Polarization Diversity for Overlapping Cellular Networks Diversité de Polarisation pour les Réseaux Cellulaires Co-localisés

This paper investigates the impact of the polarization on the link probability of transmission and the throughput in the context of the cellular network architectures. A channel link model is proposed in the specific case of dual-polarized, Rayleigh-faded communication links. The pernode throughput is analyzed and the gain achieved by using two distinct polarization modes is discussed. It appears that, for uniform random placement of the nodes in a scenario where two cellular networks are deployed on a same location, the dual-polarized channel is an efficient diversity technique.