The user association and wireless backhaul bandwidth allocation for a two-tier heterogeneous network (HetNet) in the mil- limeter wave (mmWave) band is proposed in this article. The two-tier HetNet is built up wit...The user association and wireless backhaul bandwidth allocation for a two-tier heterogeneous network (HetNet) in the mil- limeter wave (mmWave) band is proposed in this article. The two-tier HetNet is built up with a macro base station (MBS) and several small cell SBSs, where the MBS is assumed to be equipped with large-scale antenna arrays but the SBSs only have single-antenna capa- bility and they rely on the wireless link to the MBS for backhaul. The sum of logarithmic user rate, which is established according to the result of multi-user Multiple Input Mul- tiple Output (MIMO) downlink employing Zero-Force Beamforming (ZFBF), is chosen as the network utility for the objective func- tion. And a distributed optimization algorithm based on primal and dual decomposition is used to jointly optimize the user association variable xj,z and the wireless backhaul band- width factor α. Simulation results reveal that the distributed optimization algorithm jointly optimizing two variables outperforms the con- ventional SINR-based user association strate- gies.展开更多
In this paper, we investigate a resource allocation issue in OFDMA-based decode-and-forward cooperative multiuser networks and propose joint subcarrier and power allocation schemes. The optimal solution of this combin...In this paper, we investigate a resource allocation issue in OFDMA-based decode-and-forward cooperative multiuser networks and propose joint subcarrier and power allocation schemes. The optimal solution of this combinable allocation shows high computational complexity, so we allocate subcarriers and power separately. At firstly, we distribute subcarriers to relays and users under the assumption of equal power distribution. Here, we propose an equal capacity increment (ECI) allocation strategy to achieve tradeoff between total throughput and fairness. To further improve the system performance, we introduce threshold into ECI strategy, named ECI strategy with threshold (ECI-T), where subcarriers with bad performance are prevented from transmitting. Subsequently, a water-filling method is adopted to distribute the power to cooperative links in order to fully utilize the limited power. Simulation results show that system performance of the proposed schemes is significantly enhanced compared with an existing resource allocation scheme. Besides, the resource allocation schemes with the water- filling method notably outperform schemes with equal power allocation.展开更多
In order to improve the throughput of cognitive radio(CR), optimization of sensing time and cooperative user allocation for OR-rule cooperative spectrum sensing was investigated in a CR network that includes multiple ...In order to improve the throughput of cognitive radio(CR), optimization of sensing time and cooperative user allocation for OR-rule cooperative spectrum sensing was investigated in a CR network that includes multiple users and one fusion center. The frame structure of cooperative spectrum sensing was divided into multiple transmission time slots and one sensing time slot consisting of local energy detection and cooperative overhead. An optimization problem was formulated to maximize the throughput of CR network, subject to the constraints of both false alarm probability and detection probability. A joint optimization algorithm of sensing time and number of users was proposed to solve this optimization problem with low time complexity. An allocation algorithm of cooperative users was proposed to preferentially allocate the users to the channels with high utilization probability. The simulation results show that the significant improvement on the throughput can be achieved through the proposed joint optimization and allocation algorithms.展开更多
In the upcoming 5 G heterogeneous networks, leveraging multiple radio access technologies(RATs) shows to be a crucial issue in achieving RAT multiplexing gain to meet the explosive traffic demand. For always best conn...In the upcoming 5 G heterogeneous networks, leveraging multiple radio access technologies(RATs) shows to be a crucial issue in achieving RAT multiplexing gain to meet the explosive traffic demand. For always best connection(ABC), users tend to activate parallel transmission across all available RATs. However from a system-wide perspective, this might not be optimal given the context of network load, interference and diverse service requirements. To intelligently determine how to use these multi-RAT access resources concurrently, this paper proposes a joint multi-RAT user association and resource allocation strategy with triple decision and integrated context awareness of users and networks. A dynamic game based ant colony algorithm(GACA) is designed to simultaneously maximize the system utility and the fairness of resource allocation. Simulation results show that it's more reasonable to make multi-RAT association decision from a system-wide viewpoint than from an individual one. Compared to max-SNR based and ABC based strategies, the proposed method alleviates network congestion and optimizes resource allocation. It obtains 39%~70% performance improvement.展开更多
Resource allocation is an important problem in ubiquitous network. Most of the existing resource allocation methods considering only wireless networks are not suitable for the ubiquitous network environment, and they ...Resource allocation is an important problem in ubiquitous network. Most of the existing resource allocation methods considering only wireless networks are not suitable for the ubiquitous network environment, and they will harm the interest of individual users with instable resource requirements. This paper considers the multi-point video surveillance scenarios in a complex network environment with both wired and wireless networks. We introduce the utility estimated by the total costs of an individual network user. The problem is studied through mathematical modeling and we propose an improved problem-specific branch-and-cut algorithm to solve it. The algorithm follows the divide-and-conquer principle and fully considers the duality feature of network selection. The experiment is conducted by simulation through C and Lingo. And it shows that compared with a centralized random allocation scheme and a cost greed allocation scheme, the proposed scheme has better per- formance of reducing the total costs by 13.0% and 30.6% respectively for the user.展开更多
