Computer Science – Information Theory
Scientific paper
2005-12-03
Computer Science
Information Theory
To appear in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) special issue on advances in multi-carrier CDMA
Scientific paper
A game-theoretic model for studying power control in multi-carrier CDMA systems is proposed. Power control is modeled as a non-cooperative game in which each user decides how much power to transmit over each carrier to maximize its own utility. The utility function considered here measures the number of reliable bits transmitted over all the carriers per Joule of energy consumed and is particularly suitable for networks where energy efficiency is important. The multi-dimensional nature of users' strategies and the non-quasiconcavity of the utility function make the multi-carrier problem much more challenging than the single-carrier or throughput-based-utility case. It is shown that, for all linear receivers including the matched filter, the decorrelator, and the minimum-mean-square-error (MMSE) detector, a user's utility is maximized when the user transmits only on its "best" carrier. This is the carrier that requires the least amount of power to achieve a particular target signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) at the output of the receiver. The existence and uniqueness of Nash equilibrium for the proposed power control game are studied. In particular, conditions are given that must be satisfied by the channel gains for a Nash equilibrium to exist, and the distribution of the users among the carriers at equilibrium is also characterized. In addition, an iterative and distributed algorithm for reaching the equilibrium (when it exists) is presented. It is shown that the proposed approach results in significant improvements in the total utility achieved at equilibrium compared to a single-carrier system and also to a multi-carrier system in which each user maximizes its utility over each carrier independently.
Chiang Mung
Meshkati Farhad
Poor Harold Vincent
Schwartz Stuart C.
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