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User Association and Resource Allocation Optimization in LTE Cellular Networks
International audienceAs the demand for higher data rates is growing exponentially, homogeneous cellular networks have been facing limitations when handling data traffic. These limitations are related to the available spectrum and the capacity of the network. Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets), composed of Macro Cells (MCs) and Small Cells (SCs), are seen as the key solution to improve spectral efficiency per unit area and to eliminate coverage holes. Due to the large imbalance in transmit power between MCs and SCs in HetNets, intelligent User Association (UA) is required to perform load balancing and to favor some SCs attraction against MCs. As Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular networks use the same frequency sub-bands, User Equipments (UEs) may experience strong Inter-Cell Interference (ICI), especially at cell edge. Therefore, there is a need to coordinate the Resource Allocation (RA) among the cells and to minimize the ICI. In this paper, we propose a generic algorithm to optimize user Association and resource allocation in LTE networks. Our solution, based on game theory, permits to compute Cell Individual Offset (CIO) and a pattern of power transmission over frequency and time domain for each cell. Simulation results show significant benefits in the average throughput and also cell edge user throughput of 40% and 55% gains respectively. Furthermore, we also obtain a meaningful improvement in energy efficiency
An Efficient Requirement-Aware Attachment Policy for Future Millimeter Wave Vehicular Networks
The automotive industry is rapidly evolving towards connected and autonomous
vehicles, whose ever more stringent data traffic requirements might exceed the
capacity of traditional technologies for vehicular networks. In this scenario,
densely deploying millimeter wave (mmWave) base stations is a promising
approach to provide very high transmission speeds to the vehicles. However,
mmWave signals suffer from high path and penetration losses which might render
the communication unreliable and discontinuous. Coexistence between mmWave and
Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication systems has therefore been considered
to guarantee increased capacity and robustness through heterogeneous
networking. Following this rationale, we face the challenge of designing fair
and efficient attachment policies in heterogeneous vehicular networks.
Traditional methods based on received signal quality criteria lack
consideration of the vehicle's individual requirements and traffic demands, and
lead to suboptimal resource allocation across the network. In this paper we
propose a Quality-of-Service (QoS) aware attachment scheme which biases the
cell selection as a function of the vehicular service requirements, preventing
the overload of transmission links. Our simulations demonstrate that the
proposed strategy significantly improves the percentage of vehicles satisfying
application requirements and delivers efficient and fair association compared
to state-of-the-art schemes.Comment: 8 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables, accepted to the 30th IEEE Intelligent
Vehicles Symposiu
Joint Resource Allocation for eICIC in Heterogeneous Networks
Interference coordination between high-power macros and low-power picos
deeply impacts the performance of heterogeneous networks (HetNets). It should
deal with three challenges: user association with macros and picos, the amount
of almost blank subframe (ABS) that macros should reserve for picos, and
resource block (RB) allocation strategy in each eNB. We formulate the three
issues jointly for sum weighted logarithmic utility maximization while
maintaining proportional fairness of users. A class of distributed algorithms
are developed to solve the joint optimization problem. Our framework can be
deployed for enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) in existing
LTE-A protocols. Extensive evaluation are performed to verify the effectiveness
of our algorithms.Comment: Accepted by Globecom 201
An Application-Aware Spectrum Sharing Approach for Commercial Use of 3.5 GHz Spectrum
In this paper, we introduce an application-aware spectrum sharing approach
for sharing the Federal under-utilized 3.5 GHz spectrum with commercial users.
In our model, users are running elastic or inelastic traffic and each
application running on the user equipment (UE) is assigned a utility function
based on its type. Furthermore, each of the small cells users has a minimum
required target utility for its application. In order for users located under
the coverage area of the small cells' eNodeBs, with the 3.5 GHz band resources,
to meet their minimum required quality of experience (QoE), the network
operator makes a decision regarding the need for sharing the macro cell's
resources to obtain additional resources. Our objective is to provide each user
with a rate that satisfies its application's minimum required utility through
spectrum sharing approach and improve the overall QoE in the network. We
present an application-aware spectrum sharing algorithm that is based on
resource allocation with carrier aggregation to allocate macro cell permanent
resources and small cells' leased resources to UEs and allocate each user's
application an aggregated rate that can at minimum achieves the application's
minimum required utility. Finally, we present simulation results for the
performance of the proposed algorithm.Comment: Submitted to IEE
Unified and Distributed QoS-Driven Cell Association Algorithms in Heterogeneous Networks
This paper addresses the cell association problem in the downlink of a
multi-tier heterogeneous network (HetNet), where base stations (BSs) have
finite number of resource blocks (RBs) available to distribute among their
associated users. Two problems are defined and treated in this paper: sum
utility of long term rate maximization with long term rate quality of service
(QoS) constraints, and global outage probability minimization with outage QoS
constraints. The first problem is well-suited for low mobility environments,
while the second problem provides a framework to deal with environments with
fast fading. The defined optimization problems in this paper are solved in two
phases: cell association phase followed by the optional RB distribution phase.
We show that the cell association phase of both problems have the same
structure. Based on this similarity, we propose a unified distributed algorithm
with low levels of message passing to for the cell association phase. This
distributed algorithm is derived by relaxing the association constraints and
using Lagrange dual decomposition method. In the RB distribution phase, the
remaining RBs after the cell association phase are distributed among the users.
Simulation results show the superiority of our distributed cell association
scheme compared to schemes that are based on maximum signal to interference
plus noise ratio (SINR)
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