Inter-Cell Interference Coordination Using Fractional Frequency Reuse Scheme in Multi-Relay Multi-Cell OFDMA Systems

Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) using frequency reuse schemes in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) cellular networks is one of the most promising approaches to reduce the effect of interference and to improve the system performance. Fractional Frequency Reuse (FFR) schemes are efficient interference mitigation techniques that have been used to improve system performance in multirelay multi-cell OFDMA cellular networks, especially for the cell edge users. The purpose of FFR design is to deploy frequency patterns (sets) in such a way that a Mobile Station (MS) user can reduce interference from adjacent cells. The Frequency Reuse Factor (FRF) of 7/3 with frequency reuse pattern (7, 3, 1) is used to improve the system performance of FRF=1 and FRF=3. This paper proposes a new frequency pattern and deploys frequency sets with Amplify and Forward (AF) fixed relays to improve the performance of the system. Simulation results show that the proposed pattern achieves significant Inter-Cell Interference (ICI) reduction when compared to other cooperative and noncooperative schemes.

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