Title :
Stable scheduling policies for fading wireless channels
Author :
Eryilmaz, Atilla ; Srikant, R. ; Perkins, James R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr., Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA
fDate :
4/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We study the problem of stable scheduling for a class of wireless networks. The goal is to stabilize the queues holding information to be transmitted over a fading channel. Few assumptions are made on the arrival process statistics other than the assumption that their mean values lie within the capacity region and that they satisfy a version of the law of large numbers. We prove that, for any mean arrival rate that lies in the capacity region, the queues will be stable under our policy. Moreover, we show that it is easy to incorporate imperfect queue length information and other approximations that can simplify the implementation of our policy.
Keywords :
fading channels; queueing theory; radio networks; resource allocation; scheduling; stability; statistical analysis; arrival process statistics; fading wireless channel; queues holding information; resource allocation; stable scheduling policy; stochastic control; throughput-optimal scheduling; Downlink; Fading; Job shop scheduling; Resource management; Stability; Statistics; Stochastic processes; Switches; Throughput; Wireless networks; Resource allocation; stability in the mean; stochastic control; throughput-optimal scheduling;
Journal_Title :
Networking, IEEE/ACM Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNET.2004.842226