Apparatus and method for semi distributed resource allocation in a cognitive radio wireless communication system

• US 8,908,543 B2
• Filed: 03/11/2010
• Issued: 12/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation For Corporate Collaboration (SungKyunKwan University)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University Foundation For Corporate Collaboration (SungKyunKwan University)
• Inventors: Kim, Sang-Bum, Kim, Ho-Dong, Kim, Dong-In, Lim, Eun-Taek, Shin, Woo-Jin, Park, Kyoung-Youp
• Primary Examiner(s): Javaid, Jamal
• Application Number:
  US12/661,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20100232307A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,734 Days
• Field of Search: 370/252, 370/329, 370/311, 370/318, 370/328, 370/316, 370/561, 370/260, 455/522, 455/69, 455/302, 455/63, 455/561, 455/423, 455/67.11
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0032 Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/006 Quality of the received signal, e.g. BER, SNR, water filling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0062 Avoidance of ingress interference, e.g. ham radio channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 16/14 Spectrum sharing arrangements between different networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/265 taking into account the quality of service QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/267 taking into account the information rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/27 between access points

Abstract

An apparatus and operation method of a Base Station (BS) for allocating a radio resource in a Cognitive Radio (CR) wireless communication system includes, when a licensed system is activated, determining whether each of User Terminals (UTs) located in a cell satisfies Quality of Service (QoS). If all of the UTs satisfy the QoS, a binary message indicating ‘on’ is broadcasted to neighbor BSs. If at least one of the UTs does not satisfy the QoS, a binary message indicating ‘off’ is broadcasted to the neighbor BSs, and when the binary message indicating ‘off’ is received from at least one of the neighbor BSs, the binary message indicating ‘off’ is broadcasted to the UTs.

Claims

1. A method of operating a User Terminal (UT) in a Cognitive Radio (CR) wireless communication system, the method comprising:

determining whether a signal of a licensed system is detected in at least one frequency band used by the CR wireless communication system, wherein the licensed system is a system that has priority of the at least one frequency band;

when the signal of the licensed system is detected, determining, by a controller, a per-subcarrier Transmit (Tx) power according to a water filling mechanism in such a manner that a sum rate is maximized without exceeding a current maximum Tx power;

upon receiving a binary message requesting to regulate the maximum Tx power from a Base Station (BS), determining, by the controller, a Penalty Factor (PF) based on at least one of the current maximum Tx power, the per-subcarrier Tx power, a per-subcarrier data rate, a minimum required data rate, and a threshold coefficient for a maximum allowed data rate; and

regulating a new maximum Tx power by multiplying the PF by the current maximum Tx power.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining of the PF comprises:

determining a Power Penalty (PP) parameter which is in proportion to a sum of the per-subcarrier Tx power for all subcarriers allocated to the UT and which is in inverse proportion to the current maximum Tx power;

determining a Rate Penalty (RP) parameter which increases with an increase of a sum of a ratio of a data rate for each subcarrier to the minimum required data rate and which decreases with an increase of the maximum allowed data rate coefficient;

determining a Fairness Gain (FG) parameter which is in proportion to the data rate for each subcarrier and a sum of the per-subcarrier Tx power and which is in inverse proportion to the sum of the per-subcarrier data rate and the Tx power of each subcarrier;

determining a first value which is an inverse number of a value obtained by subtracting the FG parameter from a sum of the RP parameter and the PP parameter; and

determining as the PF a smaller value between 1 and a greater value between the first value and a second value, wherein the second value is a predetermined minimum value of the PF.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the PP parameter is calculated according to:

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the RP parameter is calculated according to:

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the FG parameter is calculated according to:

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the PF is calculated according to:

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, when uplink data is transmitted after regulating the maximum Tx power, transmitting the PF to the BS.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the per-subcarrier Tx power according to the water filling mechanism comprises considering the current maximum Tx power and a Power Spectral Mask (PSM) for avoiding interference to the licensed system.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

persistently sensing the signal of the licensed system while performing communication.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the UT, a report indicating that the licensed system is activated when the signal of the licensed system is detected.

11. A User Terminal (UT) apparatus in a Cognitive Radio (CR) wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a controller configured to determine whether a signal of a licensed system is detected in at least one frequency band used by the CR wireless communication system, wherein the licensed system is a system that has priority of the at least one frequency band;

wherein the controller further is configured to;

determine a per-subcarrier Transmit (Tx) power according to a water filling mechanism in such a manner that a sum rate is maximized without exceeding a current maximum Tx power when the signal of the licensed system is detected,

determine, upon receiving a binary message requesting to regulate the maximum Tx power from a Base Station (BS), a Penalty Factor (PF) based on at least one of the current maximum Tx power, the per-subcarrier Tx power, a per-subcarrier data rate, a minimum required data rate, and a threshold coefficient for a maximum allowed data rate, and

regulate a new maximum Tx power by multiplying the PF by the current maximum Tx power.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to:

determine a Power Penalty (PP) parameter which is in proportion to a sum of the per-subcarrier Tx power for all subcarriers allocated to the UT and which is in inverse proportion to the maximum Tx power,

determine a Rate Penalty (RP) parameter which increases with an increase of a sum of a ratio of a data rate for each subcarrier to the minimum required data rate and which decreases with an increase of the maximum allowed data rate coefficient,

determine a Fairness Gain (FG) parameter which is in proportion to the data rate for each subcarrier and a sum of the per-subcarrier Tx power and which is in inverse proportion to the sum of the per-subcarrier data rate and the Tx power of each subcarrier,

determine a first value which is an inverse number of a value obtained by subtracting the FG parameter from a sum of the RP parameter and the PP parameter, and

determine as the PF a smaller value between 1 and a greater value between the first value and a second value, wherein the second value is a predetermined minimum value of the PF.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the PP parameter is calculated according to:

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the RP parameter is calculated according to:

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the FG parameter is calculated according to:

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the PF is calculated according to:

17. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising a transmitter configured to transmit the PF to the BS when uplink data is transmitted after regulating the maximum Tx power.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein determining the per-subcarrier Tx power according to the water filling mechanism comprises considering the current maximum Tx power and a Power Spectral Mask (PSM) for avoiding interference to the licensed system.

19. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

persistently sense the signal of the licensed system while performing communication.

20. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller is configured to:

receive, from the base station, a report indicating that the licensed system is activated when the signal of the licensed system is detected.