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Title | ||
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Integrating Distributed Grids With Green Cellular Backhaul: From Competition to Cooperation. |
Abstract | ||
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This paper considers the problem of renewable energy allocation for a cellular backhaul network where each backhaul node can request renewable energy from a microgrid to forward the traffic. Each microgrid includes multiple renewable power suppliers (RPSs), which directly compete with each other to be the sole supplier of the node. The operator needs to specify the energy storage level for each RPS along the backhaul and the wireless service price for the end users. Then, the RPSs will determine their individual energy prices. The problem is formulated as a Stackelberg game between the leader (the wireless operator) and multiple followers (RPSs). We will identify the RPSs' unique equilibrium pricing scheme as well as the operator's optimal energy storage and wireless service price decisions. Our analysis also provides the important observation that direct competition between RPSs on the same backhaul node will induce the operator to store more energy and can thus improve the revenues of both the operator and the RPSs. Furthermore, we consider that RPSs along the backhaul may form coalitions to better coordinate their pricing decisions when they sell energy to the wireless operator. Such a study leads to a hybrid two-level game whose the first level is similar to the Stackelberg game for the non-cooperative scenario. We will show that a coalition formation depends crucially on how the wireless traffic will be affected by the energy price reduction due to the coalition formation. In a nutshell, the proposed techniques provide insights for operating a green cellular backhaul by using the distribute energy sources in a decentralized market setting. Finally, simulation results are presented to compare the solutions of the competitive model with those of the cooperative model. We show that forming coalitions between RPSs benefits both the RPSs and the operator. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2018 | 10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2883316 | IEEE ACCESS |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Green communications,cellular backhaul,renewable energy allocation,smart grids,game theory,network economics,decentralized system | Resource management,Wireless,Renewable energy,Backhaul (telecommunications),Computer science,Operator (computer programming),Energy source,Stackelberg competition,Microgrid,Distributed computing | Journal |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
6 | 2169-3536 | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 5 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dapeng Li | 1 | 0 | 5.75 |
| Guanglin Zhang | 2 | 164 | 24.00 |
| Youyun Xu | 3 | 1204 | 117.78 |
| Haitao Zhao | 4 | 1 | 3.73 |
| Feng Tian | 5 | 8 | 6.64 |