Title
Uplink scheduling in OFDMA systems using opportunistic beamforming
Abstract
Opportunistic beamforming is investigated in OFDMA uplink. A low complexity scheduling algorithm for utility maximization with opportunistic beamforming is presented. Scheduling with greedy and proportional fair utilities is studied. A beam is formed in a pseudorandom fashion thus leading to artificial fading variations. This allows users to opportunistically benefit from the antenna gain. Results show improved throughput and fairness in the case of opportunistic beamforming even when only a single beam is used.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/WD.2009.5449685
WD'09 Proceedings of the 2nd IFIP conference on Wireless days
Keywords
DocType
Citations 
OFDM modulation,array signal processing,frequency division multiple access,scheduling,OFDMA systems,OFDMA uplink,antenna gain,artificial fading variations,complexity scheduling algorithm,greedy fair utilities,opportunistic beamforming,proportional fair utilities,pseudorandom fashion,uplink scheduling,OFDMA,antenna arrays,opportunistic beamforming,resource allocation,scheduling,uplink
Conference
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
11
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Elias Yaacoub144144.96
Charles Yaacoub28314.28