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Correlated Blocking In Mmwave Cellular Networks: Macrodiversity, Outage, And Interference, Enass Hriba, Mathew C. Valenti
Correlated Blocking In Mmwave Cellular Networks: Macrodiversity, Outage, And Interference, Enass Hriba, Mathew C. Valenti
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In this paper, we provide a comprehensive analysis of macrodiversity for millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular networks. The key issue with mmWave networks is that signals are prone to blocking by objects in the environment, which causes paths to go from line-of-sight (LOS) to non-LOS (NLOS). We identify macrodiversity as an important strategy for mitigating blocking, as with macrodiversity the user will attempt to connect with two or more base stations. Diversity is achieved because if the closest base station is blocked, then the next base station might still be unblocked. However, since it is possible for a single blockage to …