Joint Optimization of BS Operation, User Association, Subcarrier Assignment, and Power Allocation for Energy-Efficient HetNets

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3339-3353

  Li, Yuzhou ^a   Sheng, Min ^b   Sun, Yuhua ^c   Shi, Yan ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO LTD   (China)

Author keywords

BS operation; energy efficient; heterogeneous networks; power allocation; subcarrier assignment; user association

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; POLYNOMIALS;

ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY EFFICIENT OPERATIONS; POWER ALLOCATIONS; REDUCE ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SPATIALLY INHOMOGENEOUS; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; SUB-CARRIER ASSIGNMENT; USER ASSOCIATIONS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85009804104     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2016.2600581     Document Type: Article

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