Review Article

Resource Allocation in Millimeter-Wave Device-to-Device Networks

Table 2

Comparison based on performance metrics, network scenario, and solution method and tools.

Performance metricReferenceNetwork scenarioSolution method and toolsDirection of communication

Energy efficiency[28]Single cell, multiple relays, multiple D2D pairsLagrange multiplers, Gale–shapley and Hungarian-based simulationUplink
[36, 37]Dual band (microwave and mmwave), heterogeneous multicell multiple cellular users, multiple D2D usersNonlinear optimization, weighted-Tchebycheff technique and matching-theory simulationUplink

Transmit power[28]Single cell, sectored antenna multiple relays, multiple D2D pairsShannon capacity model, Lagrange multipliers, Gale–shapley and Hungarian-based simulationUplink
[31]Single cell, sectored antenna, full duplex multiple relays, multiple D2D relays, three-sectored antennaShannon capacity relation, bipartite graph construction,
Hungarian algorithm simulation
Uplink
[39]Single cell, clustered into different classes, multiple D2D usersShannon capacity, particle swarm optimization simulation in MATLABUplink
[43]Single cell, multiple D2D users, multiple cellular usersShannon capacity relation, stackelberg game simulationUplink

Jain’s fairness Index[28]Multiple relays, multiple D2D pairsLagrangian multipliers, Gale–shapley and Hungarian-based simulationUplink
[29]Single cell, sectored antenna, multihop D2D users, multiple cellular users operating in TDD modeDijkstra’s algorithm and Lagrangian decompositionDownlink
[32]Single cell, sectored antenna, multiple D2D users, multiple cellular usersRician fade modelling, Monte Carlo simulationUplink

User throughput or sum rate or achievable rate[29]Single cell, multiple D2D users, multiple cellular users operating in TDD modeDijkstra’s algorithm and Lagrangian multipliersDownlink
[30]Single cell, multiple D2D users, multiple cellular usersHeuristic MATLAB simulationUplink
[31]Full duplex multiple relays, multiple D2D relays, three-sectored antennaBipartite graph construction
Hungarian algorithm simulation
Uplink
[32]Single cell, sectored antenna, multiple D2D users, multiple cellular usersRician fading modelling and Monte Carlo simulationUplink
[33]Multicell, IEEE 802.15.3c antenna model, multiple D2D pairs, multiple cellular usersCoalition formation game modellingUplink
[34]Single cell, multiple D2D pairs, multiple cellular usersHeuristic simulationUplink
[35]Hetnet single cell, dual band, multiple D2D pairs, multiple cellular usersCoalition game modellingUplink

Network capacity[35]Hetnet single cell, dual band, multiple D2D pairs, multiple cellular usersShannon capacity relation and coalition game modellingUplink

Outage probability[36, 37]Dual band (microwave and mmwave), heterogeneous multicell, multiple cellular users, multiple D2D usersNonlinear optimization and matching theory simulationUplink
[44]Multiple clustered D2D users, multiple cellular usersSINR modelling for cellular and D2D usersUplink