Abstract:
Embodiments are provided to enable a user controlled path selection for servicing content requests from users. In an embodiment, a user device sends a cost request for a service to a network, and in return receives cost information for the service from the network. The user device then determines, according to the cost information, cost for one or more paths across the network. Upon determining acceptable cost for a path from the paths, the user device selects the path for receiving the service. In another embodiment, a network node coupled to links receives loading information from neighbor nodes coupled to neighbor links, and evaluates cost using loading information for the links and the received loading information for the neighbor links. When the network node receives a cost request from a user for a service, the node returns cost information for the service.
Abstract:
A method for dynamically determining power and scheduling assignments in a communications network includes selecting, by a controller, a mobile station in each cell to define a mobile station set, determining, by the controller, a power allocation for each of the mobile stations in the mobile station set, calculating, by the controller, a global utility function by evaluating a contribution from each of the mobile stations in the mobile station set in accordance with the power allocation, repeating, by the controller, the selecting, the determining, and the calculating steps a predetermined number of times to generate additional ones of the global utility function, and choosing, by the controller, the mobile station set corresponding to the global utility function having a particular value for a resource block of a frame. The method may also include repeatedly dividing a user set into clusters to obtain a best power allocation.