Title :
On information theoretic interference games with more than two users
Author :
Berry, Randall A. ; Saha, Suvarup
Author_Institution :
Dept. of EECS, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
Abstract :
We consider a model for information theoretic games on interference channels introduced in previous work. The players in these games are the users, who autonomously select their encoding and decoding strategy with the objective of maximizing their own rate. In previous work, a Nash equilibrium region for this game was defined and completely characterized for two-user linear deterministic interference channels. In particular for such channels it was shown that there always exists an efficient Nash equilibrium. In this paper, we consider extending this to models with more than two users. We show that some of the analysis extends to networks with more than two users, however, significant differences also emerge. For example, it may no longer be the case that there are always efficient equilibria.
Keywords :
game theory; interference; telecommunication channels; Nash equilibrium region; decoding; encoding; information theoretic interference games; interference channels; Channel capacity; Computer networks; Decoding; Electronic mail; Game theory; Interference channels; Manufacturing; Nash equilibrium; Throughput; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory (ITW 2010, Cairo), 2010 IEEE Information Theory Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6372-5
DOI :
10.1109/ITWKSPS.2010.5503215