Game theoretic analysis of a network of cognitive radios

Abstract

Cognitive radio is an enhancement on traditional software radio design where observations of the operating environment are combined with knowledge of the radio's available hardware and software capabilities to form decisions as to how to modify the radio's behavior to produce a desired level of performance. This paper addresses how the insertion of cognitive radio technology into a network will impact performance and demonstrates how techniques from game theory can be used to analyze the network as a first step of shaping the decisions of the radios to achieve optimal network performance.