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On the Effective Capacity of Two-Hop Communication Systems

Information Theory 2010-10-01 v1 math.IT

Abstract

In this paper, two-hop communication between a source and a destination with the aid of an intermediate relay node is considered. Both the source and intermediate relay node are assumed to operate under statistical quality of service (QoS) constraints imposed as limitations on the buffer overflow probabilities. It is further assumed that the nodes send the information at fixed power levels and have perfect channel side information. In this scenario, the maximum constant arrival rates that can be supported by this two-hop link are characterized by finding the effective capacity. Through this analysis, the impact upon the throughput of having buffer constraints at the source and intermediate-hop nodes is identified.

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@article{arxiv.1009.6206,
  title  = {On the Effective Capacity of Two-Hop Communication Systems},
  author = {Deli Qiao and Mustafa Cenk Gursoy and Senem Velipasalar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.6206},
  year   = {2010}
}

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