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Channel resource reuse factors
End-to-end transmission delay along the path (unit time)
Amplify-forward with m = 3
Decode-forward with m = 3
Multi-hop with m = 3
Amplify-forward with m = 6
Decode-forward with m = 6
Multi-hop with m = 6
FIGURE 5.4 End-to-end delay performance when using interference subtrac-
tion.
It is worth noting that the cooperative protocols are applicable when
channel reuse factor
K>2, since each cooperative transmission re-
quires two receivers along the route. When
K ≤ 2, only multi-hop
transmission is applicable.
The ETE delay perfor ...