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On the Lambert-W function for constrained resource allocation in cooperative networks

Abstract

In cooperative networks, a variety of resource allocation problems can be formulated as constrained optimization with system-wide objective, e.g., maximizing the total system throughput, capacity or ergodic capacity, subject to constraints from individual users, e.g., minimum data rate, transmit power limit, and from the system, e.g., power budget, total number of subcarriers, availability of the channel state information (CSI). Most constrained resource allocation schemes for cooperative networks require rigorous optimization processes using numerical methods since closed-form solutions are rarely found. In this article, we show that the Lambert-W function can be efficiently used to obtain closed-form solutions for some constrained resource allocation problems. Simulation results are provided to compare the performance of the proposed schemes with other resource allocation schemes.

1 Introduction

Cooperative transmissions have attracted much attention over the last few years. It has been demonstrated that the benefits of multi-antenna transmission can be achieved by cooperative transmission without requiring multiple antennas at individual nodes (for example see [13]). Cooperation is particularly relevant when the size of mobile devices limits the number of antennas that can be deployed.

Wireless Mesh networks (WMN) and relay networks are among the main networks that use cooperative communication. The main distinguished characteristic of mesh and relay networks is possibility of multi-hop communication. In Mesh networks, traffic can be routed through other mobile stations (MSs) and can also take place through direct links. Nodes are composed of mesh routers and mesh clients and thus routing process is controlled not only by base station (BS) but also by mobile station MS [4]. Each node can forward packets on behalf of other nodes that may not be within direct wireless transmission range of their destination. In case of relay networks, the network infrastructure consists of relay stations (RSs) that are mostly installed, owned, and controlled by service provider. A RS is not connected directly to wire infrastructure and has the minimum functionality necessary to support multi-hop communication. The important aspect is that traffic always leads from or to BS. The realization of the performance improvement promised by cooperation in wireless mesh and relay networks depends heavily on resource allocation (among other things).

Recently, resource allocation for OFDMA WMN with perfect CSI has been an active research topic. In [5], a fair subcarrier and power allocation scheme to maximize the Nash bargaining fairness has been proposed. Instead of solving a centralized global optimization problem, the authors proposed a distributed hierarchical approach where the mesh router allocates groups of subcarriers to the mesh clients, and each mesh client allocates transmit power among its subcarriers to each of its outgoing links. In [6], an efficient intra-cluster packet-level resource allocation approach taking into account power allocation, subcarrier assignment, packet scheduling, and QoS support has been studied. The authors employ the utility maximization framework to find the joint power-frequency-time resource allocation that maximizes the sum rate of a WMN while satisfying users minimum rate requirements. The benefits of optimal resource allocation in cooperative relay networks with perfect CSI has also been investigated by several authors (see, e.g., [7, 8], and references therein).

However, when the channel variations are fast, the transmitter may not be able to adapt to the instantaneous channel realization. Hence, CSI-aware resource allocation is not suitable for environments with high mobility. When the channel state can be accurately tracked at the receiver side, the statistical channel model at the transmitter can be based on channel distribution information feedback from the receiver. We refer to knowledge of the channel distribution at the transmitter as CDIT. In [9], CDIT-based constrained resource allocation problem for non-cooperative OFDMA-based networks is studied. The authors derive an optimal power allocation algorithm in closed-form. In [10], a dynamic resource allocation algorithm aiming to maximize the delay-limited capacity of a cooperative communication with statistical channel information is developed. In [11], a power allocation problem for ergodic capacity maximization in relay networks under high SNR regime is solved using numerical methods.

In this article, we present a new result on how the Lambert-W function can be used to efficiently find closed-form solution of constrained resource allocation problems for cooperative networks.

There are two significant benefits from using the Lambert-W function in the context of resource allocation for cooperative networks. Most resource allocation schemes for cooperative networks require rigorous optimization processes using numerical methods since closed-form solutions are rarely found. Using the Lambert-W function, resource allocations can not only be expressed in closed-form but they can also quickly be determined without resorting to complex algorithms since a number of popular mathematical softwares, including Maple and Matlab, contain the Lambert-W function as an optimization component.

