Sum-Rate Maximization for Two-Way Active Channels

In this thesis, the term passive channel refers to the conventional parallel wireless channel model, where there is no control over the gain of each individual subchannel. We define an active channel as a parallel channel where by injecting power into the subchannels, somewhere between a transmitter and a receiver, the gain of the subchannels are adjusted. We herein study the problem of joint power allocation and channel design over a reciprocal two-way active channel. Assuming the channel is reciprocal, we consider the sum-rate maximization problem under the assumption that the powers of transceivers as well as the channel power are limited. The goal is to jointly optimize the power of each subchannel as well as the allocated power by each transceiver to each subchannel. We use the KKT conditions to find the necessary conditions for the optimality. Then we devise a semi-closed-form solution for the problem by searching over the set of the solutions provided by the KKT conditions. We show that for a two-way active channel, the sum-rate maximization problem has a unique global solution. We prove that at the optimum the power should be allocated uniformly only to a subset of parallel subchannels. Next we consider the sum-rate maximization problem for a reciprocal two-way active channel, when the total power of the network is limited. In our system model, the total power of the network is defined as the summation of the total power of each transceiver and the power of the active channel. We show that at the optimum, half of the total power of the network should be allocated to the active channel, while the remaining half should be distributed equally between the two transceivers. Furthermore, we analyze the non-reciprocal two-way active channels. We consider