Deterministic co-existence dynamic channel assignment algorithms

The co-existence dynamic channel assignment (CE-DCA) algorithms presented by Chih-Lin and Haleem (see Proc VTC´97, 1997) facilitate the coexistence of embedded autonomous underlay cellular systems. A key component of these algorithms is the intelligent channel exclusion method. In addition to the statistical method, a deterministic one was presented therein, whose performance is inferior to the former. This paper presents a collection of deterministic CE-DCA algorithms with improved performance. Among these are schemes that approach, or even exceed, the performance bound envisioned by that of the baseline DCA scheme, namely the LP-DCA without channel exclusion