S4W: Globally optimized design of wireless communication systems

A. Verstak, J. He, L. T. Watson, T. S. Rappaport, C. R. Anderson, N. Ramakrishnan, C. A. Shaffer, K. Bae, J. Jiang, W. H. Tranter

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Abstract

In this paper, a global optimization technique is applied to solve the otimal transmitter placement problem for indoor wireless systems. An efficient pattern search algorithm - DIRECT (DIviding RECTangles) of Jones, Perttunen, and Stuckman (1993) - has been connected to a parallel 3D radio propagation ray tracing modeler running on a 200-node Beowulf cluster of Linux workstations. Surrogate functions for a parallel WCDMA (wideband code division multiple access) simulator were used to estimate the system performance for the global optimization algorithm. Power coverage and BER (bit error rate) are considered as two different criteria for optimizing locations of a specified number of transmitters across the feasible region of the design space. This paper briefly describes the underlying radio propagation and WCDMA simulations and focuses on the design issues of the optimization loop.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2002
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages173-180
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)0769515738, 9780769515731
DOIs
StatePublished - 2002
Event16th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2002 - Ft. Lauderdale, United States
Duration: Apr 15 2002Apr 19 2002

Publication series

NameProceedings - International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2002

Other

Other16th International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2002
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityFt. Lauderdale
Period4/15/024/19/02

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Modeling and Simulation

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