Our focus in this work is dynamic channel allocation in cellular networks. Many DCA algorithms have been proposed in the literature. However, they are often based on heuristics, and optimal policies are rarely considered. Our goal here is to present a framework within which DCA policies can be presented and evaluated.

In the first paper, we suggest a categorization of DCA policies on the basis how the policy determines connection access control, channel assignment, and channel reassignment. We hope that this categorization will help distill the concepts involved and encourage the research that is necessary to extend these concepts to future integrated service wireless systems.

Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks, Journal of High Speed Networks, vol. 5, no. 1, 1996, pp. 23-34.

In the second paper, we suggest that the optimal DCA policy varies from maximum packing at low loads to fixed allocation at high loads. This policy is often impractical to implement, but can be considered as a performance bound on practical systems.

A Performance Bound on Dynamic Channel Allocation in Cellular Systems: Equal Load (with A. Khan), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 43 no. 3, April 1994, pp. 333-344.

In the third paper, we introduce two worst-base performance metrics. We prove a lower bound on any DCA policy, and demonstrate the tradeoff between the performance and the complexity of a channel allocation policy.

Worst-Case Performance of Cellular Channel Assignment Policies (with E. Schwabe.), ACM Journal of Wireless Networks, vol. 2, 1996, pp. 265-275.

In the final paper, we consider DCA in interference-limited systems such as CDMA. We focus on the relationship between system performance and the amount of imbalance in load among neighboring cells. We find that with use of C/I information, the difference in performance between FCA and DCA (in terms of throughput or blocking probability) is increasing with load imbalance.

Dynamic Channel Allocation in Interference-Limited Cellular Systems with Uneven Traffic Distribution, (with Y. Argyropoulos, S. Kumar) IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, vol. 48 no. 1, January 1999, pp. 224-232.

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