Mode Selection and Resource Allocation Algorithm in Energy-Harvesting D2D Heterogeneous Network

With the rapid increase of smart mobile devices and the improvement of people’s demand for wireless communication, the insufficient system capacity and shortage of spectrum resources is gradually emerging. The current wireless communication technology is facing enormous challenges. Device-to-Device (D2D) technology has become a key technology in the future 5G network, with its flexible working mode, low energy consumption, low latency and high capacity, etc. At the same time, D2D communication devices are usually powered by batteries and have a limited lifetime. The lack of spectrum resources and the single power supply for D2D User Equipment (DUE) have become an important issue for mobile communication. Energy harvesting (EH) can provide the power supply. The joint problem of mode selection and resource allocation is challenging issues in energy harvesting D2D heterogeneous networks (EH-DHNs). In this paper, mode selection and resource allocation problem with DUEs multiplexing cellular user equipments (CUEs) uplink spectrum resources for EH-DHNs is investigated. Our object is to maximize the system throughput, and the energy harvesting constraint and the quality of service of CUEs are considered. In order to tackle these issues. The mode selection and resource allocation system throughput maximization problem in EH-DHN is formulated. The formulated problem is solved by the convex optimization theory and greedy strategy. We proposed a Mode Selection and Resource Allocation algorithm (MSRA). In order to illustrate the advantage of the MSRA algorithm, we compared it with other algorithms. We also analyzed the convergence of the MSRA and the performance with different system configurations on system throughput. Comparison shows that the MSRA algorithm can improve system throughput effectively.