Optimal Power Control in Ultra-Dense Small Cell Networks: A Game-Theoretic Approach

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 4139-4150

  Zheng, Jianchao ^a   Wu, Yuan ^b   Zhang, Ning ^c   Zhou, Haibo ^c   Cai, Yueming ^a   Shen, Xuemin ^c  

^a PLA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

distributed algorithm; game theory; Interference management; local information; power control; ultra dense small cell networks

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; ITERATIVE METHODS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; POWER CONTROL;

INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT; LOCAL INFORMATION; MAXIMIZATION PROBLEM; NASH EQUILIBRIA; POWER-CONTROL; SMALL CELL NETWORKS; SMALL CELLS; STATIONARY POINTS; SUM-RATE MAXIMIZATIONS; ULTRA-DENSE SMALL CELL NETWORK;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 85029114799     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: 15582248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2016.2646346     Document Type: Article

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