双层宏蜂窝/小蜂窝异构网络不但能解决室内用户的覆盖问题,还可以大幅度降低网络能量消耗。但是,网络中的跨层和层间干扰会降低网络性能,高能效的无线资源分配和优化方法无疑将成为解决此问题的有效途径。首先,给出了一个移动云计算管理框架。然后,针对无线单链路定义了空间传输效率,比较和分析了多种单链路效率度量的含义和数学性质,并针对基于LTE-A(long term evolution-advanced)的移动云计算接入网络,提出了一种高能效的无线资源管理算法。为了快速地达到最优解,设计了一个快速收敛的迭代算法。仿真分析说明此资源管理算法实现了移动云计算系统能量效率和吞吐量的高效折中。
In order to maximize system energy efficiency(EE) under user quality of service(Qo S) restraints in Long Term Evolution-Advanced(LTE-A) networks,a constrained joint resource optimization allocation scheme is presented,which is NP-hard. Hence,we divide it into three sub-problems to reduce computation complexity,i.e.,the resource block(RB) allocation,the power distribution,and the modulation and coding scheme(MCS) assignment for user codewords. Then an enhanced heuristic approach GAPSO is proposed and is adopted in the RB and power allocation respectively to reduce computational complexity further on. Moreover,a novel MCS allocation scheme is put forward,which could make a good balance between the system reliability and availability under different channel conditions. Simulation results show that the proposed GAPSO could achieve better performance in convergence speed and global optimum searching,and that the joint resource allocation scheme could improve energy efficiency effectively under user Qo S requirements.
The cloud radio access network(C-RAN) and the fog computing have been recently proposed to tackle the dramatically increasing traffic demands and to provide better quality of service(QoS) to user equipment(UE).Considering the better computation capability of the cloud RAN(10 times larger than that of the fog RAN) and the lower transmission delay of the fog computing,we propose a joint resource allocation and coordinated computation offloading algorithm for the fog RAN(F-RAN),which takes the advantage of C-RAN and fog computing.Specifically,the F-RAN splits a computation task into the fog computing part and the cloud computing part.Based on the constraints of maximum transmission delay tolerance,fronthaul and backhaul capacity limits,we minimize the energy cost and obtain optimal computational resource allocation for multiple UE,transmission power allocation of each UE and the event splitting factor.Numerical results have been proposed with the comparison of existing methods.
Kai LiangLiqiang ZhaoXiaohui ZhaoYong WangShumao Ou
We study a radio frequency(RF) wireless energy transfer(WET) enabled multiple input multiple output(MIMO) system. A time slotted transmission pattern is considered. Each slot can be divided into two phases, downlink(DL) WET and uplink(UL) wireless information transmission(WIT). Since energy conversion efficiency of the energy harvesting circuits are non.linear, the conventional linear model leads to a mismatch for resource allocation. In this paper, the power allocation algorithm considering the practical non.linear energy harvesting circuits is studied. The optimization problem is formulated to maximize the energy efficiency of system with multiple constraints, i.e., the transmission power, the received power and the minimum harvested energy, which is a non.convex problem. We transform the objective function from fractional form into an equivalent objective function in subtractive form and provide an iterative power allocation algorithm to achieve the optimal solution. Numerical results show that our proposed algorithm with the non.linear RF energy conversion models can achieve much better performance than the algorithm with the conventional linear model.
Network slicing achieves many interests from industry and academics due to its flexibility and scalability.In this paper,we present a novel slicing scheme for radio access networks(RANs) based on control/user(C/U) plane separation.Firstly,we divide e NBs into two sub-e NBs called Ce NB and Ue NB,for transmitting control data and user data respectively,thereby facilitating C/U plane separation.Secondly,upon Ce NBs and Ue NBs being virtualized,we develop two RAN slices for control and user plane respectively.Experimental results show the feasibility of the proposed scheme.
Millimeter-wave(mmWave) communications are highly focused as a powerful mean enabling to perform very high data transmission. However it has several inherent shortcomings like directional transmission and serious attenuation in atmosphere. So it is difficult to implement random access in mm Wave WLANs. In this paper, a heterogeneous control and data sub-network architecture is presented, which decouples the traditional WLAN into 2.4 or 5GHz control sub-network and mm Wave data sub-network in both PHY and MAC layers. In control sub-network, DCF is adopted to transmit control information and in data sub-network, PCF is adopted to ensure the Qo S. Moreover, an omnidirectional transmission is employed in the control sub-network to support users' random access. The data sub-network only covers the required serving area by using directional antennas for specific users and can be adjusted dynamically based on control information. Simulations indicate that compared with the conventional WLANs, heterogeneous mm Wave WLANs can provide both random access and high throughput.