The Lambert-W function has several uses in physical and engineering applications [1215]. In [14], the Lambert-W function is used for the purpose of diode parameters determination in diode I-U curve fitting. Recent work in [15] shows that the Lambert-W function also finds utilization in Astronomy to calculate the position of an orbiting body in a central gravity field.

The remainder of this article is organized as follows. In Sect. 2, we provide a concise introduction to the Lambert-W function. In Sect. 3, we show how the Lambert-W function is applied to a subcarrier allocation problem in WMNs. The use of the Lambert-W function to a power allocation problem in relay networks with statistical channel information is discussed in Sect. 4. In Sect. 5, we show the performance of the proposed resource allocation methods by simulation. Finally, conclusions are drawn in Sect. 6.

2 The Lambert-W Function

The Lambert function W(x) is defined to be the multivalued inverse of the function f(x) = xex[12]. That is, Lambert W(x) can be any function solution of the transcendental equation

(1)

Actually, for some values of x, Equation 1 has more than one root, in which case the different solutions are called branches of W. Since the values of interest in our work are real, we will concentrate on real-value branches of W. If x is real, then for -1/ex < 0, there are two possible real values of W(x) (see Figure 1). The branch satisfying W(x) ≤ -1 is denoted by W0(x). The branch satisfying W(x) ≤ -1 is denoted by W(x) and it is referred to as the principal branch of the Lambert-W function.

Figure 1
figure 1

The two real branches of the Lambert-W function.

The n th derivative of the Lambert-W function is given by [12].

(2)

in which the polynomials q n , given by

(3)

contain coefficients expressed in terms of second-order Eulerian numbers and q1(w) = w.

In (3), the second-order Eulerian number corresponds to the number of permutations of the multiset {1, 1, 2, 2,..., n, n} with m ascents which have the property that for each i, all the numbers appearing between the two occurrences of i in the permutation are greater than i[16].

The application of the Lambert-W function to obtain a closed-form solution for resource allocation problems in wireless mesh and relay networks constitutes the principal contribution of this article.

3 The Lambert-W function for subcarrier allocation in wireless mesh network

3.1 Problem formulation

We consider a single cluster OFDMA WMN that consists of one mesh router (MR) and K mesh clients (MC) as illustrated in Figure 2. The MR serves as a gateway for the MCs to the external network (e.g., Internet). The MCs can communicate with the MR and with each other through multi-hop routes via other MCs. We label the MR as node 0 and the MC nodes as k = 1,..., K. A link (k, j) exists between node k and node j when they are within transmission range of each other, i.e., they are neighboring nodes.

Figure 2
figure 2

Illustration of a wireless mesh network.

There are a total of N subcarriers in the system. Each subcarrier has a bandwidth B. The channel gain of subcarrier n on link (k, j), which connects MC k to MC j, is denoted by and the transmit power of MC k on subcarrier n is denoted by . MC k has a transmit power limit of and a minimal rate requirement of R k . Let n k be the number of subcarriers to allocate to MC k, using only information available at the MR, i.e., the average channel gain of all outgoing links at MC k, . Based on and uniform power allocation assumption over all the n k subcarriers , the MR determines an approximated rate for MC k as

(4)

where is the thermal noise power, and Γ is the SNR gap related to the required bit-error-rate (BER). The main reason that the MR determines an approximated rate instead of the exact rate is that the MR knows only the average channel gain , but not the complete channel gain . In general, exact and complete information needed to determine the exact rate is rarely available at the MR. For practical SNR values (SNR > 5 dB), the gap between the exact rate and its approximate (4) is very small and (4) can be viewed as the rate realized at MC k.

There are various constraints associated with resource allocation in OFDMA-based WMNs. At each node k, the sum of the transmit power on the allocated subcarriers is bounded by a maximum power level . We assume that each subcarrier can only be allocated to one transmission link in a cluster. Different traffic types require different packet transmission rates. For example, voice packets require a constant rate; video traffic has minimum, mean, and maximum rate requirements; while data traffic is usually treated as background traffic whose source rate is dynamic. In our problem formulation, we only take the minimum rate requirement of these three traffic types, if any, into account.

