An Iterative Power Allocation Algorithm Aimed at Maximization of System Capacity in Two-Tier Cellular Network

Abstract

To fulfill the urgent requirement for ubiquitous information exchange, the infrastructure of the next-generation mobile system is developing toward a densely distributed cellular network with multiple tiers of base stations and access technologies serving users with different mobility styles and bandwidth demands. Therefore, the need for an advanced power control and interference mitigation strategy is even more prominent. This paper proposes an iterative power allocation algorithm for mobile users within a two-tier mobile network infrastructure. The algorithm is based on Newton’s method and is aimed at maximizing system capacity of the whole system. Simulation results prove that, compared to the traditional power control scheme, the proposed scheme remarkably improves utilization of latent system capacity and effectively reduces user power consumptions, and the algorithm possesses a favorable performance of convergence