Research Article

A Practical Framework for Energy-Efficient Node Activation in Heterogeneous LTE Networks

Algorithm 1

Pseudocode for the node association and RB allocation procedure.
(1)   iteration = 0
(2)   While (interfChanges or iteration > )
(3)resetAllocation()
(4)for each hexagon i
(5)for each UE u in i
(6)if(itearation < It) // Assoc. Ph.
(7)k = chooseEnb(u)
(8)else// Conv. Ph.
(9)k = getServingEnb(u)
(10)allocateBlocks(u,k)
(11)end for
(12)end for
(13)interfChanges = updateInterference()
(14)iteration++;
(15)  end while