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Game-Theoretic Mode Scheduling for Dynamic TDD in 5G Systems

Signal Processing 2021-04-27 v1 Information Theory math.IT

Abstract

Dynamic time-division duplexing (TDD) enables independent uplink/downlink mode scheduling at each cell, based on the local traffic. However, this creates cross-interference among cells. Thus, the joint power allocation and scheduling problem becomes mixed-integer non-convex and turns out to be NP-hard. We propose a low-complexity and decentralized solution, where power allocation and scheduling are decoupled. First, power is allocated in a decentralized fashion, and then modes are scheduled by a non-cooperative game to achieve the mixed-strategy Nash equilibrium. We consider two possible approaches to compute the payoffs in the game, according to the cross-interference power model and the entailed communication overhead among cells. Simulation results are presented for an outdoor dense small-cell scenario, showing that our approaches outperform static TDD significantly.

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@article{arxiv.2104.12367,
  title  = {Game-Theoretic Mode Scheduling for Dynamic TDD in 5G Systems},
  author = {Chandan Kumar Sheemar and Leonardo Badia and Stefano Tomasin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.12367},
  year   = {2021}
}
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