697 research outputs found
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-Efficient Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Underlay Communication
Device-to-device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular networks is
expected to bring significant benefits for utilizing resources, improving user
throughput and extending battery life of user equipments. However, the
allocation of radio and power resources to D2D communication needs elaborate
coordination, as D2D communication can cause interference to cellular
communication. In this paper, we study joint channel and power allocation to
improve the energy efficiency of user equipments. To solve the problem
efficiently, we introduce an iterative combinatorial auction algorithm, where
the D2D users are considered as bidders that compete for channel resources, and
the cellular network is treated as the auctioneer. We also analyze important
properties of D2D underlay communication, and present numerical simulations to
verify the proposed algorithm.Comment: IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communication
Power Control for D2D Underlay in Multi-cell Massive MIMO Networks
This paper proposes a new power control and pilot allocation scheme for
device-to-device (D2D) communication underlaying a multi-cell massive MIMO
system. In this scheme, the cellular users in each cell get orthogonal pilots
which are reused with reuse factor one across cells, while the D2D pairs share
another set of orthogonal pilots. We derive a closed-form capacity lower bound
for the cellular users with different receive processing schemes. In addition,
we derive a capacity lower bound for the D2D receivers and a closed-form
approximation of it. Then we provide a power control algorithm that maximizes
the minimum spectral efficiency (SE) of the users in the network. Finally, we
provide a numerical evaluation where we compare our proposed power control
algorithm with the maximum transmit power case and the case of conventional
multi-cell massive MIMO without D2D communication. Based on the provided
results, we conclude that our proposed scheme increases the sum spectral
efficiency of multi-cell massive MIMO networks.Comment: 6 Pages, 3 Figures, WSA 201
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