Planning Cost-Efficient FiWi Access Network with Joint Deployment of FWA
and FTTH
Abstract
This paper investigates the deployment of a cost- efficient
fiber-wireless (FiWi) access network with joint utilization of fixed
wireless access (FWA) and fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) technologies. In this
work, we consider that residential users over a geographical area are to
be provided with network services, constrained by the available network
resources. We explore the implementation of hybrid FiWi access network
that integrates a fiber-based passive optical network (PON) and
fifth-generation (5G) wireless access network to provide efficient
network services. This paper proposes a methodology for topology
optimization of FiWi access networks, considering the usage of three
dimensional (3D) beamforming and 3D resource grid for downlink
transmission from the gNB to the users in 5G scenario. We derive the
beam codebook and generate multiple beams to simultaneously serve the
spatially separated users. We derive the closed-form expression for
millimeter-wave channel model incorporating large-scale and small-scale
parameters to compute the effective SINR of users. Further, we propose
an optimization framework for optimal resource allocation (i.e., beam
and resource block) by utilizing the 3D resource grid for downlink
transmission. We perform extensive simulations to demonstrate the
effectiveness of the proposed methodology for various 3GPP 5G outdoor
propagation scenarios, viz., RMa, UMa, and UMi-street canyon.