PeterNet: an emergent technology based radio access network architecture for next generation cellular wireless systems

FraNtiC: A Fractal Geometric Framework for Mesh-Based Wireless Access Networks

“…Now, we present some easily verifiable properties of our framework which are pertinent here ( [10]). …”

“…In this section, we analyze the reliability of the FraNtiC framework. We use the link reliability formulation derived in [10] where link reliability is measured in terms of link availability (A D ), D being the link distance and represent it by r D .…”

“…Optical wireless links are characterized by line-ofsight requirements, transceiver characteristics and weather conditions, like visibility, temperature, relative humidity and fog as modeled in [1]. The availability of an optical wireless link depends mainly on the distance between the optical transceivers and the atmospheric attenuation effects [4]. Link availability is expressed by the probability that atmospheric losses are less than the link margin ( [4]) which is generally captured in terms of meteorological visibility data.…”

“…Link availability is expressed by the probability that atmospheric losses are less than the link margin ( [4]) which is generally captured in terms of meteorological visibility data. Based on these parameters, we calculate the reliability of optical wireless links as a function of distance, plotted in Fig. 14 (detailed modeling of optical wireless link can be found in [4]). …”

“…System cost is dependant on user traffic patterns, base-stations and con- troller capacities, link distance as well as link technology. We follow the approach in [4], using standard tariffs for existing tree topologies and using optical wireless link costs for square grid and FraNtiC architectures. Cell site traffic is estimated on the number of users, assuming data traffic and is calculated based on effective bandwidth as in [4].…”