Title
A Spectrum- and Energy-Efficient Scheme for Improving the Utilization of MDRU-Based Disaster Resilient Networks.
Abstract
The movable and deployable resource unit (MDRU)-based network provides communication services in disaster-struck areas where the lack of spectrum and energy resources is intensified due to the high demand from users and the power outages after a disaster. The MDRU-based network attempts to apply spectrum- and energy-efficient methods to provide communications services to users. However, existing works in this field only consider spectrum efficiency or energy efficiency separately, in spite of the tradeoff relationship between them. Thus, we propose a scheme to improve the utilization of both spectrum and energy resources for better system performance. The considered MDRU-based network is composed of gateways deployed in the disaster area, which can replenish their energy by using solar panels. Our proposed scheme constructs a topology based on the top k spectrum-efficient paths from each sender and applies a max flow algorithm with vertex capacities, which are the number of transmissions that each gateway can send, which is referred to as transmission capability. The transmission capability of each gateway is determined by its energy resource and distances to its neighbors. Furthermore, we show that the proposal can be used for multisender-multireceiver topologies. A new metric named spectrum-energy efficiency to measure both spectrum efficiency and energy efficiency of the network is defined. Through analyses, we prove that a value of k exists such that the spectrum-energy efficiency of a given topology is maximized. Furthermore, our simulation results show that, by dynamically selecting appropriate value of k, the proposed scheme can provide better spectrum-energy efficiency than existing approaches. Moreover, our experimental results verify the findings of our analysis.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TVT.2014.2314462
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
Logic gates,Topology,Routing,Energy measurement,Relays,Energy resources
Logic gate,Efficient energy use,Computer science,Computer network,Communication source,Network topology,Default gateway,Spectral efficiency,Maximum flow problem,Disaster area
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
63
5
0018-9545
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
11
0.56
12
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thuan Ngo11017.35
Hiroki Nishiyama2128592.61
Nei Kato33982263.66
Toshikazu Sakano410310.97
takahara513218.65