Coordination Multipoint Enabled Small Cells for Coalition-Game-Based Radio Resource Management

Fifth-generation networks are becoming a reality, and radio access network architectures are being redefined and rebuilt to accommodate the emerging specifications and demands. The future radio access networks need to incorporate in their architectural design smooth reconfigurability and high flexibility without compromising the throughput and the perceived quality of the new services and traffic types that future networks introduce. Such densely distributed access networks suffer the effect of inter-cell interference. Robust and intelligent coordination of multiple access networks is required in order to minimize the effect of interference and maximize users’ gains. Coordinated multipoint operation is already considered as a promising technique for satisfying the challenges of the spectrum and interference management, especially for users at the edge of the cell coverage area.