Interference Mitigation through Successive Cancellation in Heterogeneous Networks

Algorithm 1

High level scheduling of one CoMP set (having MeNB₁, MeNB₂, and MeNB₃).

Step  1: In iteration l, perform scheduling decision for MeNB₁ and its co-located femtocells,

assuming the other macrocells and femtocells adopt their scheduling decision in iteration

l − 1.

Step  2: In iteration l, perform scheduling decision for MeNB₂ and its co-located femtocells,

assuming MeNB₁ and MeNB₁’s co-located femtocells adopt their scheduling decision in

iteration l, and assuming MeNB₃ and MeNB₃’s co-located femtocells adopt their scheduling

decision in iteration l − 1.

Step  3: In iteration l, perform scheduling decision for MeNB₃ and its co-located femtocells,

assuming the other macrocells and femtocells adopt their scheduling decision in iteration l.