Game Theory Framework Applied to Wireless Communication Networks

The popularity of smart phones and other mobile devices has brought about major expansion in the realm of wireless communications. With this growth comes the need to improve upon network capacity and overall user experience, and game-based methods can offer further enhancements in this area.

Game Theory Framework Applied to Wireless Communication Networks is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the application of game-theoretic approaches to enhance wireless networking. Featuring prevailing coverage on a range of topics relating to the advanced game model, mechanism designs, and effective equilibrium concepts, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, students, technology developers, and engineers.

This publication features extensive, research-based chapters across a broad scope of relevant topics, including potential games, coalition formation game, heterogeneous networks, radio resource allocation, coverage optimization, distributed dynamic resource allocation, dynamic spectrum access, physical layer security, and cooperative video transmission.

Table of Contents

Section 1: Advanced Game Theory for Wireless Communication
Chapter 1: Potential Games and Its Applications to Wireless Networks
Chapter 2: Coalition Formation Game for Wireless Communications
Chapter 3: Distributed Learning of Equilibria with Incomplete, Dynamic, and Uncertain Information in Wireless Communication Networks

Section 2: Game Theory in Emerging Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks
Chapter 4: Game-Theoretic Approaches in Heterogeneous Networks
Chapter 5: Interference Mitigation with Power Control and Allocation in the Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks
Chapter 6: Game Theory-Based Radio Resource Optimization in Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks (HSCNs)
Chapter 7: Game Theory-Based Coverage Optimization for Small Cell Networks
Chapter 8: Resource Allocation for Device-to-Device Communications in LTE-A Network
Chapter 9: Distributed Dynamic Resource Allocation for OFDMA-Based Cognitive Small Cell Networks Using a Regret-Matching Game Approach
Chapter 10: Self-Organizing Spectrum Access with Geo-Location Database
Chapter 11: Auction-Based Resource Management in Multi-Cell OFDMA Networks

Section 3: Advanced Game Theory for Promising Wireless Techniques and Services
Chapter 12: Applications of Game Theory for Physical Layer Security
Chapter 13: A Game Theoretic Framework for Green HetNets Using D2D Traffic Offload and Renewable Energy Powered Base Stations
Chapter 14: Game Theoretic Infrastructure Sharing in Wireless Cellular Networks
Chapter 15: Game Theoretic Approaches for Wireless Cooperative Content-Sharing
Chapter 16: Game Theoretic Analysis for Cooperative Video Transmission over Heterogeneous Devices