1. BOOST: A User Association and Scheduling Framework for Beamforming mmWave Networks
- Author
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Chunsheng Xin, Hongyi Wu, and Prosanta Paul
- Subjects
Beamforming ,Computer Networks and Communications ,Wireless network ,Computer science ,business.industry ,Quality of service ,ComputerSystemsOrganization_COMPUTER-COMMUNICATIONNETWORKS ,Power budget ,Scheduling (computing) ,Base station ,Telecommunications link ,Electrical and Electronic Engineering ,Transmission time ,business ,Software ,Computer network - Abstract
The millimeter wave (mmWave) band offers vast bandwidth and plays a key role for next generation wireless networks. However, the mmWave network raises a great challenge for user association and scheduling , due to the limited power budget and beamformers, diverse user traffic loads, user quality of service requirement, etc. In this paper, we propose a novel framework for user association and scheduling in multi-base station mmWave networks, termed the clustering Based dOwnlink UE assOciation, Scheduling, beamforming with power allocaTion (BOOST). The objective is to reduce the downlink network transmission time, subject to the base station power budget, number of beamformers, user traffic loads, and the quality of service requirement at users. We compare BOOST with three state-of-the-art user scheduling schemes. On average, BOOST reduces the transmission time by 37, 30, and 26 percent, and achieves a sum rate gain of 56, 43, and 34 percent, respectively.
- Published
- 2021