Title
A Stackelberg Game Based Inter-tier Spectrum Sharing Scheme for LTE-A SON
Abstract
This paper proposes a spectrum sharing scheme based on Stackelberg game exploiting the SON features of 3GPP LTE-A HetNets. In the game, the MeNB controls and prices the available spectrum resource which the PeNBs can purchase and use to serve the Pico-cell as well as offload some macro-users. Both kinds of nodes try to maximize their own utility which is consisted of user data rates, earning and expenditures on spectrum trading. During the dynamic interaction of the game, the interference coordination features of the LTE-A SON, such as almost blank sub-frames (ABS) of enhanced inter-cell interference coordination (eICIC) and cell range expansion (CRE), are employed so that the change of spectrum allocation can be fully exploited. Simulation results show that the proposed approach can significantly improve the throughput of victim users with slight network total throughput degradation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s11036-015-0629-9
Mobile Networks & Applications
Keywords
Field
DocType
SON,LTE-A,Cognitive radio,Smart LPN
Throughput degradation,Computer science,Computer network,Interference (wave propagation),Throughput,Frequency allocation,Spectrum sharing,Stackelberg competition,Distributed computing,LTE Advanced,Cognitive radio
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
4
1383-469X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
2
0.37
12
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Songlin Sun117625.76
Liang Gong2261.21
Bo Rong314312.10
Abdel Mouaki4110.91
Amir Ali Basri562.53