J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (3): 27-33+42.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2012.03.005

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Relay selection and power allocation for the uplink in cooperative cellular networks

GUO Chaoping1,2;HAN Kun1,2;ZHANG Xiaolong1; LI Yongzhao1;ZHANG Hailin1   

  1. (1. State Key Lab. of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China;
    2. Xi'an Communication Inst., Xi'an  710106, China)
  • Received:2011-08-05 Online:2012-06-20 Published:2012-07-03
  • Contact: GUO Chaoping E-mail:chpguo@gmail.com

Abstract:

An assignment model of uplink resources, namely, power and relay, is proposed to minimize the total cost of energy-constrained cooperative networks. The model is a non-linear constraint, 0-1 integer programming problem. An adaptive resource allocation scheme is presented to solve it, which selects the relay with the lowest total cost for each source from the given relay set. A graphic-theory-based optimal power allocation algorithm is presented to minimize their total cost for a given source-relay pair. Simulation and analysis show that the scheme is suboptimal and can transmit more data than other algorithms and prolong network lifetime.

Key words: cooperative communications, resource allocation, amplify-and-forward, power allocation, relay selection, cost

CLC Number: 

  • TN915.04