Interference Aware Relay Station Location Planning for IEEE 802.16j Mobile Multi-Hop Relay Network

In this paper, an interference aware algorithm for multi-cell Relay Station (RS) location planning problem is proposed in order to investigate the capacity gains possible using transparent mode 802.16j. The paper focuses on the problem of determining the best choice of locations for RS from a given set of candidate sites - Base Station (BS) and Subscriber Station (SS) locations are assumed given. The proposed algorithm evaluates each RS based on the channel conditions of the links between the RS and its surrounding Subscriber Stations(SS) and the throughput gain it could deliver, taking into account co-channel interference.