Multi objective resource scheduling in LTE networks using reinforcement learning

International Journal of Distributed Systems and Technologies

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 39-57

  Comşa, Ioan Sorin ^a,b   Aydin, Mehmet ^a   Zhang, Sijing ^a   Kuonen, Pierre ^b   Wagen, Jean Frédéric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

LTE; Q Learning; Reinforcement Learning; Scheduling Policy; Scheduling Rules; System Throughput; TTI; User Fairness

Indexed keywords

LTE; Q-LEARNING; SCHEDULING POLICIES; SCHEDULING RULES; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT; TTI; USER FAIRNESS;

PACKET NETWORKS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SCHEDULING; THROUGHPUT;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84880548144     PISSN: 19473532     EISSN: 19473540     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdst.2012040103     Document Type: Article

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