A Cross-Tier Scheduling Scheme for Multi-tier mmWave Wireless Networks

dc.contributor.advisorAazhang, Behnaam
dc.creatorFan, Boqiang
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-17T13:32:43Z
dc.date.available2019-05-17T13:32:43Z
dc.date.created2017-12
dc.date.issued2017-12-01
dc.date.submittedDecember 2017
dc.date.updated2019-05-17T13:32:44Z
dc.description.abstractDue to abundant frequency resources, millimeter wave (mmWave) spectrum draws much attention as a solution to bandwidth scarcity. However, characteristics of mmWave transmissions, such as blockage and reduced coverage, make conventional network architectures inefficient for use in mmWave communications. A recently proposed multi-tier mmWave network architecture allows for relaying around blockages and enlarges the coverage of each Backhaul at an acceptable deployment cost. Nevertheless, this architecture introduces major challenges to scheduling. The necessity of both enabling flexible user association and fully exploiting wireless Backhaul requires cross-tier consideration of multi-tier mmWave networks. This thesis comprehensively analyzes the scheduling of downlink multi-tier mmWave networks by jointly regulating transmissions in all tiers. The cross-tier optimization problem is NP-hard, but a sub-optimal scheme which iteratively optimizes schedules of different network tiers is proposed with polynomial computational complexity. Simulations show that our algorithm significantly outperforms benchmarks in spectral efficiency and fairness with various user distributions.
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dc.identifier.citationFan, Boqiang. "A Cross-Tier Scheduling Scheme for Multi-tier mmWave Wireless Networks." (2017) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105608">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/105608</a>.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/105608
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.
dc.subjectmmWave
dc.subjectscheduling
dc.subjectmulti-tier
dc.subjectblockage
dc.titleA Cross-Tier Scheduling Scheme for Multi-tier mmWave Wireless Networks
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialText
thesis.degree.departmentElectrical and Computer Engineering
thesis.degree.disciplineEngineering
thesis.degree.grantorRice University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science
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