Treffer: Proportional-Fair Resource Allocation for User-Centric Networks.

Considering the computational complexity and fronthaul capacity requirements of network-wide centralized optimization for Cell-free (CF) massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) networks, we focus on user-centric (UC) networks wherein each user is served by a subset of access points (APs) rather than all the APs. We study a proportional-fair resource allocation (RA) problem, including slot resource allocation and precoding design in UC networks over consecutive time-slots. We formulate the proportional-fair (PF) resource allocation problem as a series of weighted sum-rate maximization problems and develop a two-stage heuristic RA scheme to solve the problem. The scheme adopts a user grouping process to decompose resource allocation problem into intra-group orthogonal resource allocation sub-problems. A modularity-based user grouping algorithm upon a constructed weighted digraph is proposed. Then, relying on the grouping results, a parallel distributed PFRA algorithm consisting of user selection process and a Signal to Leakage plus Noise Ratio (SLNR)-based precoding design is proposed to fulfil intra-group resource allocation. Rather than global channel state information (CSI) collected from the whole network, local CSI obtained cooperatively within each AP subset is utilized in the proposed resource allocation scheme. Numerical results confirm that the proposed RA scheme outperforms in throughput while maintaining comparable fairness among users. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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