Load Balancing using Fixed Geometric Arrangements of Fixed and Mobile Small Cells in Mili-Meter Network

Abstract

The upcoming generation of cellular networks is going to make extensive use of mmWave for communication. Hence, there will be a need for small cells to counter the loss incurred due to the more energy dissipation of mmWave. Small cells contain transmitters and receivers and hence there will be the need to balance the load efficiently so that no one is overwhelmed with functions to perform while others are relatively idle. In this paper, the performance of the user association algorithm is analysed when it is subjected to different scenarios like micro-urban, macro urban, suburban and rural. these scenarios are subjected to different frequency bands of mmWave and are compared for the values of the load balancing index. The load balancing algorithm is subjected to different small cell deployment techniques and the comparison is made for best deployment strategy among Quadrature based Approach (QBA) and Random deployment. Simulation results show that the sub-urban scenario has the maximum load-balancing index. On comparing QBA and random deployment approach QBA has a higher load balancing index in the suburban and rural scenarios and random deployment has a higher load balancing index in Indoor environments.