The pursuit of high data rate and assurance of quality of experience(QoE) for end users represent the main goals of future wireless communication systems.By introducing MOS(Mean Opinion Score) based assessment models ...The pursuit of high data rate and assurance of quality of experience(QoE) for end users represent the main goals of future wireless communication systems.By introducing MOS(Mean Opinion Score) based assessment models for different types of applications,this paper proposed novel QoE-oriented radio resource allocation(RRA) algorithms for multiuser-multiservice femtocell networks.An optimal QoE-oriented RRA strategy is first analyzed using time-sharing method which is applicable to best effort applications.RRA algorithms based on the cross-layer architecture are then proposed for all types of applications by considering parameters extracted from different layers of networking protocols.In the proposed algorithms,a priority mechanism is employed to ensure fairness.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms can significantly improve the overall perceived quality from the users' perspective in comparison with traditional Quality of Service(QoS)oriented algorithms.展开更多
In order to address spectrum resource scarcity in traditional cellular networks,television(TV)white space is considered as a potential solution to offload a portion of network traffic and enlarge network capacity.This...In order to address spectrum resource scarcity in traditional cellular networks,television(TV)white space is considered as a potential solution to offload a portion of network traffic and enlarge network capacity.This paper describes a cognitive cellular network which allocates low geometry users to the TV white space based on a proportional fair criterion.An uplink user allocation scheme is proposed and the validity of the proposed scheme is established by simulation of the cellular network usage in conjunction with the TV white space.The simulation results show clear improvements in both the user and the system performance with the cognitive coexistent cellular network compared with the traditional cellular network,and that the performance of the proposed user allocation scheme is superior to other user allocation schemes.展开更多
This paper investigates the relay selection and resource allocation problem in multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based cooperative cellular networks, in which user nodes could relay informa...This paper investigates the relay selection and resource allocation problem in multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based cooperative cellular networks, in which user nodes could relay information for each other using the decode-and-forward (DF) protocol to achieve spatial diversity gain. Specifically, the paper proposes an optimal joint relay selection and resource allocation (0RSRA) algorithm whose objective is to maximize system total achievable data rate with the constraints of each user' s individual quality of service (QoS) requirement and transmission power. Due to being a mixed binary integer programming (MBIP) problem, a novel two-level Lagrangian dual-primal decomposition and subgradient projection approach is proposed to not only select the appropriate cooperative relay nodes, but also allocate subcarries and power optimally. Simulation re- suits demonstrate that our proposed scheme can efficiently enhance overall system data rate and guarantee each user' s QoS requirement. Meanwhile, the fairness among users can be improved dramatically.展开更多
Because of the anonymity and openness of E-commerce, the on-line transaction and the selection of network resources meet new challenges. For this reason, a trust domain-based multi-agent model for network resource sel...Because of the anonymity and openness of E-commerce, the on-line transaction and the selection of network resources meet new challenges. For this reason, a trust domain-based multi-agent model for network resource selection is presented. The model divides the network into numbers of trust domains and prevents the inconsistency of information maintained by different agents through the periodical communication among the agents. The model enables consumers to receive the response from the agents much quicker because the trust values of participators are evalUated and updated dynamically and timely after the completion of each transaction. In order to make users choose the best matching services and give users with trusted services, the model takes into account the similarity between services and the service providers' recognition to the services. Finally, the model illustrates the effectiveness and feasibility according to the experiment.展开更多
