In this paper, we propose a resource allocation algorithm for the downlink of
sectorized two-dimensional (2-D) OFDMA cellular networks assuming statistical
Channel State Information (CSI) and fractional frequency reuse. The proposed
algorithm can be implemented in a distributed fashion without the need to any
central controlling units. Its performance is analyzed assuming fast fading
Rayleigh channels and Gaussian distributed multicell interference.
In this work, a new static relaying protocol is introduced for half duplex
single-relay networks, and its performance is studied in the context of
communications over slow fading wireless channels. The proposed protocol is
based on a Decode or Quantize and Forward (DoQF) approach. In slow fading
scenarios, two performance metrics are relevant and complementary, namely the
outage probability gain and the Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff (DMT).
In this pair of papers (Part I and Part II in this issue), we investigate the
issue of power control and subcarrier assignment in a sectorized two-cell
downlink OFDMA system impaired by multicell interference. As recommended for
WiMAX, we assume that the first part of the available bandwidth is likely to be
reused by different base stations (and is thus subject to multicell
interference) and that the second part of the bandwidth is shared in an
orthogonal way between the different base stations (and is thus protected from
multicell interference).
In a companion paper, we characterized the optimal resource allocation in
terms of power control and subcarrier assignment, for a downlink sectorized
OFDMA system. In our model, the network is assumed to be one dimensional for
the sake of analysis. We also assume that a certain part of the available
bandwidth is likely to be reused by different base stations while that the
other part of the bandwidth is shared in an orthogonal way between these base
stations.