Game theoretic and non-game theoretic resource allocation approaches for D2D communication

Device to Device communication involves communique between two devices without routing the packet through the cellular network. Ideally, the process involves reutilizations of the ideal resources of the cellular network for communication purpose. This ensures better management of radio spectrum and reduces communication delay. However, resource allocation has also been a major challenge because it contributes to various problems like interference, throughput issues and many other. A lot of work has been carried out in the recent past to address the above issue. The current paper reviews the work done in the area of resource allocation in the context of device to device communication. Among various mathematical tools available it was bring into being that game theory has been extensively used to address the problem. The main contribution of the paper, it provides the insight into the evolvement that has been made in the area of resource allocation and highlight various open issues that needs to be addressed. (C) 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of Faculty of Engineering, Ain Shams University.