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This paper focuses on resource allocation within capacity constrained backhaul in uplink cooperative wireless networks, where two base stations (BSs) equipped with single antennae serve multiple single-antennae users via multi-carrier transmission mode. In this work, we propose a novel cooperative transmission scheme based on compress-and-forward with user pairing to solve the joint mixed integer programming problem. To maximize the system capacity under the limited backhaul, we formulate the joint optimization problem of user sorting, subcarrier mapping and backhaul resource sharing among different pairs (subcarriers for users). A novel robust and efficient centralized algorithm based on alternating optimization strategy and perfect mapping is proposed. Simulations show that our novel method can improve the system capacity significantly under the constraint of the backhaul resource compared with the blind alternatives.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s16040522","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,12]],"date-time":"2016-04-12T10:57:33Z","timestamp":1460458653000},"page":"522","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["A Novel Optimal Joint Resource Allocation Method in Cooperative Multicarrier Networks: Theory and Practice"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8567-4888","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Yuan","family":"Gao","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang 615000, China"},{"name":"State Key Laboratory on Microwave and Digital Communications, National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China"},{"name":"China Defense Science and Technology Information Center, Beijing 100030, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Weigui","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang 615000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hong","family":"Ao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang 615000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jian","family":"Chu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang 615000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Quan","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang 615000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bo","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang 615000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Kang","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xichang Satellite Launch Center, Xichang 615000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yi","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory on Microwave and Digital Communications, National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China"},{"name":"The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China, Beijing 100080, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Peng","family":"Xue","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"State Key Laboratory on Microwave and Digital Communications, National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China"},{"name":"Naval Aeronautical and Astronautical University, Yantai 264000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2016,4,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"56","DOI":"10.1109\/MWC.2006.1678166","article-title":"Network Coordination for Spectrally Efficient Communications in Cellular Systems","volume":"13","author":"Karakayli","year":"2006","journal-title":"IEEE Wirel. 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