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Implications of the half-duplex constraint on relay-aided cooperation using rateless codes

Meshram, R and Mehta, NB (2010) Implications of the half-duplex constraint on relay-aided cooperation using rateless codes. In: 2010 National Conference on Communications (NCC), 29-31 Jan. 2010, Chennai.

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Abstract

The half-duplex constraint, which mandates that a cooperative relay cannot transmit and receive simultaneously, considerably simplifies the demands made on the hardware and signal processing capabilities of a relay. However, the very inability of a relay to transmit and receive simultaneously leads to a potential under-utilization of time and bandwidth resources available to the system. We analyze the impact of the half-duplex constraint on the throughput of a cooperative relay system that uses rateless codes to harness spatial diversity and efficiently transmit information from a source to a destination. We derive closed-form expressions for the throughput of the system, and show that as the number of relays increases, the throughput approaches that of a system that uses more sophisticated full-duplex nodes. Thus, half-duplex nodes are well suited for cooperation using rateless codes despite the simplicity of both the cooperation protocol and the relays.

Item Type: Conference Paper
Publisher: IEEE
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Department/Centre: Division of Electrical Sciences > Electrical Communication Engineering
Date Deposited: 20 Dec 2011 06:42
Last Modified: 20 Dec 2011 06:42
URI: http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/39018

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