A multi-cell adaptive resource allocation scheme based on potential game for ICIC in LTE-A

作者:Ling Dabing*; Lu Zhaoming; Ju Ying; Wen Xiangming; Zheng Wei
来源:International Journal of Communication Systems, 2014, 27(11): 2744-2761.
DOI:10.1002/dac.2502

摘要

Intercell interference coordination in Third Generation Partnership Project long-term evolution-advanced system has received much attention both from the academia and the standardization communities. Moreover, the network architecture of long-term evolution-advanced system is modified to take into account coordinated transmission. In this article, we study the dynamic resource allocation problem and potential game theory and propose a multicell adaptive distributed resource allocation algorithm based on potential game. The allocation process is divided into two steps; subchannel is allocated first, and then, transmitted power is optimized dynamically according to a novel pricing factor. Besides, existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibrium of the proposed game model are assured. As a result, intercell interference is well coordinated. Simulation results show that transmitted power is saved efficiently and system fairness is improved to a large extent, accompanied with good performance gain of total and cell-edge throughputs.