Overview of Channel Allocation Algorithms

Abstract

Channel allocation is one of many ways to reduce interference in a cellular network. Reduced interference leads to increase in
capacity and throughput of the system and hence good channel allocation can lead to more effective use of the spectrum. Apart from
reducing interference, channel allocation algorithms can also be used to adapt to traffic changes in a network, and together with
reduced interference, the traffic that can be supported is higher. In order to select efficient algorithm for solving channel allocation
problem, channel allocation algorithms are introduced and evaluated in this paper.