Optimal Resource Allocation for Type-II HARQ Based OFDMA Ad Hoc Networks under Individual Rate and PER Constraints

We address the problem of multiuser power and bandwidth allocation for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) networks employing a Type-II Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) mechanism, practical Coding and Modulation Schemes (MCSs) and Bit Interleaved Coded Modulation (BICM). The problem is formulated as minimizing the sum power required to satisfy a goodput constraint for each link while its post-HARQ Packet Error Rate (PER) does not exceed a certain threshold. Assuming statistical Channel State Information (CSI), we propose a computationally-efficient algorithm to compute the corresponding optimal resource allocation. We finally provide a practical selection of the MCSs that significantly boosts the performance of the proposed resource allocation algorithm.