Decentralized interference management in femtocells: A game-theoretic approach

Author

Barbarossa, S. ; Sardellitti, S. ; Carfagna, A. ; Vecchiarelli, P.

Author_Institution

INFOCOM Dept., Univ. of Rome “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

9-11 June 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Femtocells are receiving considerable interest in mobile communications as a strategy to overcome the indoor coverage problems as well as to improve the efficiency of current macrocell systems. One of the most critical issues in femtocells is the potential interference between nearby femtocells and from femtocells to macrocells or to mobile handsets. In this work, we illustrate some decentralized strategies for an OFDMA femtocell system, based on game theory, where non-cooperative femtocells self-organize in order to find out the most appropriate access strategy, considering the decision phase and radio access jointly. The strategies illustrated in this work fall within the context of the FREEDOM European Project.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; cellular radio; frequency division multiple access; game theory; indoor radio; radio access networks; radiofrequency interference; OFDMA femtocell system; decentralized interference management; decision phase; game theory; indoor coverage problem; macrocell system; mobile communication; mobile handset; noncooperative femtocells; radio access; Channel estimation; Femtocells; Interference; Macrocell networks; Resource management; Sensors; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks & Communications (CROWNCOM), 2010 Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cannes

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5885-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-5886-8

Type

conf

Filename

5577787