A Game Theoretic Approach to Guarantee Fairness in Cooperation Among Green Mobile Network Operators

Energy efficiency is one of leading design principles for the current deployment of cellular mobile networks. A first driving reason for this is that half of the operating costs for the network providers comes from the energy spent to power the network, with almost 80% of it being consumed at the base stations. A second reason is related to the high environmental pollution, which makes the green cellular networks deployment mandatory. Cooperation between mobile network providers can be an effective way to reduce the CO2 emissions and, simultaneously, reduce the operating expenditures. In this paper, a game theoretic approach is proposed to introduce fairness and stability into an optimal algorithm for switching off the cooperating base stations. This aims at making such a solution more attractive in real implementation scenarios where profit-driven network providers act as rational players.

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A game-theoretic approach for the multi-objective frequency assignment problem in mobile networks

Proceedings of the 35th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing ◽

10.1145/3341105.3375778 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Fatma Laidoui ◽

Fatima Benbouzid-Si Tayeb ◽

Malika Bessedik ◽

Fatima Zahra Laidi

Keyword(s):

Mobile Networks ◽

Assignment Problem ◽

Frequency Assignment ◽

Theoretic Approach ◽

Frequency Assignment Problem ◽

Multi Objective ◽

Game Theoretic ◽

Game Theoretic Approach

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A Game-Theoretic Approach to Cooperative Content Discovery in Mobile Networks

2010 INFOCOM IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops ◽

10.1109/infcomw.2010.5466627 ◽

2010 ◽

Author(s):

Francesco Malandrino ◽

Claudio Casetti ◽

Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini

Keyword(s):

Mobile Networks ◽

Theoretic Approach ◽

Content Discovery ◽

Game Theoretic ◽

Game Theoretic Approach

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Game Theoretic Frequency Reuse Approach in OFDMA Femtocell Networks

10.36227/techrxiv.13705456 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Joydev Ghosh

Keyword(s):

Spectrum Sharing ◽

Theoretical Method ◽

Frequency Reuse ◽

Base Stations ◽

Theoretic Approach ◽

Femtocell Networks ◽

Secondary Users ◽

Femtocell Network ◽

Game Theoretic ◽

Game Theoretic Approach

<div>In this paper, we initially dealt with the issue of spectrum allocation among macro (or “licensed”) and Femto (or “unlicensed”) users in an orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) femtocell network of non- ooperative game theoretic frequency reuse approach. We formulate the difficulty based on spectrum bidding. Here individual Secondary Users (SU) create an auction for the amount of bandwidth and every PU can share the frequency band among SUs by itself according to the intelligence from SUs without lowering its own performance. Here, we consider that the bidding is a non- ooperative game and one of its solutions is a Nash Equilibrium (NE). The femto base stations (FBSs) are grouped into different cluster for mitigating the undesired interference among them. The game theoretical method deals with the inter-cluster frequency clashes.We exemplified a link between utility function and the number of players by non-cooperative game theoretic approach to guide the spectrum sharing decision at the cell edges. The convergence of the development mechanism is rigorously scrutinized and extensive numerical outcomes are presented to illustrate their potential merits.</div>

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Spatial approaches to broadband jamming in heterogeneous mobile networks: a game-theoretic approach

Autonomous Robots ◽

10.1007/s10514-011-9253-0 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 367-381 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Sourabh Bhattacharya ◽

Tamer Başar

Keyword(s):

Mobile Networks ◽

Theoretic Approach ◽

Heterogeneous Mobile Networks ◽

Game Theoretic ◽

Game Theoretic Approach

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Game Theoretic Infrastructure Sharing in Wireless Cellular Networks

Game Theory Framework Applied to Wireless Communication Networks - Advances in Wireless Technologies and Telecommunication ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8642-7.ch014 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 368-398

Author(s):

Alexandra Bousia ◽

Elli Kartsakli ◽

Angelos Antonopoulos ◽

Luis Alonso ◽

Christos Verikoukis

Keyword(s):

Energy Consumption ◽

Cellular Networks ◽

Cost Savings ◽

Mobile Network ◽

Cost Effective ◽

Base Stations ◽

Traffic Demand ◽

Game Theoretic ◽

Mobile Network Operators ◽

Low Traffic

The emerging traffic demand has fueled the rapid densification of cellular networks. The increased number of Base Stations (BSs) leads to augmented energy consumption and expenditures for the Mobile Network Operators (MNOs), especially during low traffic, when many of the BSs remain underutilized. Hence, the MNOs are encouraged to provide “green” and cost effective solutions for their networks. In this chapter, an innovative algorithm for infrastructure sharing in two-operator environments is proposed, based on BSs switching off during low traffic periods. Motivated by the conflicting interests of the operators, the problem is formulated in a game theoretic framework that enables the MNOs to act individually to estimate the switching off probabilities that reduce their financial cost. The authors analytically and experimentally estimate the potential energy and cost savings that can be accomplished. The obtained results show a significant reduction in both energy consumption and expenditures, thus giving the operators the necessary incentives for infrastructure sharing.

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