This thesis investigates the downlink resource allocation problem in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) consisting of macro-cells and small-cells sharing the same frequency band. Dense deployment of small-cells overlaid by a macro layer is considered to be one of the most promising solutions for providing hotspot coverage in future 5G networks...

We propose an optimal bit allocation strategy for a joint source/channel video codec over noisy channel when the average channel state is assumed to be known. Our approach is to partition source and channel coding bits in such a way that the expected distortion is minimized. The particular source coding algorithm we use is rate scalable and is based on 3D subband coding with multi-rate quantiza...

This paper investigates the problem of dynamic multiuser subchannel allocation in the downlink OFDM systems. In traditional TDMA or FDMA systems, resource allocation for each user is non-adaptively fixed. Since the subchannel allocations among the users are not optimized, a group of users is likely to suffer from poor channel gains resulting from large path loss and random fading. To resolve th...

To meet the ever-increasing demands of mobile traffic, femtocells are considered as one of the promising solutions. In this paper, we study a sensing-based resource allocation scenario in cognitive femtocell networks and present an efficient distributed imperfect-spectrum-sensing-based resource allocation (DIRA) algorithm while considering the channel uncertainty to maximize the total data rate...

This paper considers state estimation of linear systems using analog amplify and forwarding with multiple sensors, for both multiple access and orthogonal access schemes. Optimal state estimation can be achieved at the fusion center using a time varying Kalman filter. We show that in many situations, the estimation error covariance decays at a rate of 1/M when the number of sensors M is large. ...

This paper focuses on the algorithm for effective allocation of radio resources in future wireless communication systems. Conventionally the radio resources that have been used to add capacity to wireless communication systems are radio bandwidth and transmitter power. These two resources are simply not growing or improving at rates that can support expected demands for wireless capacity. Keepi...

The objective of this work is to establish the basic setup and methodology for analyzing the effect of common disturbances on the residential power line channel response regarding time and network topology. Such information is necessary in the process of developing a method of real-time channel sensing used in a multi-carrier communication system that performs dynamical sub-channel bandwidth al...

Long Term Evolution (LTE) is the most promising technology for 4G mobile communication networks. The goal of LTE is to provide high data transmission rate, scalable bandwidth, low latency, and high-mobility. LTE employs Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) for downlink and uplink data transmission, respectively. As to ...