Resource Allocation in Uplink OFDMA Wireless Systems: Optimal Solutions and Practical Implementations

Tackling problems from the least complicated to the most, Resource Allocation in Uplink OFDMA Wireless Systems provides readers with a comprehensive look at resource allocation and scheduling techniques (for both single and multi-cell deployments) in uplink OFDMA wireless networks relying on convex optimization and game theory to thoroughly analyze performance.

Inside, readers will find topics and discussions on:

• Formulating and solving the uplink ergodic sum-rate maximization problem

• Proposing suboptimal algorithms that achieve a close performance to the optimal case at a considerably reduced complexity and lead to fairness when the appropriate utility is used

• Investigating the performance and extensions of the proposed suboptimal algorithms in a distributed base station scenario

• Studying distributed resource allocation where users take part in the scheduling process, and considering scenarios with and without user collaboration

• Formulating the sum-rate maximization problem in a multi-cell scenario, and proposing efficient centralized and distributed algorithms for intercell interference mitigation

• Discussing the applicability of the proposed techniques to state-of-the-art wireless technologies, LTE and WiMAX, and proposing relevant extensions

Along with schematics and figures featuring simulation results, Resource Allocation in Uplink OFDMA Wireless Systems is a valuable book for?wireless communications and cellular systems professionals and students.

ELIAS E. YAACOUB, PhD, is currently a research scientist at the Qatar University Wireless Innovations Center. His research interests include scheduling and interference mitigation in multi-cell OFDMA and LTE networks. He has authored numerous journal and conference papers on these topics. Dr. Yaacoub is a member of the IEEE and a member of the Lebanese Order of Engineers.

ZAHER DAWY, PhD, is an associate professor at the American University of Beirut (AUB). His research interests include cooperative and distributed communications, resource allocation, cellular technologies, and computational biology. He received the IEEE Communications Society Outstanding Young Researcher Award for Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region in 2011 and the AUB 2008 Teaching Excellence Award. Dr. Dawy is a senior member of the IEEE and Chair of the IEEE Communications Society, Lebanon Chapter.