Game theoretic analysis of a network of cognitive radios

Cognitive radio is an enhancement on traditional software radio design where observations of the operating environment are combined with knowledge of the radio´s available hardware and software capabilities to form decisions as to how to modify the radio´s behavior to produce a desired level of performance. This paper addresses how the insertion of cognitive radio technology into a network will impact performance and demonstrates how techniques from game theory can be used to analyze the network as a first step of shaping the decisions of the radios to achieve optimal network performance.