Channel sharing scheme for packet-switched cellular networks

Author

Kalyanasundaram, Suresh ; Li, Junyi ; Chong, Edwin K P ; Shroff, Ness B.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

21-25 Mar 1999

Firstpage

609

Abstract

We study an approach for sharing channels to improve network utilization in packet-switched cellular networks. This scheme exploits unused resources in neighboring cells without the need for global coordination. We formulate a minimax approach to optimizing the allocation of channels in this sharing scheme. We develop a distributed algorithm to achieve this objective and study its convergence. We illustrate, via simulation results, that the distributed channel sharing scheme performs better than the fixed channel scheme over a wide variety of traffic conditions

Keywords

cellular radio; channel allocation; convergence of numerical methods; distributed algorithms; minimax techniques; packet radio networks; packet switching; telecommunication traffic; convergence; distributed algorithm; distributed channel sharing; fixed channel sharing; minimax approach; neighboring cells; network utilization; packet-switched cellular networks; simulation results; traffic conditions; unused resources; Channel allocation; Circuits; Convergence; Distributed algorithms; Electronic mail; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Large-scale systems; Minimax techniques; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '99. Eighteenth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Proceedings. IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

0743-166X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5417-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1999.751446

Filename

751446