Dynamic Spectrum Allocation with Efficient SINR-Based Interference Management

Abstract

This paper considers a dynamic spectrum allocation (DSA) model that a spectrum broker (SB) coordinates the allocation of the spectrum with the regional license inside the region of responsibility. It has a potential to leverage the spectrum utilization but requires a sophisticated approach to manage the allocation-dependent interference effect. Thus, the SB is responsible to manage the wireless interference between base stations (BSs) within the region for quality of service (QoS) provisioning over the allocated channels. In this paper, we address the interference constrained DSA problem and propose an interference management scheme that collaboratively works with the spectrum allocation algorithm to implement the DSA. By the allocation-aware interference management based on the received signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR), the proposed scheme can reflect the context of the SB's decisions at the allocation process. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme efficiently distributes the spectrum resource while guaranteeing the QoS requirements of all BSs with allocated channels.