Abstract
Conference Title: IEEE INFOCOM 2014 - IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Conference Start Date: 2014, April 27 Conference End Date: 2014, May 2 Conference Location: Toronto, ON, Canada Proportional Fair (PF) scheduling algorithms are the de-facto standard in cellular networks. They exploit the users' channel state diversity (induced by fast-fading), and are optimal for stationary channel state distributions and an infinite time-horizon. However, mobile users experience a non-stationary channel, due to slow-fading (on the order of seconds), and are associated with basestations for short periods. Hence, we develop the Predictive Finite-horizon PF Scheduling ((PF)2S) Framework that exploits mobility. We present extensive channel measurement results from a 3G network and characterize mobility-induced channel state trends. We show that a user's channel state is highly reproducible and leverage that to develop a data rate prediction mechanism. We then present a few channel allocation estimation algorithms that rely on the prediction mechanism. Our trace-based simulations consider instances of the PF2S Framework composed of combinations of prediction and channel allocation estimation algorithms. They indicate that the framework can increase the throughput by 15%-55% compared to traditional PF schedulers, while improving fairness. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]