Energy-Efficient Multicast Transmission for Underlay Device-to-Device Communications: A Social-Aware Perspective

In this paper, by utilizing the social relationships among mobile users, we present a framework of energy-efficient cluster formation and resource allocation for multicast D2D transmission. In particular, we first deal with D2D multicast cluster/group formation strategy from both physical distance a...

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Main Authors: Fan Jiang, Yao Liu, Chenbi Li, Changyin Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2017-01-01
Series:Mobile Information Systems
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/7148564