Power Control and Interference Pricing Strategies for Heterogeneous Networks With Renewable Energy Sources

Abstract

In this paper, the power control and interference pricing problems between the macro base station (MBS) and small cell base stations (SBSs) in Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) are investigated. To optimally allocate power resources and effectively manage the power resources to reduce interference in HetNets, an innovative Stackelberg differential game approach is proposed. In the proposed Stackelberg game, the SBSs control their transmit power to achieve cost minimization based on the interference price offered by the MBS. Given the optimal power control strategies of SBSs, the MBS can adjust the interference price to realize the objective optimization. Renewable energy sources are introduced into the proposed HetNets, and differential equations formulate the SBSs' dynamic energy. Meanwhile, the MBS's state is given by the dynamic spectrum resources. Then the differential game is imported to achieve optimal power control and interference pricing. The open-loop Nash equilibrium solutions are first analyzed for the MBS and SBSs. Then the feedback Nash equilibrium solutions are given. Under the feedback pattern, the proposed model's performances in the non-cooperative and cooperative situations are discussed. Numerical simulations are given to show the convergence and effectiveness of the proposed game approach.