on the indoor femtocell scenario.

First, mmWave can achieve very high data rates (up to multi-Gbps), so it can enable many killer applications such as high-definition and interactive streaming services, and the Internet of Things. These applications require not only a high data rate but also stringent quality-of-service (QoS) requirements in terms of delay, jitter, and loss. Second, mmWave can coexist well with other wireless communication systems, such as the existing cellular systems, Wi-Fi (IEEE 802.11), and ultra-wideband (UWB) systems, because of the large frequency difference. Third, oxygen absorption has its peak at 60 GHz, so the transmission and interference ranges of mmWave communication are small, which allows very dense deployment of mmWave-based femtocells. In addition, the fact that the mmWave signal degrades significantly when passing through walls and over distance is helpful for ensuring security of the content.

The special channel characteristics and features of mmWave communication pose new challenges regarding how to coordinate mmWave transmissions to achieve high spatial reuse and guarantee the QoS. In the following, given the unique characteristics of mmWave communications and of the appropriate multiplexing technologies and network architectures for mmWave-based femtocells, we discuss the key opportunities and challenges in resource management of mmWave-based wireless networks, and introduce an appropriate scheduling solution to explore the spatial multiplexing gain in mmWave networks.

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Information: Key Technologies for 5G Wireless Systems , pp. 460 - 477

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316771655.022 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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