Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communications in Multi-Cell Multi-Band Heterogeneous Cellular Networks

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3/8/2019

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IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Abstract

Heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs) with millimeter wave (mm-wave) communications are considered as a promising technology for the fifth-generation mobile networks. Mm-wave has the potential to provide multiple gigabit data rate due to the broad spectrum. Unfortunately, additional free space path loss is also caused by the high carrier frequency. On the other hand, mm-wave signals are sensitive to obstacles and more vulnerable to blocking effects. To address this issue, highly directional narrow beams are utilized in mm-wave networks. Additionally, device-to-device (D2D) users make full use of their proximity and share uplink spectrum resources in HCNs to increase the spectrum efficiency and network capacity. Toward the caused complex interferences, the combination of D2D-enabled HCNs with small cells densely deployed and mm-wave communications poses a big challenge to the resource allocation problems. In this paper, we formulate the optimization problem of D2D communication spectrum resource allocation among multiple micro-wave bands and multiple mm-wave bands in HCNs. Then, considering the totally different propagation conditions on the two bands, a heuristic algorithm is proposed to maximize the system transmission rate and approximate the solutions with sufficient accuracies. Compared with other practical schemes, we carry out extensive simulations with different system parameters, and demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed scheme. In addition, the optimality and complexity are simulated to further verify effectiveness and efficiency.

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Device-to-device communication, HCNs, millimeter wave, resource allocation

Citation

Copyright 2019 IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. This is a pre-print of a published paper that is available at: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8663398. Recommended citation: Chen, Yali, Bo Ai, Yong Niu, Ruisi He, Zhangdui Zhong, and Zhu Han. "Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communications in Multi-Cell Multi-Band Heterogeneous Cellular Networks." IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology 68, no. 5 (2019): 4760-4773. DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2019.2903858. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author's permission.