To facilitate wireless transmission of multimedia content to mobile users, we propose a content caching and distribution framework for smart grid enabled OFDM networks, where each popular multimedia file is coded and distributively stored in multiple energy harvesting enabled serving nodes (SNs), and the green energy distributively harvested by SNs can be shared with each other through the smart grid. The distributive caching, green energy sharing, and the on-grid energy backup have improved the reliability and performance of the wireless multimedia downloading process. To minimize the total on-grid power consumption of the whole network, while guaranteeing that each user can retrieve the whole content, the user association scheme is jointly designed with consideration of resource allocation, including subchannel assignment, power allocation, and power flow among nodes. Simulation results demonstrate that bringing content, green energy, and SN closer to the end user can notably reduce the on-grid energy consumption.
The authors in REF propose a content caching and distribution scheme for smart grid enabled heterogeneous networks, in which each popular file is stored in multiple service nodes with energy harvesting capabilities.
Content Caching and Distribution in Smart Grid Enabled Wireless Networks
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
IEEE Internet of Things Journal
Computer Science