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Dual connectivity in backhaul-limited massive-MIMO HetNets: User association and power allocation

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posted on 2017-09-15, 13:26 authored by Ye Liu, Mahsa DerakhshaniMahsa Derakhshani, Sangarapillai LambotharanSangarapillai Lambotharan
With dual connectivity, a mobile user can be served by a macro base station (MBS) and a pico base station (PBS) simultaneously. In this paper, we address the problem of optimizing user-PBS association and power allocation in the uplink such that the network can serve the users’ demand at the minimum cost, where the PBSs are subject to backhaul capacity limitations and minimum rate requirements of users. We show that this non-convex problem can be formulated as a signomial geometric programming (SGP) whose solution can be found by solving a series of geometric programming (GP) problems. Simulation results are provided to demonstrate traffic offloading trend to PBSs for different cost and backhaul capacity settings, confirming the effectiveness of the proposed iterative algorithm. They also show that the output of the proposed algorithm closely matches the global optimal solution with affordable complexity.

Funding

This work has been supported by the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council of the UK, EPSRC, under the grant EP/M015475.

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  • Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering

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IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM)

Citation

LIU, Y., DERAKHSHANI, M. and LAMBOTHARAN, S., 2017. Dual connectivity in backhaul-limited massive-MIMO HetNets: User association and power allocation. Presented at the IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM), Singapore, 4-8th December.

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IEEE

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  • AM (Accepted Manuscript)

Acceptance date

2017-07-25

Publication date

2017

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ISBN

9781509050192

Language

  • en

Location

Singapore

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