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Energy-Efficient NOMA Enabled Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks
Heterogeneous cloud radio access networks (H-CRANs) are envisioned to be
promising in the fifth generation (5G) wireless networks. H-CRANs enable users
to enjoy diverse services with high energy efficiency, high spectral
efficiency, and low-cost operation, which are achieved by using cloud computing
and virtualization techniques. However, H-CRANs face many technical challenges
due to massive user connectivity, increasingly severe spectrum scarcity and
energy-constrained devices. These challenges may significantly decrease the
quality of service of users if not properly tackled. Non-orthogonal multiple
access (NOMA) schemes exploit non-orthogonal resources to provide services for
multiple users and are receiving increasing attention for their potential of
improving spectral and energy efficiency in 5G networks. In this article a
framework for energy-efficient NOMA H-CRANs is presented. The enabling
technologies for NOMA H-CRANs are surveyed. Challenges to implement these
technologies and open issues are discussed. This article also presents the
performance evaluation on energy efficiency of H-CRANs with NOMA.Comment: This work has been accepted by IEEE Network. Pages 18, Figure
Selective Green Device Discovery for Device-to-Device Communication
The D2D communication is expected to improve devices’ energy-efficiency, which has become a major requirement of the future wireless network. Before the D2D communication can be performed, the device discovery between devices must be done. The previous works usually only assumed one mode of device discovery, i.e. either use network-assisted (with network supervision) or independent (without network supervision) device. Therefore, we propose a selective device discovery for device-to-device (D2D) communication that can utilize both device discovery modes and maintain devices’ energy-efficiency. Different from previous works, our proposed method selects the best device discovery mode to get the best energy-efficiency. Moreover, to further improve the energy-efficiency, our proposed method also deployed in D2D cluster with multiple cluster heads. The proposed method selects the most suitable mode using thresholds (cluster energy consumption and new device acceptance) and cluster energy expectation. Our experiment result indicates that the proposed method provides lowest energy consumption per new accepted device while compared with schemes with full network-assisted and independent device discovery in low numbers of new device arrival (for the number of new devices arrival = 1 ~ 3)
Game-theoretic Resource Allocation Methods for Device-to-Device (D2D) Communication
Device-to-device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular networks allows
mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets to use the licensed spectrum
allocated to cellular services for direct peer-to-peer transmission. D2D
communication can use either one-hop transmission (i.e., in D2D direct
communication) or multi-hop cluster-based transmission (i.e., in D2D local area
networks). The D2D devices can compete or cooperate with each other to reuse
the radio resources in D2D networks. Therefore, resource allocation and access
for D2D communication can be treated as games. The theories behind these games
provide a variety of mathematical tools to effectively model and analyze the
individual or group behaviors of D2D users. In addition, game models can
provide distributed solutions to the resource allocation problems for D2D
communication. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the applications of
game-theoretic models to study the radio resource allocation issues in D2D
communication. The article also outlines several key open research directions.Comment: Accepted. IEEE Wireless Comms Mag. 201
Energy-Efficiency Maximization for a WPT-D2D Pair in a MISO-NOMA Downlink Network
The combination of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and wireless power
transfer (WPT) is a promising solution to enhance the energy efficiency of
Device-to-Device (D2D) enabled wireless communication networks. In this paper,
we focus on maximizing the energy efficiency of a WPT-D2D pair in a
multiple-input single-output (MISO)-NOMA downlink network, by alternatively
optimizing the beamforming vectors of the base station (BS) and the time
switching coefficient of the WPT assisted D2D transmitter. The formulated
energy efficiency maximization problem is non-convex due to the highly coupled
variables. To efficiently address the non-convex problem, we first divide it
into two subproblems. Afterwards, an alternating algorithm based on the
Dinkelbach method and quadratic transform is proposed to solve the two
subproblems iteratively. To verify the proposed alternating algorithm's
accuracy, partial exhaustive search algorithm is proposed as a benchmark. We
also utilize a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) method to solve the non-convex
problem and compare it with the proposed algorithm. To demonstrate the
respective superiority of the proposed algorithm and DRL-based method,
simulations are performed for two scenarios of perfect and imperfect channel
state information (CSI). Simulation results are provided to compare NOMA and
orthogonal multiple access (OMA), which demonstrate the superior performance of
energy efficiency of the NOMA scheme
5G Cellular: Key Enabling Technologies and Research Challenges
The evolving fifth generation (5G) cellular wireless networks are envisioned
to provide higher data rates, enhanced end-user quality-of-experience (QoE),
reduced end-to-end latency, and lower energy consumption. This article presents
several emerging technologies, which will enable and define the 5G mobile
communications standards. The major research problems, which these new
technologies breed, as well as the measurement and test challenges for 5G
systems are also highlighted.Comment: IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Magazine, to appear in the June
2015 issue. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1406.6470 by other
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