Optimization of realistic full frequency reuse OFDMA-based cellular networks

Abstract

Nowadays mobile operators are planning and de- signing their mid/long term strategies based on new OFDMA- based cellular technologies such as LTE and WiMAX. Co-siting and re-utilization of existing facilities are within their roadmap in order to keep CAPEX as low as possible. Therefore, the optimization of OFDMA networks subject to fixed/previous (and usually suboptimal) coverage is mandatory. In addition, recently there is a great interest in reducing OPEX mainly by means of energy savings. This paper presents a novel multiobjective formulation aiming at improving the performance of OFDMA networks where full frequency reuse is employed. The proposed framework is flexible and results indicate that it is also effective as it improves both spectral efficiency and cell edge performance while it simultaneously reduces energy consumption.