Mathematics – Optimization and Control
Scientific paper
2011-03-07
Mathematics
Optimization and Control
Fixes proof of Lemma 2
Scientific paper
We investigate opportunistic cooperation between unlicensed secondary users and legacy primary users in a cognitive radio network. Specifically, we consider a model of a cognitive network where a secondary user can cooperatively transmit with the primary user in order to improve the latter's effective transmission rate. In return, the secondary user gets more opportunities for transmitting its own data when the primary user is idle. This kind of interaction between the primary and secondary users is different from the traditional dynamic spectrum access model in which the secondary users try to avoid interfering with the primary users while seeking transmission opportunities on vacant primary channels. In our model, the secondary users need to balance the desire to cooperate more (to create more transmission opportunities) with the need for maintaining sufficient energy levels for their own transmissions. Such a model is applicable in the emerging area of cognitive femtocell networks. We formulate the problem of maximizing the secondary user throughput subject to a time average power constraint under these settings. This is a constrained Markov Decision Problem and conventional solution techniques based on dynamic programming require either extensive knowledge of the system dynamics or learning based approaches that suffer from large convergence times. However, using the technique of Lyapunov optimization, we design a novel greedy and online control algorithm that overcomes these challenges and is provably optimal.
Neely Michael J.
Urgaonkar Rahul
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