WWTF VRG

Wireless networks have a central role in our daily life because, in addition to providing entertainment services, they support basic infrastructures like water supplies, power grid, transportation, agriculture, and logistics networks. This dependency on wireless networks brings the sustainability, scalability, and resilience aspects to the forefront, especially when the radio access network (RAN) is considered. However, in the literature, the main focus has been on increasing the network’s capacity, and so far, only limited attention has been given to the aforementioned three aspects. To fill this gap, the goal of the project ASUCAR is to address fundamental and methodological challenges related to radio resource management in wireless networks by designing novel holistic solutions that lead to sustainable, scalable, and resilient networks. As the focus lies on the management of radio resources, the lower layers of the wireless network shall be considered. 

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In the project, we study a challenging but realistic dynamic communication environment in which the network conditions vary over time. This variation is caused by a combination of factors, e.g., user mobility, varying traffic loads, heterogeneous distribution of resources, or variable user requirements. Moreover, since in real-world applications, perfect knowledge of the network conditions is not always available, we focus on the design of novel resource management methods that are able to make decisions under uncertainty.