Pareto-Efficient and Goal-Driven Power Control in Wireless Networks: A Game-Theoretic Approach With a Novel Pricing Scheme

A Pareto-efficient, goal-driven, and distributed power control scheme for wireless networks is presented. We use a noncooperative game-theoretic approach to propose a novel pricing scheme that is linearly proportional to the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) and analytically show that with a proper...

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Published in:IEEE/ACM transactions on networking 2009-04, Vol.17 (2), p.556-569
Main Authors: Rasti, M., Sharafat, A.R., Seyfe, B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aggregates
Base stations
Constraint optimization
Distributed and goal-driven power control
Dynamic tests
Game theory
Games
Mathematical analysis
Nash equilibrium
Networks
Pareto analysis
Pareto efficiency
Power control
Pricing
Signal analysis
Stations
Studies
Throughput
Wireless networks
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Summary:A Pareto-efficient, goal-driven, and distributed power control scheme for wireless networks is presented. We use a noncooperative game-theoretic approach to propose a novel pricing scheme that is linearly proportional to the signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) and analytically show that with a proper choice of prices (proportionality constants), the outcome of the noncooperative power control game is a unique and Pareto-efficient Nash equilibrium (NE). This can be utilized for constrained-power control to satisfy specific goals (such as fairness, aggregate throughput optimization, or trading off between these two goals). For each one of the above goals, the dynamic price for each user is also analytically obtained. In a centralized (base station) price setting, users should inform the base station of their path gains and their maximum transmit-powers. In a distributed price setting, for each goal, an algorithm for users to update their transmit-powers is also presented that converges to a unique fixed-point in which the corresponding goal is satisfied. Simulation results confirm our analytical developments.
ISSN:1063-6692
1558-2566
DOI:10.1109/TNET.2009.2014655