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Game-Based Uplink Co-tier Interference Control in LTE Smallcell Networks

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As the advancements of communication technologies and the demands for high-speed mobile data in indoor environments, deploying smallcell is recognized as one of the feasible solutions to improve the indoor signal quality and, hence, provide high-speed data transmission. However, uplink co-tier interference between smallcells deteriorates the system performance. To solve this problem, this paper adopts the Stackelberg game in which Leader and Followers bargain the uplink transmit power by a two-way pricing mechanism to meet the uplink co-tier interference constraints of Leader and Followers. Simulation results show, by controlling the uplink co-tier interference, the two-way pricing mechanism outperforms the one-way pricing mechanism not only in the power conservation but also in the sum-capacity.

This research was supported in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan under the grant numbers. 104-2221-E-197-007, 104-2221-E-197-009, 104-2221-E-197-016.

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Tseng, CC., Kuo, FC., Wang, HC., Ting, KC., Lo, SH. (2017). Game-Based Uplink Co-tier Interference Control in LTE Smallcell Networks. In: Lee, JH., Pack, S. (eds) Quality, Reliability, Security and Robustness in Heterogeneous Networks. QShine 2016. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 199. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60717-7_34

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