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Dynamic Spectrum Access Algorithm Based on Game Theory in Cognitive Radio Networks

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As an enabling technology for dynamic spectrum access (DSA), cognitive radio (CR) is widely regarded as one of the most promising technologies for future the fifth generation (5G) wireless communications. Although there have been significant prior researches to combat interference on primary users (PUs), the problem of mitigating mutual interference between secondary users (SUs), -which is tightly coupled with SU’s spectrum leasing- is still not understood well. This paper proposes a DSA algorithm based on game theory, which jointly performs spectrum leasing and interference mitigation among SUs. The problem is modeled as an oligopolistic competition using Stackelberg model. We have carefully studied the SU’s spectrum utilization behavior with respect to various criteria of the proposed game theoretic model. Simulation results shows that, Compared with Cournot game model, the proposed scheme enables SUs to efficiently utilize the licensed spectrum shared with PUs in a dynamic environment while maximizing the spectrum utilization.

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The work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61272497, No. 61103019, No. 60902053).

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  1. School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, 122 Luoshi Road, Wuhan, 430070, China

    Xiaozhu Liu

  2. College of Computer Science, South-Central University for Nationalities, 708 Minyuan Road, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Rongbo Zhu & Yongli Sun

  3. The Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24061, USA

    Xiaozhu Liu & Brian Jalaian

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Liu, X., Zhu, R., Jalaian, B. et al. Dynamic Spectrum Access Algorithm Based on Game Theory in Cognitive Radio Networks. Mobile Netw Appl 20, 817–827 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11036-015-0623-2

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