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An analytical framework is developed showing the maximum possible capacity gain through load balancing in cellular radio networks. Performance of the best-known scheme, namely, load balancing with selective borrowing (LBSB), is also analyzed for comparison purpose. Through an example of 3-tier cellular architecture it is demonstrated that the maximum achievable capacity gain of an ideal load balancing scheme could be as much as 70%. In an identical scenario, the LBSB scheme achieves a gain only up to 30%.
This work is partially supported by grants from Nortel Networks and Texas Telecommunication Engineering Consortium (TxTEC).
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De, S., Das, S.K. (2001). Maximum Achievable Capacity Gain through Traffic Load Balancing in Cellular Radio Networks: A Practical Perspective. In: Monien, B., Prasanna, V.K., Vajapeyam, S. (eds) High Performance Computing — HiPC 2001. HiPC 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2228. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45307-5_28
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