Advanced radio resource management (RRM) strategies with a cross-layer view for 5G cellular networks

该提案涉及实现下一代(5G)无线蜂窝网络的技术；这些网络将促进提供无处不在且负担得起的超高速无线连接。5G网络将不仅限于支持蜂窝移动电话；相反，这样的先进网络将在真正无处不在的无线环境中支持大量具有不同功能的设备，促进人与人、人与机器以及机器与机器的通信。这种连接将使电子健康、电子政务、电子学习和电子商务等各种服务成为可能，预计这些服务将改善生活质量，使社会更好地发挥作用。因此，宽带无线连接将成为我们生活中不可分割的一部分，在不太遥远的未来，无处不在的(随时随地)和负担得起的宽带(非常高速)的无线连接将成为决定社会发展程度的最重要衡量标准之一。 多项先进技术的结合将共同构成5G网络的主干。我们考虑了一种高度复杂的无线接入网络体系结构，其中包括各种类型的无线中继器、分布式天线端口以及宏基站、微基站和毫微微基站等网络元素。先进的无线电资源管理策略和算法将在使这些网络元素(其中许多可能是自组织的)协调工作方面发挥关键作用。 建议的研究将采用跨层设计方法，涵盖协议栈的物理层、介质访问控制层和网络层。重点将放在复杂的无线电资源管理技术(通常是自主的)与分布式和异类无线电接入网络中的某些高级物理层操作的一致整合上。

This proposal is on technologies that will enable next generation (5G) wireless cellular networks; these networks will facilitate the provision of ubiquitous and affordable ultra-high speed wireless connectivity. 5G networks will not be limited to supporting only cellular mobile phones; rather such advanced networks will support a plethora of devices with different capabilities in a truly pervasive wireless environment facilitating human-to-human, human-to-machine, and machine-to-machine communications. This connectivity will enable various services such as e-health, e-government, e-learning, and e-business, which are expected to result in an improved quality of life and a better functioning society. As such, broadband wireless connectivity will become an inseparable part of our lives, and in a not too distant future, ubiquitous (anytime, anywhere) and affordable broadband (very high speed) wireless connectivity will be one of the most important measures in determining the extent of development in societies. The combination of a number of advanced technologies will collectively form the backbone of the 5G networks. We consider a highly complex radio access network architecture augmented with such network elements as wireless relays of various kinds, distributed antenna ports, and macro-, micro- and femto-Base Stations. Advanced radio resource management strategies and algorithms will play a crucial role in making these network elements (many of which may be self-organizing) work coherently. The proposed research will encompass the physical, medium access control, and networking layers of the protocol stack with a cross-layer design approach. The focus will be on the coherent integration of sophisticated radio resource management techniques (often autonomous) with certain advanced physical layer operations in a distributed and heterogeneous radio access network.