Uplink Resource Allocation in Cellular Systems: An Energy-Efficiency Perspective

In this work we address the problem of optimal resource allocation in the uplink of a wireless cellular network with Rayleigh fading channels, where the aim is to minimize the average total energy spent for packet delivery. The devices are assumed to transmit over orthogonal resources where the total energy used for each resource is modeled as the sum of the transmit energy and an overhead circuit energy. We first derive the optimal allocation for the single-user case when varying our assumptions on both the Channel State Information available at the transmitter and the Automatic Repeat reQuest capabilities. Then, we generalize the analysis to the multi-user case and compare the results obtained for the different scenarios.

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