Energy and spectral efficiency trade‐off for the downlink OFDM‐distributed antenna systems

This paper investigates an energy efficient optimization scheme for the downlink multiuser OFDM‐distributed antenna systems. We adopt a multicriteria optimization method to offer a systematic study on the relationship between spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE). First, we transform the energy efficient optimization problem with high complexity into a simpler downlink multiuser OFDM problem. Then, using the weighted sum method in multicriteria optimization, an optimal energy efficient scheme is presented to allocate the available power to balance the trade‐off between SE and EE efficiently. Simulation results demonstrate that the energy efficient scheme is effective, and there existed a trade‐off between SE and EE in the downlink multiuser OFDM‐distributed antenna systems. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.