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A user scheduling scheme for reducing electromagnetic (EM) emission in the uplink of mobile communication systems

  • Yusuf A. Sambo
  • , Fabien Heliot
  • , Muhammad Ali Imran
  • University of Surrey

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Abstract

The ubiquity and convergence of wireless communication services have contributed to an unprecedented popularity of mobile communications. Given that wireless communication systems operate on radiofrequency waves, the electromagnetic (EM) radiation exposure they generate is also unprecedented and, hence, this could have adverse health effects on both humans and animals according to the World Health Organization. In this paper, we propose a user scheduling/power allocation scheme to minimize the EM exposure of users subject to transmitting a target number of bits. Our user scheduling method is based on assigning priority levels to each user and the user with the lowest priority level is scheduled for transmission. Power allocation, on the other hand, is based on the water-filling approach over time by using the past channel gains of a user to compute its water level. Simulation results show that our proposed scheme performs much better than a spectral efficiency based scheme but has a higher EM emission in comparison with a non-practical ideal scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications, OnlineGreenComm 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479973842
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 May 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications, OnlineGreenComm 2014 - Online Only, United States
Duration: 12 Nov 201414 Nov 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications, OnlineGreenComm 2014

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE Online Conference on Green Communications, OnlineGreenComm 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOnline Only
Period12/11/1414/11/14

Keywords

  • Power allocation
  • beamforming
  • electromagnetic emissions
  • uplink
  • user scheduling

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