Sum Rate and Fairness Optimization for Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multiuser Systems

Jeonghyeon Woo, Changick Song, Inkyu Lee

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    Abstract

    In this paper, we propose a new beamforming design for intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted multi-user systems where a base station with multiple antennas support several users with an aid of an IRS. We jointly optimize the sum rate and the user fairness by adopting a single objective function. To tackle the non-convex problem, we present an iterative algorithm based on the successive convex approximation method. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme outperforms other conventional IRS based schemes in terms of both the sum-rate and user fairness.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)13436-13440
    Number of pages5
    JournalIEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
    Volume70
    Issue number12
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Dec 1

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), Korea Government under Grants 2017R1A2B3012316 and 2021R1A2C2012558.

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 1967-2012 IEEE.

    Keywords

    • Intelligent reflecting surface
    • fairness
    • joint active and passive beamforming design

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Automotive Engineering
    • Aerospace Engineering
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Applied Mathematics

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