Resource Allocation for Multi-waveguide Pinching Antenna-assisted Broadcast Networks

TL;DR

This paper presents a novel resource allocation framework for multi-waveguide pinching antenna-assisted broadcast networks, optimizing beamforming, power ratios, and antenna placement to enhance user rates under realistic propagation models.

Contribution

It introduces a generalized frequency-dependent attenuation model and a joint optimization scheme for waveguide beamforming and antenna parameters, addressing non-convexity efficiently.

Findings

Significant performance improvements over conventional systems.

Effective trade-off management between propagation loss and resource allocation.

Demonstrated computational efficiency of the proposed optimization method.

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the resource allocation for multi-dielectric waveguide-assisted broadcast systems, where each waveguide employs multiple pinching antennas (PAs), aiming to maximize the minimum achievable rate among multiple users. To capture realistic propagation effects, we propose a novel generalized frequency-dependent power attenuation model for dielectric waveguides PA systems. We jointly optimize waveguide beamforming, PA power ratio allocation, and antenna positions via a block coordinate descent scheme that capitalizes on majorization minimization and penalty methods, circumventing the inherent non-convexity of the formulated optimization problem and obtaining a computationally efficient sub-optimal solution. Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed framework substantially outperforms both conventional antenna systems and single PA per waveguide configurations, clearly illustrating the intricate trade-offs between waveguide propagation loss, path loss, and resource allocation among multiple PAs.