Joint spectrum load balancing and handoff management in cognitive radio networks: a non-cooperative game approach

Wireless Networks

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1161-1180

  Fahimi, Mina ^a   Ghasemi, Abdorasoul ^a  

^a K N TOOSI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cognitive radio networks; Game theory; Load balancing; Queuing theory; Spectrum handoff

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BALLOONS; DECISION MAKING; GAME THEORY; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; QUEUEING NETWORKS; QUEUEING THEORY; RADIO; RADIO SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK; DISTRIBUTED SOLUTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; NASH EQUILIBRIUM POINT; NON-COOPERATIVE GAME THEORY; QUEUING THEORY; SELECTION PROBABILITIES; SPECTRUM HANDOFFS;

COGNITIVE RADIO;

EID: 84937900555     PISSN: 10220038     EISSN: 15728196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11276-015-1023-z     Document Type: Article

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