Title
Distributed Multichannel Access In High-Frequency Diversity Networks: A Multi-Agent Learning Approach With Correlated Equilibrium
Abstract
This paper investigates the problem of multi-user multichannel access in distributed high-frequency (HF) diversity communication networks using a game-theoretic learning algorithm which is based on correlation equilibrium (CE). We formulate the channel access problem in the HF networks as a non-cooperative game. In the access game, each user equipment (UE) optimizes its access strategy without the information about other UEs, which makes the channel access problem challenging. It is proved that there is at least one CE point that makes all UEs' access strategy efficient and fair. We propose a distributed learning algorithm based on CE to achieve multi-user access with low cost and fairly in the distributed HF networks. We use coordination signals to help each UE learn the access strategy by themselves. When each UE receives and recognizes the right coordination signals, UEs will learn to transmit data on right channels without further collisions after the learning phase. The simulation results show that the proposed learning algorithm can not only completely avoid interference and get optimal throughput but also guarantee fairness among all UEs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2926161
IEEE ACCESS
Keywords
Field
DocType
HF communication networks, multichannel access, game theory, correlation equilibrium (CE)
Correlated equilibrium,Diversity scheme,Computer science,Computer network,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
7
2169-3536
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wen Li100.34
Yuhua Xu285769.31
Yunpeng Cheng3858.84
Yang Yang4612174.82
Xueqiang Chen5133.22
Meng Wang686.54
Dianxiong Liu7367.63