# Constrained Deployment Optimization in Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.05253 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2210.05253/

## Key facts

- Cited by 2 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 9 of its 24 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 11 Oct 2022.

## Builds on (most cited first, 9 of 9)

- [On Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks: Current Status and Potentials](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2006.14216/) (2020)
- [On Topology Optimization and Routing in Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks: A Genetic Algorithm-based Approach](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2102.07252/) (2021)
- [Deep Reinforcement Learning-Based Topology Optimization for Self-Organized Wireless Sensor Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1910.14199/) (2019)
- [Scoring the Terabit/s Goal:Broadband Connectivity in 6G](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2008.07220/) (2020)
- [Tractable Model for Rate in Self-Backhauled Millimeter Wave Cellular Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1407.5537/) (2014)
- [Joint Scheduling and Throughput Maximization in Self-backhauled Millimeter Wave Cellular Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.02570/) (2021)
- [Uplink Power Control in Integrated Access and Backhaul Networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2110.07704/) (2021)
- [TDD frame design for interference handling in mobile IAB networks](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2204.13198/) (2022)
- [Paving the Way Towards Mobile IAB: Problems, Solutions and Challenges](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2206.14946/) (2022)

## Built on by (most cited first, 2 of 2)

- [Beamforming in Wireless Coded-Caching Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2309.05276/) (2023)
- [Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-Assisted Integrated Access and Backhaul](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2502.12011/) (2025)

## Abstract (arXiv)

Integrated access and backhaul (IAB) is one of the promising techniques for 5G networks and beyond (6G), in which the same node/hardware is used to provide both backhaul and cellular services in a multi-hop fashion. Due to the sensitivity of the backhaul links with high rate/reliability demands, proper network planning is needed to make the IAB network performing appropriately and as good as possible. In this paper, we study the effect of deployment optimization on the coverage of IAB networks. We concentrate on the cases where, due to either geographical or interference management limitations, unconstrained IAB node placement is not feasible in some areas. To that end, we propose various millimeter wave (mmWave) blocking-aware constrained deployment optimization approaches. Our results indicate that, even with limitations on deployment optimization, network planning boosts the coverage of IAB networks considerably.