Optimal Carrier Loading for Maximizing Visual Entropy Over OFDMA Cellular Networks

Explosively increasing demands for the wireless multimedia data have accelerated to research for adapting higher quality video applications in extensive efforts. In this paper, we explore a theoretical approach to cross-layer optimization between multimedia and wireless network by means of a quality criterion termed "visual entropy" for downlink video transmission, using a layered coding algorithm. We obtain the optimal loading ratio through an optimization problem, which aims at balancing the trade-off relationship between ICI (Inter-Cell Interference) and channel throughput. In the simulation, we show that the throughput gain in terms of visual entropy at the cell boundary is increased by up to about 32%.