Interference avoidance mechanisms in the hybrid cellular and device-to-device systems

TLDR

A hybrid system of cellular mode and device‑to‑device (D2D) mode is considered, where the cellular uplink resource is reused by the D2D transmission. In order to maximize overall system performance, the mutual interference between cellular and D2D subsystems must be addressed. The authors propose two mechanisms: an interference‑tracing approach to mitigate cellular‑to‑D2D interference and a tolerable‑interference‑broadcasting approach to reduce D2D‑to‑cellular interference, which can operate independently or jointly to synergize transmission in the hybrid system. Simulation results show satisfying performance of the proposed schemes.

Abstract

A hybrid system of cellular mode and device-to-device (D2D) mode is considered in this paper, where the cellular uplink resource is reused by the D2D transmission. In order to maximize the overall system performance, the mutual interference between cellular and D2D sub-systems has to be addressed. Here, two mechanisms are proposed to solve the problem: One is mitigating the interference from cellular transmission to D2D communication by an interference tracing approach. The other one is aiming to reduce the interference from D2D transmission to cellular communication by a tolerable interference broadcasting approach. Both mechanisms can work independently or jointly to synergy the transmission in the hybrid system for the efficient resource utilization. In the end, simulation is conducted to study the performance of the proposed schemes, which shows satisfying results.