A Joint Resource Allocation Scheme for Multiuser Two-Way Relay Networks

Abstract

In this letter, we study the problem of resource allocation in amplify-and-forward (AF) based multiuser two-way relay network that is operated under orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) modulation. We formulate an end-to-end throughput maximization problem subject to limited power constraint at individual user and relay. The optimization targets to find the best sub-carrier allocation to each user, sub-carrier pairing at the relay, as well as the power allocation at all nodes, which turns out to be a mixed integer programming problem. We then derive an asymptotically optimal solution through Lagrange dual decomposition approach and further design a suboptimal algorithm to trade the performance for computational complexity. Finally, simulation results are provided to demonstrate the performance gain of the proposed algorithms.