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Interference Management in Full-Duplex Cellular Networks

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Despite its promising potential to double the throughput of a point-to-point radio link, a full-duplex (FD) radio has not been comprehensively analyzed in current cellular systems due to the high levels of interference it generates, which significantly degrades its performance. If not carefully planned and managed, an FD operation might lead to much higher interference in both uplink and downlink than existing half-duplex (HD) operation, limiting its potential gains greatly. This chapter provides an overview of the challenges caused by FD radio links in cellular systems as well as the techniques to overcome those challenges to unlock the full potential of FD wireless communications.

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Notes

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    Designing and implementing an FD terminal requires a significant change in the hardware resulting in a higher cost and power consumption. Therefore, it is more practical and less costly to upgrade the infrastructure elements such as BSs to operate in FD mode, while the mobile users (e.g., downlink and uplink users) can still operate in HD mode [3], which we have assumed in Fig. 5.1.

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    Note that some of the techniques discussed in this section can also be applied to mitigate the BS-to-BS interference.

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