Cell and RBs selection scheme for power consumption reduction in femtocell networks using Discrete Bacterial Foraging Optimization

Abstract

Cell and resource blocks (RBs) selection scheme Is Important especially in dense-deployed femtocell area. The appropriate scheme can select cell and RBs for the femtocell user equipment (FUE) to reduce the inflicted interference so that the higher throughput can be achieved. In this paper, cell and RBs selection scheme to reduce power consumption of femtocell networks is proposed using Discrete Bacterial Foraging Optimization (DBFO). The proposed scheme can select femtocell base station (FBS) and the combination of RBs which use the lower power consumption but can satisfy the minimum throughput required by the FUE.