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A novel spectrum allocation scheme in femtocell networks using improved graph theory

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  • @ARTICLE{10.4108/eai.13-12-2017.154701,
        author={Feng Li and Lili Yang},
        title={A novel spectrum allocation scheme in femtocell networks using improved graph theory},
        journal={EAI Endorsed Transactions on Cognitive Communications},
        volume={3},
        number={12},
        publisher={EAI},
        journal_a={COGCOM},
        year={2017},
        month={12},
        keywords={Femtocell, spectrum allocation, graph theory},
        doi={10.4108/eai.13-12-2017.154701}
    }
    
  • Feng Li
    Lili Yang
    Year: 2017
    A novel spectrum allocation scheme in femtocell networks using improved graph theory
    COGCOM
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.13-12-2017.154701
Feng Li1,*, Lili Yang1
  • 1: College of Information Engineering, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310023, China
*Contact email: fenglzj@zjut.edu.cn

Abstract

In  this  paper,  we  propose  a  novel  spectrum  allocation  scheme  by  using  graph  coloring  and  taking  QoS  thresholds  into  account. The goal of our proposed method is to reduce interference among femtocells deployed densely and improve spectral  efficiency  after  reaching  user’s  QoS  threshold.  We  design  an  interference-based  graph  model  by  detecting  terminals’ transmit power between femtocell stations and classifying the interference levels according to the coloring algorithm. Spectrum resource is allocated based on the QoS requirement of each user in a centralized way. Unlike other spectrum allocation  method  using  graph theory,  we  take  many  significant factors into account in this  paper in  order  to  attain a more practical spectrum optimization solution. The simulation results show that when the scheme is deployed in femtocells  with  high  density,  it  can  effectively  reduce  the  interference  within  same  layer  and  improve  system  capacity  along with spectrum efficiency.

Keywords
Femtocell, spectrum allocation, graph theory
Received
2017-11-04
Accepted
2017-12-07
Published
2017-12-13
Publisher
EAI
http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/eai.13-12-2017.154701

Copyright © 2017 Feng Li and Lili Yang, licensed to EAI. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative  Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unlimited use, distribution and reproduction in any medium so long as the original work is properly cited.

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