Iterative Power Packing for Distributed Multiple Access in Wireless Networks

Speaker : Alexandre Proutiere
KTH and INRIA
Date: 21/11/2012
Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Location: LINCS Meeting Room 40

Abstract

We address the problem of designing distributed Multiple Access Control algorithms for wireless networks under the SINR interference model. In the proposed framework, time is divided into frames consisting of a fixed number of slots, and transmitters may adapt the power levels used in the various slots. We aim at developing fully distributed multiple access algorithms that are throughput-optimal in the sense that they perform as well as centralized scheduling algorithms. These algorithms based on a simple power control mechanism, referred to as Power Packing. This mechanism allows each transmitter to tune their power levels in the different slots so as to achieve a target rate while minimizing the number of slots actually used. The proposed algorithms are throughput-optimal, simple and do not require any message passing: each transmitter adapts its power levels depending on the observed interference levels in the various slots. We illustrate the efficiency of our algorithms using numerical experiments.