Dynamic AP Selection and Cluster Formation with Minimal Switching for Green Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks
2023 (English)In: 2023 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications and 6G Summit, EuCNC/6G Summit 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2023, p. 234-239Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Aiming at the implementation of energy-efficient cell-free networks, several approaches have been proposed in the literature, which consider different access point (AP) switch ON/OFF (ASO) strategies for power minimization. Different from prior works, this paper focuses on additional factors that have an adverse effect not only on total power consumption but also on implementation complexity and operation cost. For instance, too frequent ON/OFF switching in an AP can lead to tapering off the potential power saving of ASO by incurring extra power consumption due to excessive switching. Indeed, frequent switching of APs might also result in thermal fatigue and severe lifetime degeneration. Moreover, time variations in the AP-UE (user equipment) clusters in favor of energy saving in a dynamic network bring additional signaling and implementation complexity. Thus, we propose a multi-objective optimization problem that aims to minimize the total power consumption together with AP switching and AP- UE clustering variations in comparison to the previous state of the network. The proposed problem is cast in mixed integer quadratic programming form and solved optimally. Our simulation results show that by limiting AP switching (node switching) and AP- UE cluster reformation switching (link switching), the total power consumption at the radio site only slightly increases, but the number of average switching drops significantly regardless of node or link switching. It achieves a good balance on the trade-off between radio power consumption and the side effects excessive switching will bring.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2023. p. 234-239
Keywords [en]
Cell-free massive MIMO, dynamic AP selection, energy saving, green networks, switching minimization
National Category
Communication Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-335027DOI: 10.1109/EuCNC/6GSummit58263.2023.10188295ISI: 001039230700049Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85168414793OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-335027DiVA, id: diva2:1793124
Conference
2023 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications and 6G Summit, EuCNC/6G Summit 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden, Jun 6 2023 - Jun 9 2023
Note
Part of ISBN 9798350311020
QC 20230831
2023-08-312023-08-312023-09-01Bibliographically approved