Joint Power Coordination for Spectral-and-Energy Efficiency in Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks: A Bargaining Game-Theoretic Perspective

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1364-1376

  Yang, Chungang ^a   Li, Jiandong ^a   Anpalagan, Alagan ^b   Guizani, Mohsen ^c  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative game; Green communication; Heterogeneous networks; Power control

Indexed keywords

CELL SIGNALING; CELLS; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; GAME THEORY; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; POWER CONTROL;

COOPERATIVE GAME; COORDINATION BEHAVIOR; GREEN COMMUNICATIONS; INTER AND INTRA-CELL INTERFERENCE; INTERFERENCE MITIGATION; MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; POTENTIAL COOPERATION;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84962168824     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2015.2489215     Document Type: Article

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