A continuous DC programming approach for resource allocation in OFDMA/TDD wireless networks

The next generation broadband wireless networks deploys OFDM/OFDMA as the enabling technologies for broadband data transmission with QoS capabilities. Many optimization problems have arisen in the conception of such a network. This article studies an optimization problem in resource allocation. By using mathematical modeling technique we formulate the considered problem as a pure integer linear program. This problem is reformulated as a DC (Difference of Convex functions) program via an exact penalty technique. We then propose a continuous approach for its resolution. Our approach is based on DC programming and DCA (DC Algorithm). It works in a continuous domain, but provides integer solutions. To check globality of computed solutions, a global method combining DCA with a well adapted Branch-and-Bound (B&B) algorithm is investigated. Preliminary numerical results are reported to show the efficiency of the proposed method with respect to the standard Branch-and-Bound algorithm.