Title
Energy-Aware Cooperative Content Distribution Over Wireless Networks: Optimized and Distributed Approaches
Abstract
In this paper, we address the problem of optimal energy-aware content distribution over wireless networks with mobile-to-mobile cooperation. Given a number of mobile terminals (MTs) interested in downloading a common content via a base station (BS), the MTs are grouped into cooperative groups or coalitions. Within each coalition, an optimally chosen coalition head downloads the content from the BS and either unicasts or multicasts it to the other MTs. The centralized optimization formulations are derived for both unicasting and multicasting among the MTs, along with the suitable simplifications to reduce the complexity of the optimization formulations. Then, a polynomial time heuristic algorithm is proposed to solve the optimization problems for relatively large networks where the optimal solution becomes computationally complex. Furthermore, a distributed algorithm, which is based on coalitional game theory, is developed to allow the MTs to choose, independently, which coalitions to join. Performance results for various scenarios demonstrate that the proposed algorithms lead to significant reduction in the total energy consumed by the MTs. In addition, the proposed centralized and distributed algorithms are shown to have relatively low complexity while achieving a near-optimal performance.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/TVT.2013.2263158
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions
Keywords
Field
DocType
cooperative communication,game theory,optimisation,polynomials,wireless channels,base station,centralized optimization formulations,coalitional game theory,cooperative coalitions,cooperative groups,distributed approach,energy-aware cooperative content distribution,mobile terminals,mobile-to-mobile cooperation,optimal energy-aware content distribution,optimized approach,polynomial time heuristic algorithm,wireless networks,Coalition formation,cooperative content distribution,energy efficiency,green communications,mobile-to-mobile cooperation,optimal content distribution
Wireless network,Base station,Heuristic (computer science),Computer science,Efficient energy use,Computer network,Distributed algorithm,Multicast,Time complexity,Optimization problem,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
62
8
0018-9545
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
0.56
20
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lina Al-Kanj117611.02
Zaher Dawy286973.62
Walid Saad34450279.64
E. Kutanoglu41308.67