GAME THEORY FRAMEWORK APPLIED TO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS

The popularity of smart phones and other mobile devices has brought about major expansion in the realm of wireless communications. With this growth comes the need to improve upon network capacity and overall user experience, and game-based methods can offer further enhancements in this area. Game Theory Framework Applied to Wireless Communication Networks is a pivotal reference source for the latest scholarly research on the application of game-theoretic approaches to enhance wireless networking. Featuring prevailing coverage on a range of topics relating to the advanced game model, mechanism designs, and effective equilibrium concepts, this publication is an essential reference source for researchers, students, technology developers, and engineers. This publication features extensive, research-based chapters across a broad scope of relevant topics, including potential games, coalition formation game, heterogeneous networks, radio resource allocation, coverage optimization, distributed dynamic resource allocation, dynamic spectrum access, physical layer security, and cooperative video transmission.

Chungang Yang received the Bachelor and Doctoral Degree in the Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Xidian University, Xi An, China in 2006 and 2011, respectively. Between Sep. 2010 and March 2011, he held the visiting scholar position in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Michigan Technological University. Since July 2011, he has been with Xidian University as an assistant professor, where he now works as an associated professor. Dr. Yang is a member of IEEE. His research interest include communication theory, information theory and their applications in practical wireless communications and wireless networks with emphasis on Cognitive, Heterogeneous, Cooperative Wireless Cellular Networks, and Cloud Computing Networks; Advanced, flexible, and autonomous multiple resource management and interference management, and mathematical modeling, analysis and design of both spectral and energy efficiency; Application and development of game theory and intelligence in wireless communication community, and network economics.

Jiandong Li graduated from Xidian University with a Bachelor Degree, Master Degree and Ph. D in Communications and Electronic Systems respectively in 1982, 1985 and 1991. He was with Xidian University from 1985, an associate professor from 1990 to 1994, professor from 1994, Ph.D student supervisor from 1995, and Dean of School of Telecommunication Engineering, Xidian University from 1997 respectively. Now, he also serves as Executive Vice Dean Graduate School, Xidian University. Dr. Li is a senior member of IEEE and China Institute of Electronics (CIE) and the fellow of China Institute of Communication (CIC). He was a member of PCN specialist group for China 863 Communication High Technology program between Jan. 1993 and Oct. 1994 and from 1999 to 2000. He is also the member of Communication Specialist Group for The Ministry of Information Industry. His current research interest and projects are funded by the 863 High Tech Project, NSFC, National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, TRAPOYT, MOE and MOI.