Double Auction Game for Efficient Resource Sharing in 5G D2D Wireless Communication Networks

The advent of 5G networks around the world has resulted in greater bandwidth being available to more users, but has also led to an unprecedented increase in network traffic. Device-to-Device (D2D) communication has emerged as one of the effective strategies for reduction of network load and sharing of bandwidth among users. The present work examines a double auction game based strategy for efficient sharing of bandwidth among users who may act as buyers or sellers of the bandwidth. Standard strategies such as natural ordering are contrasted with a Bayesian approach. Finally, the Bayesian Nash Equilibrium is achieved through simulation of the network and contrasted with results obtained through natural ordering based auction.