Femtocell is a promising technology for improving indoor coverage and offloading the macrocell.Femtocells tend to be densely deployed in populated areas such as the dormitories.However,the inter-tier interference seri...Femtocell is a promising technology for improving indoor coverage and offloading the macrocell.Femtocells tend to be densely deployed in populated areas such as the dormitories.However,the inter-tier interference seriously exists in the co-channel Densely Deployed Femtocell Network(DDFN).Since the Femtocell Access Points(FAPs) are randomly deployed by their customers,the interference cannot be predicted in advance.Meanwhile,new characteristics such as the short radius of femtocell and the small number of users lead to the inefficiency of the traditional frequency reuse algorithms such as Fractional Frequency Reuse(FFR).Aiming for the downlink interference coordination in the DDFN,in this paper,we propose a User-oriented Graph based Frequency Allocation(UGFA)algorithm.Firstly,we construct the interference graph for users in the network.Secondly,we study the conventional graph based resources allocation algorithm.Then an improved two steps graph based frequency allocation mechanism is proposed.Simulation results show that UGFA has a high frequency reuse ratio mean while guarantees a better throughput.展开更多
Lack of up-to-date information on efficient operation and maintenance of EPDS (electric power distribution systems), Nigeria is addressed by designing and implementing an indigenous real-time monitoring and diagnosi...Lack of up-to-date information on efficient operation and maintenance of EPDS (electric power distribution systems), Nigeria is addressed by designing and implementing an indigenous real-time monitoring and diagnosis system. The system encompasses the development of software driven hardware positioned at the remotely located sub-stations at the low voltage level to keep track of the network in real-time. The detection of faults exploits threshold passing algorithm through continuous monitoring of the network power quality. Communication between the RTU (remote terminal unit) and the DCC (distribution control center) which is based on GSM is initiated by disturbance. The DCC performs fault evaluation processing using the received data and predetermined faults signatures to determine the nature of disturbance and presents the result in graphic user interface environment. A fault reporting time of 2 s was achieved. The developed system exhibits a high degree of accuracy and manifests no spurious reports during testing. The resultant system limits the effects of interruption and increases power availability by reducing the down time. The system strengthens engineering and management capabilities required to enhance reliability by providing information about the network health status.展开更多
This paper presents a practical method for calculating a power user’s customer interruption costs(CIC)under specific conditions.This novel method has been developed,based on the CIC results predicted by Lawrence Berk...This paper presents a practical method for calculating a power user’s customer interruption costs(CIC)under specific conditions.This novel method has been developed,based on the CIC results predicted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(LBNL),so that the key factors,such as customer type,customer size,interruption occurrence time and interruption duration can be considered.As compared to the LBNL method,the method proposed here is easy to understand and easy to execute with an acceptable error.It lays a solid foundation for further investigation of distributed generators and demand response in assessing reliability value of smart distribution grid(SDG).The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed through the assessment of RBTS-Bus2.展开更多
基金supported by NSFC under Grant (61725101 and 61771036)the ZTE Corporation, State Key Lab of Rail Traffic Control and Safety Project under Grant (RCS2017ZZ004 and RCS2017ZT008)+1 种基金Beijing Natural Science Foundation under Grant L161009supported by the Open Research Fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, under grant 2015D04
文摘The user association and wireless backhaul bandwidth allocation for a two-tier heterogeneous network (HetNet) in the mil- limeter wave (mmWave) band is proposed in this article. The two-tier HetNet is built up with a macro base station (MBS) and several small cell SBSs, where the MBS is assumed to be equipped with large-scale antenna arrays but the SBSs only have single-antenna capa- bility and they rely on the wireless link to the MBS for backhaul. The sum of logarithmic user rate, which is established according to the result of multi-user Multiple Input Mul- tiple Output (MIMO) downlink employing Zero-Force Beamforming (ZFBF), is chosen as the network utility for the objective func- tion. And a distributed optimization algorithm based on primal and dual decomposition is used to jointly optimize the user association variable xj,z and the wireless backhaul band- width factor α. Simulation results reveal that the distributed optimization algorithm jointly optimizing two variables outperforms the con- ventional SINR-based user association strate- gies.
基金Supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Programme of China (No. 2009AA01Z247, No. 2007AA01Z265), and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60972076)
文摘In this paper, we investigate a resource allocation issue in OFDMA-based decode-and-forward cooperative multiuser networks and propose joint subcarrier and power allocation schemes. The optimal solution of this combinable allocation shows high computational complexity, so we allocate subcarriers and power separately. At firstly, we distribute subcarriers to relays and users under the assumption of equal power distribution. Here, we propose an equal capacity increment (ECI) allocation strategy to achieve tradeoff between total throughput and fairness. To further improve the system performance, we introduce threshold into ECI strategy, named ECI strategy with threshold (ECI-T), where subcarriers with bad performance are prevented from transmitting. Subsequently, a water-filling method is adopted to distribute the power to cooperative links in order to fully utilize the limited power. Simulation results show that system performance of the proposed schemes is significantly enhanced compared with an existing resource allocation scheme. Besides, the resource allocation schemes with the water- filling method notably outperform schemes with equal power allocation.
