Title :
A Game-Theoretic Approach to Exploit Partially Overlapping Channels in Dynamic and Distributed Networks
Author :
Jianchao Zheng ; Yueming Cai ; Weiwei Yang ; Yuhua Xu ; Anpalagan, A.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Commun. Eng., PLA Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
In this letter, we investigate the partially overlapping channels for interference mitigation in dynamic and distributed networks. The interference mitigation problem is formulated as a dynamic game, which is proved to be an exact potential game. Furthermore, the performance bounds of the Nash equilibrium (NE) are theoretically derived and analyzed. Finally, we design a fully distributed, stochastic learning algorithm to converge to the NE of the formulated game. Simulation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.
Keywords :
channel allocation; game theory; radiofrequency interference; stochastic processes; wireless LAN; Nash equilibrium; distributed networks; dynamic game; dynamic networks; game-theoretic approach; interference mitigation problem; overlapping channels; stochastic learning algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Channel allocation; Game theory; Heuristic algorithms; Interference; Throughput; Interference mitigation; dynamic and distributed networks; interference mitigation; partially overlapping channels; potential game;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2014.2366093