A survey on game theoretic approach in wireless networks

Game theory is a multi-agent decision theory, modelling rational, utility-maximizing agents whose actions affect one another´s utilities. Its techniques have been widely applied to various engineering design problems in which the action of one component has impact on that of any other component. A brief survey on game theory for beginners is presented in this paper. The applications of game theory in wireless networking is collected and described them in a layered perspective, emphasizing on which fields game theory could be effectively applied. To this end, an extensive game model is simulated and their key features are exposed.