Symmetric interaction in channel allocation for Bi-directional in-band full-duplex network

An adaptive channel allocation scheme for bidirectional in-band full-duplex networks is proposed by modifying a channel allocation scheme for half-duplex networks on the basis of the property of bilateral symmetric interaction. To adapt schemes for half-duplex networks to full-duplex networks, we modify them so that channel update process successfully converges to a Nash equilibrium, i.e., it does not cycle. Specifically, the sum of products of transmission power and received interference power (instead of the sum of received interference power) at a communication pair is used as the novel payoff function. Then, the proposed channel allocation scheme is proved to be a potential game, and thus, the game is guaranteed to converge in a finite number of steps. Simulation results reveal that the proposed scheme is able to effectively allocate channels in bi-directional in-band full-duplex networks.