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Published on: January 19, 2019
Evolutionary games in wireless networks
Hamidou Tembine1, Eitan Altman, Rachid El-Azouzi
1Laboratoire Informatique d'Avignon/Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Informatique, University of Avignon, 84911 Avignon Cedex 9, France. tembine@ieee.org
Summary
This study extends evolutionary game theory to model wireless networks with many interacting mobiles. It analyzes how channel conditions and pricing affect network performance and stability in slotted Aloha and wideband CDMA systems.
Area of Science:
- Game Theory
- Wireless Communications
- Network Engineering
Background:
- Mobile devices interact noncooperatively, causing interference through local interactions.
- Existing evolutionary game frameworks often assume reciprocal interactions and a fixed number of participants.
Purpose of the Study:
- To extend the evolutionary game framework to accommodate an arbitrary number of interacting mobiles, including non-reciprocal interactions.
- To analyze multiple-access control in slotted Aloha and power control in wideband code-division multiple-access (CDMA) wireless networks.
- To define and characterize evolutionarily stable strategies (ESS) in these noncooperative games.
Main Methods:
- Applied evolutionary game theory to model interactions within large populations of mobile users.
- Investigated two specific wireless network scenarios: slotted Aloha for multiple-access control and wideband CDMA for power control.
- Defined and analyzed the concept of evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) as the equilibrium concept.
Main Results:
- Characterized the evolutionarily stable strategies for the studied wireless network models.
- Demonstrated the influence of wireless channel characteristics on the dynamics and stability of the systems.
- Showcased the impact of pricing strategies on the evolutionary dynamics and the resulting equilibrium states.
Conclusions:
- The extended evolutionary game framework provides a robust method for analyzing complex wireless network dynamics.
- Wireless channel conditions and economic incentives (pricing) significantly shape network stability and efficiency.
- Evolutionarily stable strategies offer valuable insights into predicting and optimizing the behavior of large mobile populations in wireless networks.
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