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Centralized Scheduling of In-band Device-to-Device Communication Underlaying Cellular Networks Junyi FENG, Samir SAOUDI Telecom Bretagne, France Email: junyi.feng@telecom-bretagne.eu Abstract- In this article, scheduling method of in-band Device-to-Device (D2D) communication underlaying cellular net- works is studied. We address a single cell scenario in which several UEs have buffered data for local UEs in the same cell, and they are considered as potential D2D pairs. We propose an interference coordinated scheme, in which eNB selects D2D or ULiDL mode for each potential D2D pair, and allocates resources and power to D2D transmissions. The proposed scheduling method put no constraint on D2D distance or D2D number in a cell. The results show that spectral efficiency gain and overall user throughput are substantially increased with proper central coordination. I. INTRODUCTION Local multimedia services, including local multimedia sharing, local gaming, etc. are getting more and more pop- ular. Their increasing demand for higher data rate presents a challenge in cellular networks, due to the limit of licensed band. Comparing to conventional DLiUL transmitting mode in cellular networks, direct Device-to-Device (D2D) short-range transmission appears to be a more natural solution to local data transfer. Incorporating D2D communications into cellular networks, can therefore be a promising way to complement the existing cellular networks with efficient local communications, and to make a better use of the spectrum. It might further facilitate new proximity-based services (social networking, advertisement, home automation, public safety, etc.) Aiming to support various high-speed low-cost local ser- vices, direct D2D technologies are taking off in several wire- less standards. Examples are Bluetooth in wireless personal area networks (WPANs), and Wi-Fi Direct in wireless local area networks (WLANs). Recently D2D also becomes study items in next