Genetic algortihm based resource allocation technique for VLC networks

Abstract

In this paper, we present a genetic algorithm (GA) based resource allocation technique for indoor optical visible light communication (VLC) networks. Optical VLC network using existing lighting infrastructure in an indoor environment is a cellular network with very small size cells. It is necessary to have effective resource allocation mechanisms for VLC networks to maximize system throughput and fairness among users. We propose a GA based resource allocation scheme to improve total system throughput. Our proposed scheme gives better results compared to Round Robin and Best CQI algorithms in terms of system throughput.