An integrated and distributed scheduling and power control algorithm for maximizing network utility for wireless multihop networks

  • Authors:
  • Jennifer C. Fang;Ramesh R. Rao

  • Affiliations:
  • University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA;University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA

  • Venue:
  • MILCOM'03 Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE conference on Military communications - Volume II
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

In this paper, we solve the resource allocation problem of maximizing the sum of transmitter utilities subject to QoS and peak power constraints per link in a wireless multihop network. Each node in the network has an associated utility function that models its valuation of its data rate (or signal power) in terms of its transmission power and multi-access interJrence. By explicitly accounting for multi-access interference in the utility function, our framework can model and salve a wide variety of resource allocation problems. Each link in the network is subject to a minimum and a maximum data rate constraint and each transmitter is subject to a peak power constraint. We present an iterative power control algorithm that solves the above problem using a penalty function approach andprove its convergence to the optimal solution. Ourpower control policy is applicable over any subset of links scheduled. To achieve high data rates over the links in addition to maximizing system utility, we schedule links using a degree-based greedy algorithm that limits multi-access interference by scheduling a small number of transmissions around any scheduled receive. The link scheduling algorithm and the power control algorithm are both amenable to distributed implementation in the framework of 802.11 LANs. Finally, we compare the performance of ourjoint scheduling and power control algorithms against CDMA using example utility functions and illustrate the superior performance of our algorithms.