Joint Uplink-Downlink Resource Allocation for OFDMA-URLLC MEC Systems

Ghanem W, Jamali V, Zhang Q, Schober R (2020)


Publication Type: Conference contribution

Publication year: 2020

Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.

Book Volume: 2020-January

Conference Proceedings Title: 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2020 - Proceedings

ISBN: 9781728182988

DOI: 10.1109/GLOBECOM42002.2020.9348027

Abstract

In this paper, we study resource allocation algorithm design for multiuser orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) in mobile edge computing (MEC) systems. To achieve the stringent end-to-end delay and reliability requirements of URLLC MEC systems, we propose joint uplink-downlink resource allocation and finite blocklength transmission. Furthermore, we propose a partial time overlap between the uplink and downlink frames to minimize the end-to-end delay, which introduces new time causality constraints. Then, the proposed resource allocation algorithm is formulated as an optimization problem for minimization of the total weighted transmit power of the network under constraints on the minimum quality-of-service regarding the number of computed URLLC user bits within the maximum allowable computing time, i.e., the end-to-end delay of a computation task. Due to the non-convexity of the optimization problem, finding the globally optimal solution entails a high computational complexity which is not tolerable for real-time applications. Therefore, a low-complexity algorithm based on successive convex approximation is proposed to find a high-quality sub-optimal solution. Our simulation results show that the proposed resource allocation algorithm design facilitates the application of URLLC in MEC systems, and yields significant power savings compared to a benchmark scheme.

Authors with CRIS profile

How to cite

APA:

Ghanem, W., Jamali, V., Zhang, Q., & Schober, R. (2020). Joint Uplink-Downlink Resource Allocation for OFDMA-URLLC MEC Systems. In 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2020 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..

MLA:

Ghanem, Walid, et al. "Joint Uplink-Downlink Resource Allocation for OFDMA-URLLC MEC Systems." Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020.

BibTeX: Download