The resources to allocated are defined as a set of subcarriers, and the total transmit power available at each node. We consider a distributed hierarchical resource allocation, where the MR only performs a rough resource allocation with limited information (the average channel gain of all outgoing links at MC or the statistical channel information) and the MCs perform more refined resource allocation with full information that is available locally. In this section, we focus on subcarrier allocation at MR and we assume that each MC k distributes its transmit power limit equally over all its allocated subcarriers. After subcarrier allocation, the optimal power allocation is performed at each MC k. The optimal power allocation is not developed in this article. Mathematically, the subcarrier allocation problem at MR can be formulated as

(5)

where .

3.2 Solution method

We propose a solution method based on the Lagrange dual approach and the Lambert-W function. First, we express the Lagrangian of the primal problem (5) as

(6)

where λ k and μ are the Lagrangian multipliers associated with the minimum rate constraint of MC k and the total subcarrier constraint.

By KKT first optimality condition [17], we take the derivative of (6) with respect to n k for fixed (λ k , μ) and set the derivative to zero to obtain

(7)

By solving Equation 7 for n k , for given (λ k , μ), the optimal value of subcarriers to be allocated to MC k is given by (see Appendix A)

(8)

The optimal values of μ and λ k still need to be found. They correspond to the ones that satisfy the total subcarrier constraint with equality and the individual rate constraints. We substitute n k in Equation 6 by to form the dual problem

(9)

The optimal , for fixed μ, are found using KKT conditions. To derive over λ k , we make use of the formula of the n th derivative of the Lambert-W function given by (2). Applying (2) for n = 1, we obtain that the optimal has to satisfy (see Appendix B)

(10)

where

with .

It can be shown that f m is a strictly increasing function of and for all . Thus, the inverse function, ,of f m , exists. The optimal can then be deduced as

(11)

Now we turn to find the optimal μ*. Substituting λ k in (8) by the optimal value obtained in (11) and using the constraint , we obtain

(12)

Let

(13)

Proposition 1 An inverse function for g m , , exists (see Appendix C. for proof).

Thus

(14)

3.3 Extension to Mesh router with statistical channel information

In some fading environments, there may not be a feedback link sufficiently fast to convey the full CSI to the MR. The MR may know only the channel distribution information (CDI) and may use the CDI to allocate resource. Following the approach in [9], we can formulate an ergodic rate maximization problem at the mesh router with only CDI as

(15)

where α = [α1, α2,..., α k ,..., α K ], and E α {.} represents the statistical expectation with respect to α.

Using the solution method proposed in 3.2, the optimal subcarrier allocation solution of (15) can be obtained by solving the following equation for

(16)

To express the left hand side of (16), we need to find the probability density function (pdf) of the random variable

(17)

It can be observed that is monotonically nondecreasing and non-negative with respect to α k . Thus, there exists a unique inverse function, , of .

Let and denote the cumulative distribution function (cdf) and the pdf of α k . We assume that and are known at the MR.

First, using the same derivation as in Appendix A where the right hand side of equation (A.1) is instead of 0, we can express the inverse function of as

(18)

Using expression (18) for the root, we derive the cdf of as

(19)

The pdf of is then given as the derivative of (19) with respect to as

(20)

Finally, using (20), the optimal subcarrier assignment is obtained by solving the following equation for

(21)

For given multipliers λ k and μ, Equation 21 can be solved numerically.

The optimal values of λ k , (k [1, K]) and μ still need to be found. They correspond to the ones that satisfy the individual rate constraints and the total subcarriers constraint (with equality). If some of the individual rate constraints are exceeded, the corresponding λ k is equal to zero. Unlike in the instantaneous allocation where we have derive closed forms for λ k and μ, here it is not easy to obtain a close form. We use an iterative search algorithm to find the optimal set of λ k and μ.

4 The Lambert-W function for CDIT-based power allocation in relay networks

In this section, we show how the Lambert-W Function can be used for constrained resource allocation in relay networks.

