On the Investigation of Bandwidth Allocation for Short-Range and Long-Range Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

Can Kazdaǧ, Özgür Alaca, Ali Riza Ekti, Serhan Yarkan

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Abstract

It is clear that heterogeneous wireless network (HetNet) will be an essential deployment mode of next generation wireless networks. There are various HetNet layouts present in the literature such as coexistences of mid-range networks and long-range networks. With the recent advances in digital technology, mobile terminals (MTs), which are the integral part of HetNet, have multiple radio interfaces which brings the concept of multi-homing capabilities. As a result, MTs are able to establish connections to multiple wireless networks. MTs also can increase the bandwidth by benefiting from all these available networks around to meet the requirements of demanding applications such as high definition multimedia stream. Such a diverse set of scenarios brings about a critical challenge regarding how MT assignment and bandwidth allocation could be carried out jointly in HetNet. In contrast to the traditional layouts present in the literature, in this study, a more realistic scenario is investigated by considering the coexistence of mid- and long-range networks with an extension of the presence of short-range networks. Therefore, as a solution mixed integer non-linear program (MINLP) approach is proposed by incorporating the connection interfaces of Bluetooth, wireless-fidelity (WiFi) and cellular systems. It is shown with both the aid of mathematical analysis and the support of numerical results that the method proposed attains suboptimal MT assignment and bandwidth allocation jointly with significantly reduced computational complexity.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication16th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages524-528
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728118208
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event16th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2019 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: Mar 21 2019Mar 24 2019

Publication series

Name16th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2019

Conference

Conference16th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2019
Country/TerritoryTurkey
CityIstanbul
Period03/21/1903/24/19

Funding

This work is supported by NPRP grant 10–1223–160045 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors. This work is supported by NPRP grant 10-1223-160045 from the Qatar National Research Fund (a member of Qatar Foundation). The statements made herein are solely the responsibility of the authors.

FundersFunder number
NPRP10–1223–160045
Qatar Foundation
Qatar National Research Fund

    Keywords

    • HetNets
    • MINLP
    • MT assignment
    • bandwidth allocation
    • multi-homing

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