1. Joint Path Selection and Rate Allocation Framework for 5G Self-Backhauled mmWave Networks
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Vu, Trung Kien, Bennis, Mehdi, Debbah, Merouane, and Latva-aho, Matti
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Computer Science - Networking and Internet Architecture ,C.2.1 - Abstract
Owing to severe path loss and unreliable transmission over a long distance at higher frequency bands, we investigate the problem of path selection and rate allocation for multi-hop self-backhaul millimeter wave (mmWave) networks. Enabling multi-hop mmWave transmissions raises a potential issue of increased latency, and thus, in this work we aim at addressing the fundamental questions: how to select the best multi-hop paths and how to allocate rates over these paths subject to latency constraints? In this regard, we propose a new system design, which exploits multiple antenna diversity, mmWave bandwidth, and traffic splitting techniques to improve the downlink transmission. The studied problem is cast as a network utility maximization, subject to an upper delay bound constraint, network stability, and network dynamics. By leveraging stochastic optimization, the problem is decoupled into: path selection and rate allocation sub-problems, whereby a framework which selects the best paths is proposed using reinforcement learning techniques. Moreover, the rate allocation is a nonconvex program, which is converted into a convex one by using the successive convex approximation method. Via mathematical analysis, we provide a comprehensive performance analysis and convergence proofs for the proposed solution. Numerical results show that our approach ensures reliable communication with a guaranteed probability of up to $99.9999\%$, and reduces latency by $50.64\%$ and $92.9\%$ as compared to baseline models. Furthermore, the results showcase the key trade-off between latency and network arrival rate., Comment: Keywords: URLLC, mmWave communications, latency, reliability, 5G, stochastic optimization, non-convex optimization, reinforcement learning. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1802.02085
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- 2018
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