Coverage games in small cells networks

TL;DR

This paper introduces a game-theoretic framework for cooperative power control in small cell networks, leveraging repeated games to enhance system performance and stability.

Contribution

It presents a novel repeated game approach tailored for distributed small cell networks, optimizing power control and system stability.

Findings

Improved system performance through Pareto optimal solutions

Reduced price of stability in power control games

Effective modeling of base station interactions

Abstract

This paper considers the problem of cooperative power control in distributed small cell wireless networks. We introduce a novel framework, based on repeated games, which models the interactions of the different transmit base stations in the downlink. By exploiting the specific structure of the game, we show that we can improve the system performance by selecting the Pareto optimal solution as well as reduce the price of stability.