Joint subcarrier and power allocation with fairness in uplink OFDMA systems based on ant colony optimization

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1505-1521

  Wang, Fei ^a   Liao, Xiaofeng ^a   Guo, Songtao ^a   Huang, Hongyu ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization (ACO); Fairness; OFDMA; Subcarrier and power allocation; Uplink, utility function

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; ITERATIVE METHODS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION (ACO); FAIRNESS; OFDMA; SUBCARRIER AND POWER ALLOCATION; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84911990421     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.2414     Document Type: Article

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