A survey on game theoretic approach in wireless networks

Game theory is a multi-agent decision theory, modelling rational, utility-maximizing agents whose actions affect one another's utilities. Its techniques have been widely applied to various engineering design problems in which the action of one component has impact on that of any other component. A brief survey on game theory for beginners is presented in this paper. The applications of game theory in wireless networking is collected and described them in a layered perspective, emphasizing on which fields game theory could be effectively applied. To this end, an extensive game model is simulated and their key features are exposed.