Joint Resource Allocation and User Association for Heterogeneous Wireless Cellular Networks

被引:281
作者
Fooladivanda, Dariush [1 ]
Rosenberg, Catherine [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Waterloo, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词
Heterogeneous cellular networks; user association; channel allocation; interference management;
D O I
10.1109/TWC.2012.121112.120018
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
080906 [电磁信息功能材料与结构]; 082806 [农业信息与电气工程];
摘要
We propose a unified static framework to study the interplay of user association and resource allocation in heterogeneous cellular networks. This framework allows us to compare the performance of three channel allocation strategies: Orthogonal deployment, Co-channel deployment, and Partially Shared deployment. We have formulated joint optimization problems that are non-convex integer programs, are NP-hard, and hence it is difficult to efficiently obtain exact solutions. We have, therefore, developed techniques to obtain upper bounds on the system's performance. We show that these upper bounds are tight by comparing them to feasible solutions. We have used these upper bounds as benchmarks to quantify how well different user association rules and resource allocation schemes perform. Our numerical results indicate that significant gains in throughput are achievable for heterogeneous networks if the right combination of user association and resource allocation is used. Noting the significant impact of the association rule on the performance, we propose a simple association rule that performs much better than all existing user association rules.
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页码:248 / 257
页数:10
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