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Interference Management Algorithm Based on Coalitional Game for Energy-Harvesting Small Cells

  • Chen, Jiamin (The Key Wireless Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, School of Telecommunication and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications) ;
  • Zhu, Qi (The Key Wireless Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, School of Telecommunication and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications) ;
  • Zhao, Su (The Key Wireless Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, School of Telecommunication and Information Engineering, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications)
  • Received : 2017.02.17
  • Accepted : 2017.05.28
  • Published : 2017.09.30
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Abstract

For the downlink energy-harvesting small cell network, this paper proposes an interference management algorithm based on distributed coalitional game. The cooperative interference management problem of the energy-harvesting small cells is modeled as a coalitional game with transfer utility. Based on the energy harvesting strategy of the small cells, the time sharing mode of the small cells in the same coalition is determined, and an optimization model is constructed to maximize the total system rate of the energy-harvesting small cells. Using the distributed algorithm for coalition formation proposed in this paper, the stable coalition structure, optimal time sharing strategy and optimal power distribution are found to maximize the total utility of the small cell system. The performance of the proposed algorithm is discussed and analyzed finally, and it is proved that this algorithm can converge to a stable coalition structure with reasonable complexity. The simulations show that the total system rate of the proposed algorithm is superior to that of the non-cooperative algorithm in the case of dense deployment of small cells, and the proposed algorithm can converge quickly.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundation of China, Southeast University

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