Incentive mechanisms and impacts of negotiation power and information availability in multi-relay cooperative wireless networks

N Wu, X Zhou, M Sun - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperative relaying is highly affected by the way that the source and relays are
incentivized. However, the existing studies have not paid enough attention to the impacts of …

A contract-auction mechanism for multi-relay cooperative wireless networks

B Nazari, A Jamalipour - 2014 IEEE 79th Vehicular Technology …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperation in wireless systems requires providing proper incentives. Furthermore, relay
nodes may not be willing to reveal their channel state information to others, which will result …

A coalitional game‐based integrated framework for optimal power allocation in multirelay cooperative environment

AK Lamba, R Kumar, S Sharma - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Cooperative relaying has emerged as an efficient transmit strategy in wireless networks
affected by fading. In multirelay scenarios, the performance of cooperative systems is heavily …

Contract design for relay incentive mechanism under dual asymmetric information in cooperative networks

N Zhao, R Liu, Y Chen, M Wu, Y Jiang, W Xiong… - Wireless Networks, 2018 - Springer
Cooperative relay network can effectively improve the wireless spectrum efficiency and
extend the wireless network coverage. However, due to the selfish characteristics of wireless …

Dynamic contract incentive mechanism for cooperative wireless networks

N Zhao, YC Liang, Y Pei - IEEE transactions on vehicular …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperative communication is a promising technique to mitigate channel impairment and
improve spectral efficiency. Due to the mobility of relay nodes (RNs) and the unfavourable …

Game‐theoretic resource allocation scheme for multiple‐amplify‐and‐forward‐relay wireless networks

AK Lamba, R Kumar, S Sharma - IET Communications, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Mitigating the effect of fading in wireless networks has been a prominent benefit associated
with cooperative relaying. Especially in multi‐relay scenarios, efficient resource allocation …

A contract-based model for multiuser cooperative relay in wireless communication networks

N Zhao - Wireless Personal Communications, 2017 - Springer
Cooperative communication utilizes multi-user spatial diversity to improve spectrum
efficiency and channel capacity. However, due to the limited wireless network resource, the …

Relay selection scheme for cooperative communication networks using contract theory

B Nazari, A Jamalipour - 2013 19th Asia-Pacific Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Precise resource allocation such as best relay selection or optimum power allocation
improves performance in cooperative communications. In this paper, we propose a strategy …

[PDF][PDF] A user cooperation stimulating strategy based on cooperative game theory in cooperative relay networks

F Jiang, H Tian, P Zhang - EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications …, 2009 - Springer
This paper proposes a user cooperation stimulating strategy among rational users. The
strategy is based on cooperative game theory and enacted in the context of cooperative …

Revisiting relay assignment in cooperative communications

B Cao, Q Chen, G Feng, Y Li, C Wang - Wireless Networks, 2017 - Springer
The performance gain of cooperative communications heavily depends on the selection of
relay. Most of the existing relay selection methods for cooperative communications aim at …