<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Device-To-Device (D2D) communication is a new technology that allows the mobile terminals to directly communicate with each other by sharing the resources of the cellular network under the control of a cellular system. D2D communication was introduced into the cellular network in order to improve the efficiency of resource utilization and increase the system throughput. However, there exist interferences between D2D links and cellular links due to the resource reuse. In order to efficiently limit the cases of interference, a joint resource allocation scheme for D2D communication under a cellular network is proposed. The scheme, based on the user’s Quality of Service (QoS), defines a new utility function to balance the increasing system throughput and the interference in the cellular users D2D communication. The optimal D2D transmitting power is obtained through optimizing the utility function by using the convex optimization theory. The simulation shows that the scheme can fulfill the user’s QoS requirements efficiently, improve the system throughput and the reliability of the resources as well.</p></abstract>

Device-To-Device (D2D) communication is a new technology that allows the mobile terminals to directly communicate with each other by sharing the resources of the cellular network under the control of a cellular system. D2D communication was introduced into the cellular network in order to improve the efficiency of resource utilization and increase the system throughput. However, there exist interferences between D2D links and cellular links due to the resource reuse. In order to efficiently limit the cases of interference, a joint resource allocation scheme for D2D communication under a cellular network is proposed. The scheme, based on the user’s Quality of Service (QoS), defines a new utility function to balance the increasing system throughput and the interference in the cellular users D2D communication. The optimal D2D transmitting power is obtained through optimizing the utility function by using the convex optimization theory. The simulation shows that the scheme can fulfill the user’s QoS requirements efficiently, improve the system throughput and the reliability of the resources as well.

Joint Resource Allocation Scheme for Device-To-Device Communication under a Cellular Network

School of Opto-Electronic and Communication Engineering, Xiamen University of Technology, Xiamen, 361024 China

School of Information Science and Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005 China

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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Device-To-Device (D2D) communication is a new technology that allows the mobile terminals to directly communicate with each other by sharing the resources of...

Joint Resource Allocation Scheme for Device-To-Device Communication under a Cellular Network

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 91 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0070

Keywords
D2D, cellular network, resource allocation, power control, convex optimization

© 2015 Chenwei Feng et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Joint Resource Allocation Scheme for Device-To-Device Communication under a Cellular Network

Published Online: Dec 30, 2015

Page range: 91 - 102

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/cait-2015-0070

KeywordsD2D, cellular network, resource allocation, power control, convex optimization

© 2015 Chenwei Feng et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
D2D, cellular network, resource allocation, power control, convex optimization