Resource Allocation in Cloud Radio Access Networks With Device-to-Device Communications - Mo, Yitao; Peng, Mugen; Xiang, Hongyu; Sun, Yaohua; Ji, Xiaodong (IEEE access, 2017)
Keywords: Beamforming; Branch and bound methods; Cloud radio access networks (C-RANs); Constraints; Design modifications; Design optimization; device-to-device (D2D) communications; Device-to-device communication; fog radio access networks (F-RANs); Interference; Mixed integer; Modal choice; Network latency; Nonlinear programming; Optimization; Optimization techniques; Power control; Resource allocation; Resource management; Stochastic processes; Throughput; Uplink