caa a22 4500 445305835 CHVBK 20180317142612.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10762-011-9775-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10762-011-9775-8 Performance Analysis of Cooperative Wireless Backhaul Networks Operating at Extremely High Frequencies [Elektronische Daten] [Vasileios Sakarellos, Maria Chortatou, Dimitrios Skraparlis, Athanasios Panagopoulos, John Kanellopoulos] Extremely high frequency (EHF) bands above 50GHz have been proposed to be used as backhaul links of modern cellular mobile networks. They provide interconnectivity between the base stations and the core network. In this paper, we propose the employment of cooperative techniques in backhaul networks. More specifically, the outage performance analysis of a simple cooperative diversity system operating at EHF bands is presented. The destination node combines the direct link with the signal received through a regenerative relay using selection combining. A combined statiform and convective model of rainfall rate for the rain attenuation prediction is considered. The correlation properties and the joint statistics among the microwave paths are also calculated. Numerical results present the impact of the geometrical parameters and the climatic conditions on the outage performance. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Millimeter wave frequencies nationallicence Stratiform rain nationallicence Convective rain nationallicence Cooperative networks nationallicence Outage analysis nationallicence Backhaul networks nationallicence Sakarellos Vasileios School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut Chortatou Maria School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut Skraparlis Dimitrios School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut Panagopoulos Athanasios School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut Kanellopoulos John School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/4(2011-04-01), 496-505 1866-6892 32:4<496 2011 32 10762 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-011-9775-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10762-011-9775-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sakarellos Vasileios School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chortatou Maria School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Skraparlis Dimitrios School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Panagopoulos Athanasios School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kanellopoulos John School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, GR-15780, Athens-Zografou, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 32/4(2011-04-01), 496-505 1866-6892 32:4<496 2011 32 10762 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer