Monotonicity of proportional fair capacity for Gaussian broadcast channels

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Let CPF(N,PT)C_{PF}(\mathbf{N},P_T) denote the proportional fair capacity of a Gaussian broadcast channel with noise vector N\mathbf{N} and total power PTP_T. Let ⪯\preceq denote the componentwise ordering of noise vectors. Monotonicity conjecture. If N⪯N′\mathbf{N}\preceq\mathbf{N}', then

CPF(N,PT)≤CPF(N′,PT).C_{PF}(\mathbf{N},P_T)\leq C_{PF}(\mathbf{N}',P_T).

This conjecture was motivated by numerical examples; the supplied text does not establish it in general, so its resolution remains open.

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Kenneth W. Shum and Chi Wan Sung, “On the Fairness of Rate Allocation in Gaussian Multiple Access Channel and Broadcast Channel”, arXiv:cs/0611015 (2006).

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