An Interference Aware Distributed Resource Management Scheme for CDMA-Based Wireless Mesh Backbone

In this paper, with a cross-layer design principle, we propose an interference aware distributed resource management scheme for a code-division multiple access (CDMA)-based wireless mesh backbone (consisting of a number of wireless routers at fixed sites). Specifically, benefiting from the fixed location of wireless routers, the power allocation is based on the length of the transmission path, so as to ensure a certain level of fairness among the routers. For a new call arrival, based on the maximum sustainable interference concept, each existing receiver (rather than the potential sender) estimates its experienced interference level under the hypothesis that the new call is admitted. If the interference is not tolerable, the existing receiver rejects the new call by sending a blocking-signal. The main advantages of our proposed scheme are the low control message overhead for easy implementation, and the accurate interference estimation. Simulation results are presented to evaluate the performance of our scheme.

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