Hybrid heuristic-waterfilling game theory approach in MC-CDMA resource allocation

  • Authors:
  • Lucas Dias H. Sampaio;Taufik Abrão;Bruno A. Angélico;Moisés Fernando Lima;Mario Lemes Proença, Jr.;Paul Jean E. Jeszensky

  • Affiliations:
  • State University of Londrina, PR, 86051-990, Brazil;State University of Londrina, PR, 86051-990, Brazil;Federal Technological University of Paraná, PR, Brazil;State University of Londrina, PR, 86051-990, Brazil;State University of Londrina, PR, 86051-990, Brazil;Escola Politécnica of University of São Paulo, SP, Brazil

  • Venue:
  • Applied Soft Computing
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Abstract: This paper discusses the power allocation with fixed rate constraint problem in multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) networks, that has been solved through game theoretic perspective by the use of an iterative water-filling algorithm (IWFA). The problem is analyzed under various interference density configurations, and its reliability is studied in terms of solution existence and uniqueness. Moreover, numerical results reveal the approach shortcoming, thus a new method combining swarm intelligence and IWFA is proposed to make practicable the use of game theoretic approaches in realistic MC-CDMA systems scenarios. The contribution of this paper is twofold: (i) provide a complete analysis for the existence and uniqueness of the game solution, from simple to more realist and complex interference scenarios; (ii) propose a hybrid power allocation optimization method combining swarm intelligence, game theory and IWFA. To corroborate the effectiveness of the proposed method, an outage probability analysis in realistic interference scenarios, and a complexity comparison with the classical IWFA are presented.