Performance Analysis of Multi-Connectivity based Self-Backhauled Millimeter Wave Mobile Networks

In this paper, a multi-connectivity based two-tiered self-backhauled millimeter wave (mmWave) network is considered. We assume both access and backhaul links are modelled by random binary blockage and Nakagami-m channels in order to model the impairments in mmWave bands. The system performance is evaluated for a downlink system with cooperation of multiple self-backhauled base stations in term of outage probability. Moreover, the derived end-to-end probability density function is utilized to calculate the ergodic capacity. Finally, simulation results are presented to show the impact of different parameters on the performance.