Theoretical Analysis of Hybrid Buffer-Aided Cooperative Protocol Based on Max–Max and Max–Link Relay Selections

Motivated by the recent max–link protocol and the max–max protocol, both of which were developed for a simple dual-hop buffer-aided cooperative network, the authors present a novel hybrid buffer-aided cooperative protocol that attains the benefits of high reliability and reduced packet delay. More specifically, the authors incorporate a two-stage relay selection strategy, which is capable of attaining a low outage probability comparable to the max–link protocol. In addition, the proposed protocol maintains a beneficial end-to-end packet delay, which is lower than that of the max–link protocol in the realistic scenario supporting finite source-packet transmissions. Furthermore, by introducing a periodic Markov chain model, the authors derive the theoretical outage probability of the hybrid buffer-aided scheme under the realistic assumption of finite-buffer relays. The authors' analytical and simulation results demonstrate that the proposed protocol benefits from the aforementioned high-diversity reliable performance and the reduced end-to-end packet delay.

• Record URL:
  • https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2016.2521062
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Copyright © 2016, IEEE.
• Authors:
  • Oiwa, Miharu
  • Tosa, Chie
  • Sugiura, Shinya
• Publication Date: 2016-11

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: References;
• Pagination: pp 9236-9246
• Serial:
  • IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
  • Volume: 65
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  • ISSN: 0018-9545
  • Serial URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/mostRecentIssue.jsp?punumber=25

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Computer network protocols; Markov chains; Packet switching; Radio relay systems; Transmission techniques
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01619808
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 2016 4:47PM