Multihop Caching-Aided Coded Multicasting for the Next Generation of Cellular Networks

Next generation of cellular networks deploying wireless distributed femtocaching infrastructure proposed by Golrezaei et. al. are studied. By taking advantage of multihop communications in each cell, the number of required femtocaching helpers is significantly reduced. This reduction of femtocaches is achieved by using the underutilized storage and communication capabilities in the User Terminals (UTs), which results in reducing the deployment...