A Power Allocation Algorithm Based on Cooperative Game Theory in Multi-cell OFDM Systems

Abstract

Abstract—A centralized resource allocation algorithm in multi-cell OFDM systems is studied, which aims at improving the performance of wireless communication systems and enhancing user’s spectral efficiency on the edge of the cell. The proposed resource allocation algorithm can be divided into two steps. The first step is sub-carrier allocation based on matrix searching in single cell and the second one is joint power allocation based on cooperative game theory in multi-cell. By comparing with traditional resource allocation algorithms in multi-cell scenario, we find that the proposed algorithm has lower computational complexity and good fairness performance. Index Terms—OFDM, resource allocation, game theory, multi-cell, cooperation I.