Maximizing Energy-Efficiency in Multi-Relay OFDMA Cellular Networks

Abstract

This contribution presents a method of obtaining the optimal power and subcarrier allocations that maximize the energy-efficiency (EE) of a multi-user, multi-relay, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) cellular network. Initially, the objective function (OF) is formulated as the ratio of the spectral-efficiency (SE) over the power consumption of the network. This OF is shown to be quasi-concave, thus Dinkelbach's method can be employed for solving it as a series of parameterized concave problems. We characterize the performance of the aforementioned method by comparing the optimal solutions obtained to those found using an exhaustive search. Additionally, we explore the relationship between the achievable SE and EE in the cellular network upon increasing the number of active users. In general, increasing the number of users supported by the system benefits both the SE and EE, and higher SE values may be obtained at the cost of EE, when an increased power may be allocated.

6 pages, 5 figures, 1 table, to appear in Proc. IEEE 2013 56th Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2013), Atlanta, USA, December, 2013

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