Hierarchical-game-based uplink power control in femtocell networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2819-2835

  Han, Qiaoni ^a,b   Yang, Bo ^a,b,c   Wang, Xiaocheng ^a   Ma, Kai ^d   Chen, Cailian ^a,b   Guan, Xinping ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Key Laboratory of Education Ministry for Image Processing and Intelligent Control   (China)

^d YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Femtocell; hierarchical game; interference management; power control

Indexed keywords

FEMTOCELL; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; POWER CONTROL;

CHANNEL UNCERTAINTIES; CROSS-TIER INTERFERENCES; FEMTOCELL NETWORKS; HIERARCHICAL GAMES; INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL POWER ALLOCATION; UP-LINK TRANSMISSIONS; UPLINK POWER CONTROLS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904669768     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2013.2296977     Document Type: Article

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