ABSTRACT

Deploying D2D communications requires overcoming various technical challenges, in terms of resource allocation, mode selection, and interference management [4-12]. In particular,

Contents 19.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 423 19.2 Basic Network Formation Game Model for Uplink Cooperative Transmission.............. 425 19.3 Network Formation Game Solution ............................................................................... 428 19.4 Numerical Results and Analysis ..................................................................................... 430 19.5 Conclusions and Future Work .........................................................................................435 References ............................................................................................................................... 436

performance analysis and resource allocation issues in cellular systems with underlaid D2D communications have been one of the major research foci in D2D systems, such as in Refs. [4-10]. Optimal power control strategies for D2D communications have been studied and analyzed in Ref. [4] for a cellular network with a single D2D link. Link discovery and interference management in D2D systems have been studied in Ref. [5]. A game-theoretic model for network selection in backhaul-constrained heterogeneous systems with underlaid D2D communication has been studied in Ref. [6]. In Ref. [9], D2D communications in wireless heterogeneous networks has been proposed for the purpose of caching data at the mobile devices, thus improving the performance of multimedia services and reducing the overall network load. The use of cooperative game theory for frequency selection and resource sharing in a single-cell D2D network has been discussed in Ref. [10]. The notion of mode selection between D2D and cellular has been studied in Ref. [11]. A survey of design challenges in D2D systems can be found in Ref. [12].