A game theoretical approach for load balancing user association in 802.11 wireless networks

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Xu, Wenchao ^a   Hua, Cunqing ^a   Huang, Aiping ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IEEE STANDARDS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

802.11 WIRELESS NETWORKS; ACCESS POINTS; ASSOCIATION SCHEMES; IEEE 802.11 WIRELESS NETWORKS; LOAD-BALANCING; MULTICELL; NETWORK RESOURCE; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRAFFIC LOADS; USER ASSOCIATIONS;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 79551619463     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2010.5683224     Document Type: Conference Paper

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