Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks

This article re-examines the fundamental notion of interference in wireless networks by contrasting traditional approaches to new concepts that handle interference in a creative way. Specifically, we discuss the fundamental limits of the interference channel and present the interference alignment te...

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Main Authors:	Gan Zheng, Ioannis Krikidis, Christos Masouros, Stelios Timotheou, Dimitris-Alexandros Toumpakaris, Zhiguo D. Ding
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Published:	2014
Subjects:	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified Interference Receivers Signal to noise ratio Transmitters Wireless communication Wireless networks Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed Computing
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/22448
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spelling	rr-article-95770222014-01-01T00:00:00Z Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks Gan Zheng (2546086) Ioannis Krikidis (7210601) Christos Masouros (7212740) Stelios Timotheou (7212824) Dimitris-Alexandros Toumpakaris (7215674) Zhiguo D. Ding (7185614) Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified Interference Receivers Signal to noise ratio Transmitters Wireless communication Wireless networks Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed Computing This article re-examines the fundamental notion of interference in wireless networks by contrasting traditional approaches to new concepts that handle interference in a creative way. Specifically, we discuss the fundamental limits of the interference channel and present the interference alignment technique and its extension of signal alignment techniques. Contrary to this traditional view, which treats interference as a detrimental phenomenon, we introduce three concepts that handle interference as a useful resource. The first concept exploits interference at the modulation level and leads to simple multiuser downlink precoding that provides significant energy savings. The second concept uses radio frequency radiation for energy harvesting and handles interference as a source of green energy. The last concept refers to a secrecy environment and uses interference as an efficient means to jam potential eavesdroppers. These three techniques bring a new vision about interference in wireless networks and motivate a plethora of potential new applications and services. 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Text Journal contribution 2134/22448 https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Rethinking_the_role_of_interference_in_wireless_networks/9577022 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
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topic	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified Interference Receivers Signal to noise ratio Transmitters Wireless communication Wireless networks Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed Computing
spellingShingle	Mechanical engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed computing and systems software not elsewhere classified Interference Receivers Signal to noise ratio Transmitters Wireless communication Wireless networks Mechanical Engineering not elsewhere classified Distributed Computing Gan Zheng Ioannis Krikidis Christos Masouros Stelios Timotheou Dimitris-Alexandros Toumpakaris Zhiguo D. Ding Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks
description	This article re-examines the fundamental notion of interference in wireless networks by contrasting traditional approaches to new concepts that handle interference in a creative way. Specifically, we discuss the fundamental limits of the interference channel and present the interference alignment technique and its extension of signal alignment techniques. Contrary to this traditional view, which treats interference as a detrimental phenomenon, we introduce three concepts that handle interference as a useful resource. The first concept exploits interference at the modulation level and leads to simple multiuser downlink precoding that provides significant energy savings. The second concept uses radio frequency radiation for energy harvesting and handles interference as a source of green energy. The last concept refers to a secrecy environment and uses interference as an efficient means to jam potential eavesdroppers. These three techniques bring a new vision about interference in wireless networks and motivate a plethora of potential new applications and services.
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author	Gan Zheng Ioannis Krikidis Christos Masouros Stelios Timotheou Dimitris-Alexandros Toumpakaris Zhiguo D. Ding
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title	Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks
title_short	Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks
title_full	Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks
title_fullStr	Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks
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Rethinking the role of interference in wireless networks

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