Combined Base Station Association and Power Control in Multi-channel Cellular Networks [article]

Chandramani Singh and Anurag Kumar and Rajesh Sundaresan
2011 arXiv   pre-print
A combined base station association and power control problem is studied for the uplink of multichannel multicell cellular networks, in which each channel is used by exactly one cell (i.e., base station). A distributed association and power update algorithm is proposed and shown to converge to a Nash equilibrium of a noncooperative game. We consider network models with discrete mobiles (yielding an atomic congestion game), as well as a continuum of mobiles (yielding a population game). We find
more » ... hat the equilibria need not be Pareto efficient, nor need they be system optimal. To address the lack of system optimality, we propose pricing mechanisms. It is shown that these mechanisms can be implemented in a distributed fashion.
arXiv:1112.1892v1 fatcat:qpfvhejrzbclvjci46gay6qvvi