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A Joint Game-Theoretic Interference Coordination Approach in Uplink Multi-Cell OFDMA Networks

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In this paper, we present a joint game-theoretic approach to perform inter-cell interference coordination in uplink multi-cell orthogonal frequency division multiple access networks. The coordinated user scheduling and power allocation are considered simultaneously. We prove the existence of the joint-strategy Nash equilibrium (NE) in which both the user scheduling and power allocation strategy reach NE. Then, we design a distributed joint-strategy iterative algorithm to perform interference-aware resource allocation where only partial information exchange is involved. Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

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  1. In the algorithm, subscript \(k\) is added to distinguish different subchannels.

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This work is supported by the Project of Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61301163, No. 61301162), and the Jiangsu Provincial Nature Science Foundation of China (BK 20130067).

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  1. College of Communications Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, 210007, China

    Yueming Cai, Jianchao Zheng, Yi Wei & Yuhua Xu

  2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

    Alagan Anpalagan

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Cai, Y., Zheng, J., Wei, Y. et al. A Joint Game-Theoretic Interference Coordination Approach in Uplink Multi-Cell OFDMA Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 80, 1203–1215 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-014-2081-8

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