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2.1 Introduction<br />

allocated to a node can be optimized.<br />

Similar to traditional po<strong>in</strong>t-to-po<strong>in</strong>t multi-user <strong>OFDM</strong>A system[22], an<br />

<strong>OFDM</strong>A relay network is def<strong>in</strong>ed as a broadband relay network where a sub-carrier<br />

can be assigned to only one transmitt<strong>in</strong>g node at any time. The promise of<br />

simple receivers and high system performance has landed <strong>OFDM</strong>A relay networks as<br />

one of the prime multiple-access schemes for future generation broadband wireless<br />

networks, e.g., 802.16j. In traditional <strong>OFDM</strong>A systems, it is possible to optimize the<br />

system performance from carefully assign<strong>in</strong>g sub-carriers and power among different<br />

users [23, 24]. However, the resource allocation <strong>in</strong> <strong>OFDM</strong>A relay networks is more<br />

challeng<strong>in</strong>g. A sub-carrier with low SNR over the first hop for one node may be a<br />

good candidate over the second hop for the same or another node, thus, a careful<br />

power distribution and sub-carrier allocation policy is mandatory for promis<strong>in</strong>g<br />

performance of <strong>OFDM</strong>A relay networks.<br />

The power allocation between source and relay node play an important role <strong>in</strong><br />

performance enhancement [25]. In <strong>OFDM</strong> relay networks, the <strong>in</strong>dependent nature of<br />

the channels over different hops motivates to consider the sub-carrier pair<strong>in</strong>g at relay<br />

nodes[15]. In [17], the authors proposed a power allocation and sub-carrier pair<strong>in</strong>g<br />

algorithm for s<strong>in</strong>gle user s<strong>in</strong>gle relay network under separate power constra<strong>in</strong>ts at<br />

source and relay nodes. The algorithm follows a step wise approach. In the first<br />

step, sub-carriers are paired accord<strong>in</strong>g to the channel ga<strong>in</strong>s assum<strong>in</strong>g an equal power<br />

allocation policy. In the second step, an alternate power allocation policy is adopted<br />

such that the source (relay) power is optimized for the known relay (source) power.<br />

Further, a jo<strong>in</strong>t source and relay power allocation scheme is also presented under<br />

the total power constra<strong>in</strong>t.<br />

On the aspects of the multi-user scenario, resource optimization <strong>in</strong> relay<br />

networks has been studied <strong>in</strong> [27]–[29] for downl<strong>in</strong>k scenario. For example,<br />

the resource allocation <strong>in</strong> <strong>OFDM</strong> based multi-user multi-hop relay network was<br />

considered <strong>in</strong> [27]. The jo<strong>in</strong>t sub-carrier allocation and power load<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> <strong>OFDM</strong>A<br />

based relay networks, with or without fairness, have been studied <strong>in</strong> [28]. The<br />

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