IEEE Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, Oct. 26-28, 2008, Pacific Grove, CA, invited paper.

Adaptive Downlink OFDMA Resource Allocation

Ian C. Wong and Brian L. Evans

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering Science Building, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712-1084 USA
ian.wong@ieee.org - bevans@ece.utexas.edu

Slides - Paper

OFDMA Resource Allocation Results by Prof. Evans' Group

Software Release from Dr. Ian Wong's PhD Dissertation

Abstract

Optimizing OFDMA resource allocation with respect to communication performance requires solving a nonlinear mixed-integer programming problem. As a result, many researchers have fallen back on suboptimal heuristic algorithms. In a recent paper, we demonstrate that ergodic rate maximization is possible using a dual optimization framework that results in a practically optimal solution with complexity that is on the order of the number of subcarriers times the number of users. One of the primary disadvantages of considering ergodic rates is the assumption that the channel distribution information (CDI) is perfectly known at the transmitter. Therefore, this paper proposes an adaptive algorithm based on stochastic approximation methods that do not require knowledge of the CDI. This algorithm converges to the optimal solution with probability one, while for each OFDMA symbol, the complexity is on the order of the number of subcarriers times the number of users. There are no iterations in a given OFDMA symbol time; instead, the "iterations" are actually performed across time (symbols). Simulation results based roughly on a third-generation partnership project, long-term evolution (3GPP-LTE) OFDMA system corroborate our claims.


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