Base Station Selection for Cache-enabled Wireless Networks

Abstract

Caching contents in the small base station (SBS) is expected as a class of promising techniques in an effort to mitigate the congestion problem for future cellular networks. In this paper, we consider a heterogeneous cellular network with storage capable SBSs, and focus our attention on the SBS selection problem, in order to achieve balanced cost including incurred serving cost and users' experienced delay. The numerical results show that the location of SBS has an impact on the delay and servicing cost, which should be carefully decided in system design.