基金Project(61471194)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of ChinaProject(BK20140828)supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province,ChinaProject supported by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,Ministry of Education,China
文摘In order to improve the throughput of cognitive radio(CR), optimization of sensing time and cooperative user allocation for OR-rule cooperative spectrum sensing was investigated in a CR network that includes multiple users and one fusion center. The frame structure of cooperative spectrum sensing was divided into multiple transmission time slots and one sensing time slot consisting of local energy detection and cooperative overhead. An optimization problem was formulated to maximize the throughput of CR network, subject to the constraints of both false alarm probability and detection probability. A joint optimization algorithm of sensing time and number of users was proposed to solve this optimization problem with low time complexity. An allocation algorithm of cooperative users was proposed to preferentially allocate the users to the channels with high utilization probability. The simulation results show that the significant improvement on the throughput can be achieved through the proposed joint optimization and allocation algorithms.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Fund of China(Grant NO.61771065,Grant NO.61571054 and Grant NO.61631005)Beijing Nova Program(NO.Z151100000315077)
文摘In the upcoming 5 G heterogeneous networks, leveraging multiple radio access technologies(RATs) shows to be a crucial issue in achieving RAT multiplexing gain to meet the explosive traffic demand. For always best connection(ABC), users tend to activate parallel transmission across all available RATs. However from a system-wide perspective, this might not be optimal given the context of network load, interference and diverse service requirements. To intelligently determine how to use these multi-RAT access resources concurrently, this paper proposes a joint multi-RAT user association and resource allocation strategy with triple decision and integrated context awareness of users and networks. A dynamic game based ant colony algorithm(GACA) is designed to simultaneously maximize the system utility and the fairness of resource allocation. Simulation results show that it's more reasonable to make multi-RAT association decision from a system-wide viewpoint than from an individual one. Compared to max-SNR based and ABC based strategies, the proposed method alleviates network congestion and optimizes resource allocation. It obtains 39%~70% performance improvement.
基金Supported by the National Science and Technology Major Project (No.2011ZX03005-004-04)the National Grand Fundamental Research 973 Program of China (No.2011CB302-905)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61170058,61272133,and 51274202)the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (No.20103402110041)the Suzhou Fundamental Research Project (No.SYG201143)
文摘Resource allocation is an important problem in ubiquitous network. Most of the existing resource allocation methods considering only wireless networks are not suitable for the ubiquitous network environment, and they will harm the interest of individual users with instable resource requirements. This paper considers the multi-point video surveillance scenarios in a complex network environment with both wired and wireless networks. We introduce the utility estimated by the total costs of an individual network user. The problem is studied through mathematical modeling and we propose an improved problem-specific branch-and-cut algorithm to solve it. The algorithm follows the divide-and-conquer principle and fully considers the duality feature of network selection. The experiment is conducted by simulation through C and Lingo. And it shows that compared with a centralized random allocation scheme and a cost greed allocation scheme, the proposed scheme has better per- formance of reducing the total costs by 13.0% and 30.6% respectively for the user.
基金supported in part by the National Nature Science Foundation of China under Grant 61372117the 863 project under grant No.2014AA01A701the National Key Technology Support Program under grant No.2012BAH41F03
文摘The pursuit of high data rate and assurance of quality of experience(QoE) for end users represent the main goals of future wireless communication systems.By introducing MOS(Mean Opinion Score) based assessment models for different types of applications,this paper proposed novel QoE-oriented radio resource allocation(RRA) algorithms for multiuser-multiservice femtocell networks.An optimal QoE-oriented RRA strategy is first analyzed using time-sharing method which is applicable to best effort applications.RRA algorithms based on the cross-layer architecture are then proposed for all types of applications by considering parameters extracted from different layers of networking protocols.In the proposed algorithms,a priority mechanism is employed to ensure fairness.Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms can significantly improve the overall perceived quality from the users' perspective in comparison with traditional Quality of Service(QoS)oriented algorithms.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61271230)the Starting Fund for Science Research of NJIT(No.YKJ201205)the Open Research Fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory(No.2013D02)
文摘In order to address spectrum resource scarcity in traditional cellular networks,television(TV)white space is considered as a potential solution to offload a portion of network traffic and enlarge network capacity.This paper describes a cognitive cellular network which allocates low geometry users to the TV white space based on a proportional fair criterion.An uplink user allocation scheme is proposed and the validity of the proposed scheme is established by simulation of the cellular network usage in conjunction with the TV white space.The simulation results show clear improvements in both the user and the system performance with the cognitive coexistent cellular network compared with the traditional cellular network,and that the performance of the proposed user allocation scheme is superior to other user allocation schemes.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholar ( No. 61001115 ) and the Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation ( No. 4102044).
