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A game theoretic approach for power allocation with QoS constraints in wireless multimedia sensor networks

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The distinctive features of wireless multimedia sensor networks (WMSNs) include application-specific quality-of-service (QoS) requirements and limited energy supply, with which each node makes its own decisions selfishly. Therefore this paper presents a power control game theoretic approach for WMSNs by studying the effect of transmission power on QoS and energy efficiency. The game approach determines the transmission strategy using utility optimization according to the fluctuation of channel states. Here, the utility function is defined by effective throughput per unit power while satisfying the user’s delay QoS constraints. The existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibrium for the proposed game are proved. Finally, the simulation results show that each user chooses the optimal transmission power to maximize its utility based on other constant parameters and the effects of delay constraints on the user’s utility are quantified as well.

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The authors are grateful to the Editor and anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and suggestions which help to improve the quality of this paper. They also would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China No.60625101, 60901070 and the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863) under Grant No.2007AA01Z210.

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    Haixia Cui, Gang Wei, Qinghua Huang & Yongcong Yu

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Cui, H., Wei, G., Huang, Q. et al. A game theoretic approach for power allocation with QoS constraints in wireless multimedia sensor networks. Multimed Tools Appl 51, 983–996 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11042-009-0426-1

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