Game theory in communications: motivation, explanation, and application to power control

Author

MacKenzie, Allen B. ; Wicker, Stephen B.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

821

Abstract

Game theory is a set of tools developed to model interactions between agents with conflicting interests, and is thus well-suited to address some problems in communications systems. We present some of the basic concepts of game theory and show why it is an appropriate tool for analyzing some communication problems and providing insights into how communication systems should be designed. We then provided a detailed example in which game theory is applied to the power control problem in a CDMA-like system

Keywords

access protocols; code division multiple access; game theory; power control; radio networks; telecommunication control; CDMA system; TCP/IP standard; communication problems; communications network; communications systems design; game theory; power control; slotted Aloha system; wireless system; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Centralized control; Communication system control; Communication systems; Game theory; Humans; Manufacturing; Power control; Power engineering computing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7206-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.965533

Filename

965533