Game-theoretic hierarchical resource allocation for heterogeneous relay networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1480-1492

  Liang, Liang ^a   Feng, Gang ^b   Jia, Yunjian ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous network (HetNet); relay; resource allocation; Stackelberg game

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; GAME THEORY; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STANDARDS;

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK (HETNET); HIERARCHICAL RESOURCE; MOBILE STATION (MSS); OPTIMAL RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RELAY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION SCHEMES; STACKELBERG GAMES; SYSTEM RESOURCE UTILIZATION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84928036856     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2330342     Document Type: Article

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