Content caching and user scheduling in heterogeneous wireless networks

Xueqing Huang, Nirwan Ansari

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Abstract

To facilitate content delivery to mobile users, we propose a content caching and distribution framework for the heterogeneous OFDM networks, where a library of files available at the macro base station (MBS) can be distributively cached in multiple serving nodes (SNs). SNs are capable of both receiving unstored files from MBS and transmitting files to the associated users. For a given group of file downloading requests, the user scheduling scheme is jointly designed with the content caching scheme so that the number of served users is maximized for a given amount of spectrum and time. First, the corresponding downlink throughput maximization problem is shown to be NP-hard. Then, for the system with one MBS and one SN, the design of the joint user scheduling and caching scheme is transformed into a binary linear programming problem. For the system with one MBS and two SNs, the joint scheduling and caching (JSC) algorithm has been proposed to tap on the potential of the coded multicasting scheme between MBS and SNs. The proposed algorithm can be extended to networks with arbitrary number of SNs. Simulation results demonstrate that the JSC algorithm provides a significant sum throughput gain.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509013289
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Event59th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2016 - Washington, United States
Duration: Dec 4 2016Dec 8 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2016 - Proceedings

Other

Other59th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period12/4/1612/8/16

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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