Abstract-This paper proposes a cooperative clustering protocol based on the low energy adaptive clustering hierarchy (LEACH) approach to enhance the longevity of energy harvesting based wireless sensor networks (EH-WSN). In the proposed protocol, to ensure that any energy consumption associated with the role of the cluster head (CH) is shared between the nodes, the CH role is alternated between the nodes using duty cycling as a function of their individual energy harvesting capabilities. Furthermore, to maintain an energy neutral operation when not acting as a CH, the nodes adopt a data transmission duty cycle and any excess energy is invested in relaying other nodes' packets. To optimize the relaying performance, a novel crosslayer cooperative TDMA scheme is also presented. The optimal number of clusters in an EH-WSN is analyzed in terms of energy consumption, latency and bandwidth utilization. Simulations, performed using GreenCastalia, demonstrate tangible performance enhancements in adopting the proposed protocol over benchmark schemes in terms of throughput and lifetime, particularly under highly constrained energy conditions.
This paper studies joint device-to-device (D2D) group association and channel assignment in uplink multi-cell non-orthogonal multiple-access (NOMA) networks. Particularly, the goal is to assign D2D groups to cellular user channels at each base-station, while accounting for negative network externality due to the interference caused by pairing a user with a D2D group. To that end, a multi-objective signalto-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR)-maximizing power allocation solution procedure is proposed to determine the optimal power allocation for each (D2D group, user) pair, while meeting quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. After that, the joint D2D group association and channel assignment problem is modeled as a student-project allocation with preferences over (student, project) pairs matching problem. More specifically, two polynomial-time complexity stable matching algorithms are proposed to pair D2D groups with users, and associate them with base-stations. Simulation results are presented to evaluate the proposed matching algorithms when combined with the devised solution procedure, and compare them to a joint D2D group association, channel assignment and power allocation (J-GA-CA-PA) scheme. More importantly, the proposed algorithms are shown to efficiently yield comparable SINR-per user and D2D receiver-to the J-GA-CA-PA scheme, while maintaining QoS requirements.
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