4.1 Problem formulation

Consider the relay network operating in receiver cooperation mode as illustrated in Figure 3. The transmitter at the source node sends a signal x. Let x1 and y1 denote the transmitted and received signals at the relay node, respectively. We assume that the relay node operates in the full duplex mode, i.e., the relay can receive and transmit simultaneously on the same frequency channel [7]. Thus, the received signals at the relay node and the destination node are given by

Figure 3
figure 3

Illustration of a relay network operating in receiver cooperation mode.

(22)

where z1 and z are independent identically distributed (i.i.d) zero mean circularly symmetric complex Gaussian (ZMCSCG) additive noise with unit variance.

The capacity cut set bound of the relay network of Figure 3 operating in a full duplex mode with perfect CSI can be expressed as [11]

(23)

where ρ represents the correlation between the transmit signals of the transmitter and the relay, and γ i = |h i |2.

We assume Rayleigh fading where each channel gain h i , i = 1, 2, 3, is i.i.d. and normalized to have unit variance; hence, the corresponding channel power gain is i.i.d. exponential with unit mean. The average channel power gain between the relay and the receiver is g. We assume that g characterizes only path-loss attenuation, hence g = 1/dα , where d is the distance between the relay node and the receiver node and α is the path-loss power attenuation exponent. As in receiver cooperation mode the relay is assumed to be close to the receiver, the scenario of interest is when d is small.

We consider a fast fading environment, where the receiver has CSI to perform coherent detection, but there is no fast feedback link to convey the CSI to the transmitter. Hence, the transmitter only has CDI, but no knowledge of the instantaneous channel realizations. Ergodic capacity is used to characterize the transmission rate of the channel.

We assume the channel has unit bandwidth. We further assume an average network power constraint on the system:

(24)

where the expectation is taken over repeated channel uses.

The network power constraint model is applicable when the node configuration in the network is not fixed [11]. Note that, when the node configuration is fixed, the individual power constraint model reflects the practical scenarios more than the network model. However, the power allocation problem is, in general, more tractable under network power constraint.

The total power P is optimally allocated between the transmitter and the relay, i.e.,

(25)

where β [0,1] is parameter to be optimized based on CDI and node geometry g.

It has been shown in [7] that the capacity upper bound in the asynchronous channel model, i.e., the channel model where the nodes do not have complete CSI, can be found by setting the correlation ρ to zero. Since the CDI channel model falls into this case, the ergodic capacity upper bound can be found by taking the expectation of (23) over the channel distribution and setting ρ = 0. Making use of the high SNR (P 1) approximation log(1 + xP) ≈ log(xP), the ergodic capacity upper bound is then given by

(26)

The problem is to find the optimal power allocation, i.e., the optimal value of β, that gives the capacity upper bound Cerg(β) of (26). Mathematically the power allocation problem can be formulated as

(27)

Problem (27) has been addressed in [11] and a numerical solution has been proposed, but no closed-form expression has been provided. This contrasts with what will be done here.

4.2 Solution method

To find the optimal power allocation in closed-form, we propose an approach that uses the Lambert-W function.

First, we need to evaluate the expected value of the capacity expression over the channel fading distribution. For this end, we make use of the following formula for i.i.d. exponential random variables X1, X2 with unit mean:

(28)

where a1 and a2 are positive scalar constants and γ is Euler's constant.

Applying formula (28), the first term and the second term inside the min{.} in expression (26) are given, respectively, by

(29)

and

(30)

Expression (29) is an increasing function of β. It is easy to show that expression (30) is a decreasing function of β (for g of interest, i.e., g > 1). Thus the optimal value β* solution of the maximization problem (27) can be found by equating expressions (29) and (30) as

(31)

Equation 31 is equivalent to

(32)

where ln(x) is the natural logarithm of x.

After some algebraic manipulations (32) can be rewritten equivalently as

(33)

It can be recognized that Equation 33 is in the form of a transcendental Equation 1. Thus we have

(34)

The optimal value β* is deduced from (34) as

(35)

where .

It is interesting is to observe that the optimal power allocation is obtained in closed-form and depends only on g, i.e., on the distance d between the relay node and the destination node and the path-loss power attenuation exponent α.

