A "Breathing" Mobile Communication Network

TL;DR

This paper introduces a dynamic, cooperative optimization framework for mobile networks inspired by multi-agent consensus, aiming to balance load and improve user experience through real-time antenna power adjustments.

Contribution

It proposes a novel 'breathing' network framework with two algorithms for real-time load balancing and provides theoretical analysis and simulation validation of their effectiveness.

Findings

Significantly reduces load imbalance among antennas.

Decreases the proportion of over-busy antennas.

Achieves consensus in busy-degrees under certain conditions.

Abstract

The frequent migration of large-scale users leads to the load imbalance of mobile communication networks, which causes resource waste and decreases user experience. To address the load balancing problem, this paper proposes a dynamic optimization framework for mobile communication networks inspired by the average consensus in multi-agent systems. In this framework, all antennas cooperatively optimize their CPICH (Common Pilot Channel) transmit power in real-time to balance their busy-degrees. Then, the coverage area of each antenna would change accordingly, and we call this framework a ``breathing'' mobile communication network. To solve this optimization problem, two algorithms named BDBA (Busy-degree Dynamic Balancing Algorithm) and BFDBA (Busy-degree Fast Dynamic Balancing Algorithm) are proposed. Moreover, a fast network coverage calculation method is introduced, by which each antenna's minimum CPICH transmit power is determined under the premise of meeting the network coverage requirements. Besides, we present the theoretical analysis of the two proposed algorithms' performance, which prove that all antennas' busy-degrees will reach consensus under certain assumptions. Furthermore, simulations carried out on three large datasets demonstrate that our cooperative optimization can significantly reduce the unbalance among antennas as well as the proportion of over-busy antennas.