RSMA Inspired User Cooperation in Hybrid VLC/RF Networks for Coverage Extension

Konstantinos G. Rallis; Vasilis K. Papanikolaou; Sotiris A. Tegos; Alexis A. Dowhuszko; Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis; Mohammad Ali Khalighi; George K. Karagiannidis

doi:10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118918

RSMA Inspired User Cooperation in Hybrid VLC/RF Networks for Coverage Extension

Konstantinos G. Rallis^*, Vasilis K. Papanikolaou, Sotiris A. Tegos, Alexis A. Dowhuszko, Panagiotis D. Diamantoulakis, Mohammad Ali Khalighi, George K. Karagiannidis

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose and evaluate a hybrid visible light communication (VLC)/radio-frequency (RF) network architecture, where a VLC access point serves two user equipments (UEs), which also act as RF relays in order to extend the network's coverage to a third UE outside the VLC cell. The proposed protocol is inspired by uplink rate-splitting multiple access to efficiently route the messages to the UEs. In more detail, the proposed protocol utilizes the nuances of the specific network architecture to efficiently utilize the wireless resource blocks for both coverage and throughput. The protocol is then optimized by maximizing the minimum achievable rate. Simulation results show that the proposed method achieves superior results compared with a more conventional benchmark scheme, that is also optimized under the same constraints.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2023 - Proceedings
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-9122-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118918
Publication status	Published - 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Conference publication
Event	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference - Glasgow, United Kingdom, Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Mar 2023 → 29 Mar 2023 https://wcnc2023.ieee-wcnc.org/

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Name	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
Volume	2023-March
ISSN (Print)	1525-3511

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Conference	IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference
Abbreviated title	WCNC
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	26/03/2023 → 29/03/2023
Internet address	https://wcnc2023.ieee-wcnc.org/

Funding

This publication has been based upon work from COST Action CA19111 NEWFOCUS, supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology). The work of V. K. Papanikolaou was co-financed by Greece and the European Union (European Social Fund-ESF) through the Operational Programme “Human Resources Development, Education and Lifelong Learning” in the context of the Act “Enhancing Human Resources Research Potential by undertaking a Doctoral Research” Sub-action 2: IKY Scholarship Programme for PhD candidates in the Greek Universities. The work of S. A. Tegos and P. D. Diamantoulakis was supported by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) under the “3rd Call for H.F.R.I. Research Projects to support PostDoctoral Researchers” (Project Number: 7280). The work of G. K. Karagiannidis was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Program under Agreement 957406.

Keywords

coverage extension
hybrid VLC/RF
max-min rate
resource allocation
Visible light communications

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Rallis, K. G., Papanikolaou, V. K., Tegos, S. A., Dowhuszko, A. A., Diamantoulakis, P. D., Khalighi, M. A., & Karagiannidis, G. K. (2023). RSMA Inspired User Cooperation in Hybrid VLC/RF Networks for Coverage Extension. In 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2023 - Proceedings (IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC; Vol. 2023-March). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118918

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2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2023 - Proceedings. IEEE, 2023. (IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC; Vol. 2023-March).

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Rallis KG, Papanikolaou VK, Tegos SA, Dowhuszko AA, Diamantoulakis PD, Khalighi MA et al. RSMA Inspired User Cooperation in Hybrid VLC/RF Networks for Coverage Extension. In 2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2023 - Proceedings. IEEE. 2023. (IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC). doi: 10.1109/WCNC55385.2023.10118918

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