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1.4 <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Allocation</strong> Problem<br />

1.4 <strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Allocation</strong> Problem<br />

The motivation beh<strong>in</strong>d this research project is to develop efficient resource utilization<br />

algorithms for <strong>OFDM</strong> based relay network. Although optimal resource allocation<br />

techniques have been developed for traditional po<strong>in</strong>t to po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>OFDM</strong> networks,<br />

these techniques can not be directly applied to the relay networks due to the strong<br />

coupl<strong>in</strong>g between different hops. Optimization tries to f<strong>in</strong>d the best strategy to use<br />

the resources (optimization variables) such that a performance metric (objective<br />

functions) is improved under certa<strong>in</strong> system limitations (constra<strong>in</strong>ts function).<br />

<strong>Resource</strong> allocation <strong>in</strong> <strong>OFDM</strong> systems, for example the power allocation and<br />

the sub-carrier assignment, are formulated <strong>in</strong>to an optimization problem with an<br />

objective to optimize system performance such as the system throughput subject<br />

to various constra<strong>in</strong>ts, e.g., the power limitation of the batteries of transmitt<strong>in</strong>g<br />

nodes. The optimization techniques, such as the dual decomposition, the primal<br />

decomposition, and the sub-gradient methods are used to optimally solve these<br />

resource allocation problems. In this section, we give a general overview of resource<br />

allocation <strong>in</strong> <strong>OFDM</strong> based relay networks. Detailed review of the exist<strong>in</strong>g works<br />

will be presented <strong>in</strong> the next chapters.<br />

The optimal power allocation is known to enhance the system performance<br />

<strong>in</strong> traditional po<strong>in</strong>t to po<strong>in</strong>t <strong>OFDM</strong> systems and is achieved by apply<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

water-fill<strong>in</strong>g algorithm such that large amount of power is loaded on the sub-carriers<br />

which have high SNR values. The power allocation problems are formulated <strong>in</strong> two<br />

different ways. First, the objective is to maximize the system throughput given<br />

the constra<strong>in</strong>ed transmission power. The second aims to m<strong>in</strong>imize the transmission<br />

power while provid<strong>in</strong>g a m<strong>in</strong>imum QoS.<br />

In relay aided communication, the fad<strong>in</strong>g of different channels are mutually<br />

<strong>in</strong>dependent such that the sub-carriers which experience deep fad<strong>in</strong>g over one hop<br />

may not face deep fad<strong>in</strong>g over the next hop. With this fact, the reception and<br />

transmission over the same sub-carrier is clearly sub-optimal and could result <strong>in</strong><br />

severe performance loss. Therefore, pair<strong>in</strong>g the sub-carriers from different hops<br />

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