文摘This paper investigates the relay selection and resource allocation problem in multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based cooperative cellular networks, in which user nodes could relay information for each other using the decode-and-forward (DF) protocol to achieve spatial diversity gain. Specifically, the paper proposes an optimal joint relay selection and resource allocation (0RSRA) algorithm whose objective is to maximize system total achievable data rate with the constraints of each user' s individual quality of service (QoS) requirement and transmission power. Due to being a mixed binary integer programming (MBIP) problem, a novel two-level Lagrangian dual-primal decomposition and subgradient projection approach is proposed to not only select the appropriate cooperative relay nodes, but also allocate subcarries and power optimally. Simulation re- suits demonstrate that our proposed scheme can efficiently enhance overall system data rate and guarantee each user' s QoS requirement. Meanwhile, the fairness among users can be improved dramatically.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60873203 ), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (No F2008000646) and the Guidance Program of the Department of Science and Technology in Hebei Province (No. 72135192).
文摘Because of the anonymity and openness of E-commerce, the on-line transaction and the selection of network resources meet new challenges. For this reason, a trust domain-based multi-agent model for network resource selection is presented. The model divides the network into numbers of trust domains and prevents the inconsistency of information maintained by different agents through the periodical communication among the agents. The model enables consumers to receive the response from the agents much quicker because the trust values of participators are evalUated and updated dynamically and timely after the completion of each transaction. In order to make users choose the best matching services and give users with trusted services, the model takes into account the similarity between services and the service providers' recognition to the services. Finally, the model illustrates the effectiveness and feasibility according to the experiment.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61372092the China National Science and Technology Major Projects on New Generation Broadband Wireless Mobile Communications Network under Grants No.2011ZX03005-004,No.2012ZX03001029-003,No.2012ZX03001008-003
文摘Femtocell is a promising technology for improving indoor coverage and offloading the macrocell.Femtocells tend to be densely deployed in populated areas such as the dormitories.However,the inter-tier interference seriously exists in the co-channel Densely Deployed Femtocell Network(DDFN).Since the Femtocell Access Points(FAPs) are randomly deployed by their customers,the interference cannot be predicted in advance.Meanwhile,new characteristics such as the short radius of femtocell and the small number of users lead to the inefficiency of the traditional frequency reuse algorithms such as Fractional Frequency Reuse(FFR).Aiming for the downlink interference coordination in the DDFN,in this paper,we propose a User-oriented Graph based Frequency Allocation(UGFA)algorithm.Firstly,we construct the interference graph for users in the network.Secondly,we study the conventional graph based resources allocation algorithm.Then an improved two steps graph based frequency allocation mechanism is proposed.Simulation results show that UGFA has a high frequency reuse ratio mean while guarantees a better throughput.
文摘Lack of up-to-date information on efficient operation and maintenance of EPDS (electric power distribution systems), Nigeria is addressed by designing and implementing an indigenous real-time monitoring and diagnosis system. The system encompasses the development of software driven hardware positioned at the remotely located sub-stations at the low voltage level to keep track of the network in real-time. The detection of faults exploits threshold passing algorithm through continuous monitoring of the network power quality. Communication between the RTU (remote terminal unit) and the DCC (distribution control center) which is based on GSM is initiated by disturbance. The DCC performs fault evaluation processing using the received data and predetermined faults signatures to determine the nature of disturbance and presents the result in graphic user interface environment. A fault reporting time of 2 s was achieved. The developed system exhibits a high degree of accuracy and manifests no spurious reports during testing. The resultant system limits the effects of interruption and increases power availability by reducing the down time. The system strengthens engineering and management capabilities required to enhance reliability by providing information about the network health status.
文摘This paper presents a practical method for calculating a power user’s customer interruption costs(CIC)under specific conditions.This novel method has been developed,based on the CIC results predicted by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(LBNL),so that the key factors,such as customer type,customer size,interruption occurrence time and interruption duration can be considered.As compared to the LBNL method,the method proposed here is easy to understand and easy to execute with an acceptable error.It lays a solid foundation for further investigation of distributed generators and demand response in assessing reliability value of smart distribution grid(SDG).The effectiveness of the proposed method is confirmed through the assessment of RBTS-Bus2.