1772 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INFORMATION THEORY, VOL. 58, NO. 3, MARCH 2012 ODEs has a unique solution for any f<strong>in</strong>ite time. Fur<strong>the</strong>rmore, <strong>the</strong> solution is bounded for any f<strong>in</strong>ite time. Indeed, one has Def<strong>in</strong>e . One can rewrite <strong>the</strong> objective function <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> above optimization problem as (43) with be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> upper bound on function , and hence From (42), we have This concludes <strong>the</strong> pro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> lemma. APPENDIX D PROOF OF LEMMA 2 Under <strong>the</strong> given hypo<strong>the</strong>sis, <strong>the</strong> BS’s policy from (30) and (31) would be . From (27), <strong>the</strong> pay<strong>of</strong>f for mobile 1 under policy is Hence, <strong>the</strong> maximum <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> objective function <strong>in</strong> (43) is achieved under <strong>the</strong> required constra<strong>in</strong>ts by first maximiz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> term (<strong>the</strong> constra<strong>in</strong>ts on this alone will be less strict) subject to Def<strong>in</strong>e <strong>the</strong> probability measure for all possible result<strong>in</strong>g from and . Also def<strong>in</strong>e to obta<strong>in</strong> , and <strong>the</strong>n maximiz<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> term (while ensur<strong>in</strong>g that <strong>the</strong>se variables and <strong>the</strong> optimal variables from <strong>the</strong> previous step jo<strong>in</strong>tly satisfy <strong>the</strong> required constra<strong>in</strong>ts) subject to By <strong>in</strong>dependence, we are <strong>in</strong>terested <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> constra<strong>in</strong>ed optimization problem: If with , <strong>the</strong>n clearly by def<strong>in</strong>ition <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> best strategies ,wehave (42) for all , and so on. Assum<strong>in</strong>g condition ,it is easily seen that (see <strong>the</strong> first equation at <strong>the</strong> top <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> page). Fur<strong>the</strong>r (see <strong>the</strong> second equation at <strong>the</strong> top <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> page). The above def<strong>in</strong>es <strong>the</strong> jo<strong>in</strong>t distribution with prescribed marg<strong>in</strong>als. It is now straightforward to see that <strong>the</strong> conditional distribution is <strong>in</strong>deed . This completes <strong>the</strong> pro<strong>of</strong>. REFERENCES [1] 1xEV:1x Evolution IS-856 TIA/EIA Standard Airl<strong>in</strong>k Overview, Qualcomm, Inc., 2001. [2] High Speed Downl<strong>in</strong>k Packet Access (HSDPA); Overall Description; Stage 2 Technical Specification 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network, 2008, 3GPP TS 25.308, Release 8, V8.3.0.
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(Eng.) and Ph.D. degrees from <strong>the</strong> Electrical Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g and Electrical and Computer Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g Departments <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Indian Institute <strong>of</strong> Science (IISc), Bangalore, <strong>in</strong> 2002 and 2007, respectively. From 1994 to 2000, she was <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> design and development <strong>of</strong> GPS and Voice band modems at Accord S<strong>of</strong>tware and <strong>Systems</strong>, Bangalore. She was an National Board for Higher Ma<strong>the</strong>matics (NBHM) Postdoctoral Fellow at Tata Institute <strong>of</strong> Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bangalore, dur<strong>in</strong>g 2007–2008. S<strong>in</strong>ce 2008, she has been a Postdoctoral Researcher with MAESTRO, INRIA, Sophia Antipolis, France and LIA, University <strong>of</strong> Avignon, France. Her research <strong>in</strong>terests span communication <strong>the</strong>ory, wireless networks, signal process<strong>in</strong>g, game <strong>the</strong>ory, optimal control, and optimization. Eitan Altman (F’10) received <strong>the</strong> B.Sc. degree <strong>in</strong> electrical eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, <strong>the</strong> B.A. degree <strong>in</strong> physics, and <strong>the</strong> Ph.D. degree <strong>in</strong> electrical eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, all from <strong>the</strong> Technion-Israel Institute, Haifa, <strong>in</strong> 1984, 1984, 1990, respectively. In 1990, he received <strong>the</strong> B.Mus. degree <strong>in</strong> music composition from Tel-Aviv University. S<strong>in</strong>ce 1990, he has been a researcher at <strong>the</strong> National Research Institute <strong>in</strong> Computer Science and Control (INRIA) <strong>in</strong> Sophia-Antipolis, France. His areas <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong>clude network<strong>in</strong>g, stochastic control and game <strong>the</strong>ory. Dr. Altman has been on <strong>the</strong> editorial boards <strong>of</strong> several scientific journals: Wireless Networks (WINET), Computer Networks (COMNET), Computer Communications (Comcom), Journal <strong>of</strong> Discrete Event Dynamic <strong>Systems</strong> (JDEDS), SIAM Journal <strong>of</strong> Control and Optimisation (SICON), Stochastic Models, and <strong>the</strong> Journal <strong>of</strong> Economy Dynamic and Control (JEDC). He received <strong>the</strong> Best Paper Award <strong>in</strong> Network<strong>in</strong>g 2006, <strong>in</strong> Globecom 2007, and <strong>in</strong> IFIP Wireless Days 2009 conferences, and is a coauthor <strong>of</strong> two papers that have received <strong>the</strong> Best Student Paper awards (at QoFis 2000 and at Network<strong>in</strong>g 2002). More <strong>in</strong>formaion can be found at www-sop.<strong>in</strong>ria.fr/members/Eitan.Altman/. Rachid El-Azouzi received <strong>the</strong> Ph.D. degree <strong>in</strong> applied ma<strong>the</strong>matics from <strong>the</strong> Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco, <strong>in</strong> 2000. He jo<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>the</strong> National Research Institute <strong>in</strong> Informatics and Control (INRIA) Sophia Antipolis for Postdoctoral and Research Eng<strong>in</strong>eer positions. S<strong>in</strong>ce 2003, he has been a researcher with <strong>the</strong> University <strong>of</strong> Avignon, France. His research <strong>in</strong>terests are, network<strong>in</strong>g games, biologically <strong>in</strong>spired networks, performance evaluation, learn<strong>in</strong>g algorithms, delay tolerant networks, mean field, radio resource management, and epidemic networks. More <strong>in</strong>formation can be found at http://lia.univ-avignon.fr/fileadm<strong>in</strong>/documents/Users/Intranet/chercheurs/elazouzi/<strong>in</strong>dex1.html. Dr. El-Azouzi received <strong>the</strong> Best Paper award <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Network<strong>in</strong>g 2006, <strong>in</strong> Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN 2007), and IEEE Globcom 2007 conferences. Rajesh Sundaresan (S’96–M’00–SM’06) received <strong>the</strong> B.Tech. degree <strong>in</strong> electronics and communication from <strong>the</strong> Indian Institute <strong>of</strong> Technology, Madras, <strong>the</strong> M.A. and Ph.D. degrees <strong>in</strong> electrical eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g from Pr<strong>in</strong>ceton University, Pr<strong>in</strong>ceton, NJ, <strong>in</strong> 1996 and 1999, respectively. From 1999 to 2005, he was with Qualcomm Inc. work<strong>in</strong>g on <strong>the</strong> design <strong>of</strong> communication algorithms for wireless modems. S<strong>in</strong>ce 2005, he has been with <strong>the</strong> Department <strong>of</strong> Electrical Communication Eng<strong>in</strong>eer<strong>in</strong>g, Indian Institute <strong>of</strong> Science, Bangalore. His <strong>in</strong>terests are <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> areas <strong>of</strong> communication networks and <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>the</strong>ory.