Energy-Efficient Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks

This paper shows that game theory can be used as a unifying framework to study radio resource management in a variety of wireless networks. with different service criteria. It focuses on infrastructure networks where users transmit to a common concentration point such as a base station in a cellular network or an access point. Since most of the terminals in a wireless network are battery-powered, energy efficiency is crucial to prolonging the life of the terminals. Also, in most practical scenarios, distributed algorithms are preferred over centralized ones. Throughout this article it focuses on distributed algorithms with emphasis on energy efficiency. A family of power control games is presented for energy-efficient resource allocation in wireless code-division multiple-access (CDMA) networks and give discussions and conclusions