4.3 Comparison with CSIT-based power allocation

In order to assess the relevance of the CDIT-based approach, it has to be compared to the allocation scheme based on perfect CSIT. Perfect CSIT is unrealistic, but for the purpose of comparison, let us assume perfect CSIT. Then the power allocation can be formulated to maximize the instantaneous capacity instead of the ergodic capacity. Mathematically, the CSIT-based power allocation can be formulated as

(36)

The optimal values of ρ and β solution of (36) have been found in [11] as

(37)
(38)

The instantaneous capacity upper bound for high SNR regime is deduced as

(39)

Both CDIT-based and CSIT-based optimal power allocation expressions (35) and (38) are in closed-form and very fast to compute. Thus, the complexity is almost the same. The main difference between the two allocation schemes is the amount of feedback required to perform power allocation. Recall that, for the CSIT-based scheme, the allocation is performed after each symbol period. Let Ns be the number of symbol periods after which the CDIT-based resource allocation is performed. Then a rough estimation tells us that the feedback needed to perform CDIT-based power allocation is reduced by compared to the perfect CSIT scheme.

5 Simulation results

In order to assess the performance of the proposed resource allocation methods, we conduct simulations and compare the simulation results with other baseline schemes.

5.1 Simulation results for wireless mesh networks

We consider a cluster with four wireless nodes with the scheduling tree topology shown in Figure 4 and 4a total number of subcarriers N = 128 over a 1-MHz band. The relative effective SNR difference between MC 1 (the closest MC to the MR) and MC 2, 3, and 4 are 3, 6, and 10 dB, respectively. The minimum rate requirements are chosen to be the same for all MCs, the maximal power at each MC k is , the thermal noise power is .

Figure 4
figure 4

Network topology used in the simulations.

We assume a Rayleigh fading. Thus, for the CDI-based allocation, the α k follow a χ2 distribution with 2L k degree of freedom, where L k is the number of outgoing links at MC k. For MC with a single outgoing link, α k is reduced to an exponential distribution.

We name the proposed scheme with optimal allocation at MR and MCs as full optimal resource allocation (FORA). For comparison, we also implement the following resource allocation schemes:

  1. 1.

    MR-based optimal resource allocation (MORA) where the MR performs the proposed optimal subcarrier assignment, but each MC performs uniform power allocation among its outgoing links.

  2. 2.

    Full uniform resource allocation (FURA) where each MC is assigned the same number of subcarriers and transmit power at each MC is uniformly distributed over the assigned subcarriers and the active links.

We evaluate system performance in terms of sum rate, and satisfaction of minimum rate requirements.

In Figure 5, the performance of the proposed FORA is compared to that of the optimal resource allocation at MR under uniform power allocation at MCs (MORA) and the FURA. The result shows that the proposed optimal resource allocation brings significant gain over uniform resource allocation, especially for low SNRs.

Figure 5
figure 5

Maximized sum rate versus mean SNR for various resource allocation schemes.

Figure 6 shows the user's rate for different allocation schemes when the users minimum data rate demands are constrained to R k = 1 Mbps for all MCs. We observe that under optimal allocation, the need of all users in terms of data rate is satisfied. This is not the case under uniform allocation. With uniform allocation, there is an over-allocation for closer MCs to the MR (MCs 1 and 2) while the rate demand of farer users with bad channel conditions (MCs 3 and 4) are not satisfied.

Figure 6
figure 6

Per mesh client rate for R k = 1 Mbps.

5.2 Simulation results for relay networks

In all the simulations, we assume a path-loss power attenuation exponent of 2, and hence g = 1/d2. The distance d between the relay node and the receiver node varies from 0.1 to 1.

In Figure 7, the ergodic capacity achieved using the proposed power allocation scheme is compared to the one obtained with uniform power allocation (β = 0.5, d [0.1, 1]). We consider system average network power constraints of P = 10 and P = 100. It can be observed that the achieved capacity using the proposed optimal power allocation method outperforms the capacity obtained with uniform allocation.

Figure 7
figure 7

Maximized capacity versus distance d for CDIT-based optimal power allocation and uniform power allocation.

