A distributed approach to improving spectral efficiency in uplink device-to-device-enabled cloud radio access networks

Yaohua Sun, Mugen Peng, H. Vincent Poor

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Abstract

Device-to-device (D2D)-enabled cloud radio access networks (C-RANs) are potential solutions for further improving spectral efficiency (SE) and decreasing latency by allowing direct communication between two users. However, due to the need to acquire global channel state information (CSI) and to execute centralized algorithms, heavy burdens are placed on the fronthaul and the baseband unit (BBU) pool. To alleviate these burdens, a distributed approach to mode selection and resource allocation for potential D2D pairs under pre-determined resource allocation of C-RAN users is proposed, in which pairs of users are endowed with decision-making capabilities. The proposed procedure is divided into three stages: Communication mode and subchannel selection, utility value determination, and reinforcement-learning-based strategy update. The core idea is that the D2D pairs self-optimize the mode selection and resource allocation without global CSI under several practical constraints. Simulation results show that enabling D2D can significantly improve SE for C-RANs. Furthermore, the impacts of the fronthaul capacity, the centralized signal processing capability of the BBU pool, and the distance between the D2D transmitter and the remote radio head are demonstrated and analyzed.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number8410619
Pages (from-to)6511-6526
Number of pages16
JournalIEEE Transactions on Communications
Volume66
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Cloud radio access networks (C-RANs)
  • device-to-device (D2D)
  • game theory
  • mode selection
  • resource allocation

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