Power and rate control for wireless communication networks with nonlinear channel fading

This paper investigates power and rate control for wireless communication networks. A new system model with nonlinear channel fading is established, while it was not considered in existing power and rate control methods. After that, a power and rate control method is presented based on the model predictive control (MPC), and the stability and the performance of the closed-loop system are guaranteed via Lyapunov approach with linear matrix inequality (LMI). The effectiveness of the proposed controller is verified through simulation results.