Figure 8 illustrates the achieved capacity using the proposed CDIT-based optimal power allocation (35) in comparison with the capacity of the CSIT-based optimal power allocation (38). The CSIT-based capacity is averaged over the same number of channel realizations Ns over which the distribution is taken to evaluate the ergodic capacity. The result shows that the gap between the average capacity and the ergodic capacity is small. Thus, even with CDIT only, optimal power allocation improves performance of relay networks.

Figure 8
figure 8

Maximized capacity versus distance d for CDIT-based optimal power allocation and CSIT-based optimal power allocation.

The trade-off between reduced feedback and performance degradation of the proposed CDIT-based optimal power allocation in comparison with the perfect CSIT-based optimal power allocation is shown in Figure 9. We observe that adapting the transmission strategy to the short-term channel statistics, increases the performance but also increases the amount of feedback. However, if the transmission is adapted to the long-term channel statistics, the amount of feedback decreases significantly but with a penalty on the performance. For a CDIT-based allocation with a distribution taken over 16 symbol periods, the amount of feedback is reduced by 93.75%, while the performance degradation in terms of capacity is less than 12%.

Figure 9
figure 9

Trade-off between feedback reduction and performance degradation of the CDI-based allocation compared with the perfect CSIT-based allocation.

6 Conclusion

We have addressed constrained resource allocation problems for wireless mesh and relay networks. For mesh networks, we have formulated a distributed subcarrier allocation problem to maximize the sum rate while satisfying minimum rate demand. For relay networks, we have formulated power allocation problem to maximize the ergodic capacity under total power constraint. Both cases of perfect and statistical channel knowledge at the transmitter have been considered. We have shown how the Lambert-W function can be use to efficiently find the optimal resource allocation in closed-form. Using the Lambert-W function, resource allocation can quickly be determined since a number of popular mathematical softwares, including Maple and Matlab, contain the Lambert-W function as an optimization component. The Lambert-W function can be combined with the Lagrange dual approach to solve variety of wired and wireless resource allocation problems without resorting to complex numerical algorithms.

Appendix

Appendix A: Derivation of (8)

Equation 7 can be rewritten as

(A.1)

Equation A.1 can be rewritten equivalently as

(A.2)

Expression (A.2) is in the form of the Lambert-W function W(x), which is the solution to W(x)eW(x)= x. Thus, from (A.2) we can deduce that

(A.3)

which when then solved for n k gives (8).

Appendix B: Derivation of (10)

Let .

Replacing n k in (6) by its optimal value given by (8), we get the dual function

(B.1)

Equation B.1 can be rewritten as

(B.2)

Applying (2) for n = 1 and using the property of the derivative of a composite function, we obtain the derivative of w k with respect to λ k for fixed μ as

(B.3)

Using (B.3), we calculate the derivative of L(λ k , μ) with respect to λ k for fixed μ as

(B.4)

Applying KKT optimality conditions, we set the derivative (B.4) to zero to obtain

(B.5)

where is the optimal value of λ k .

We see that Equation B.5 can be rewritten in the form of Equation 10.

Appendix C: Proof of Proposition 1

Let

where

The derivative of with respect to μ is given by

(C.1)

Using (C.1), we can calculate the derivative of g k,m (μ) with respect to μ as

(C.2)

Thus

(C.3)

namely, g m (μ) is a strictly decreasing function of μ. This completes the proof.

Abbreviations

BS:

base station

BER:

bit-error-rate

CDI:

channel distribution information

CSI:

channel state information

cdf:

cumulative distribution function

FORA:

full optimal resource allocation

FURA:

full uniform resource allocation

MC:

mesh clients

MR:

mesh router

MS:

mobile station

MORA:

MR-based optimal resource allocation

RS:

relay station

WMNs:

wireless Mesh networks

ZMCSCG:

zero mean circularly symmetric complex Gaussian.

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Brah, F., Zaidi, A., Louveaux, J. et al. On the Lambert-W function for constrained resource allocation in cooperative networks. J Wireless Com Network 2011, 19 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1186/1687-1499-2011-19

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