Game theory-based network selection: Solutions and challenges

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1212-1231

  Trestian, Ramona ^a   Ormond, Olga ^a   Muntean, Gabriel Miro ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Game theory; Heterogeneous environment; Network selection

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; GAME THEORY;

4G WIRELESS NETWORKS; ALWAYS BEST CONNECTED; BANDWIDTH DEMAND; COOPERATIVE SCENARIOS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; NETWORK SELECTION; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT;

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84898005461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.010912.00081     Document Type: Article

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