Game Theoretic and Coordinated Interference-based Channel Allocation Schemes for Packet Mobile Communication Systems Javier Gozálvez 1 , Alberto Rodríguez-Mayol 1 and Joaquín Sánchez-Soriano 2 1 Signal Theory and Communications Division 2 Operations Research Center University Miguel Hernández, Avda de la Universidad s/n, 03202 Elche, Spain j.gozalvez@umh.es Abstract: Channel allocation schemes are responsible for deciding which available channel is assigned to an incoming call. This work studies the performance of a novel game-theoretic channel assignment scheme, for FCA networks, that bases its allocation decision on the instantaneous received and produced interference levels. The performance of the proposed scheme is compared against that obtained considering the traditional random assignment mechanism and other published algorithms. The conducted work highlights the benefits of the proposed scheme and studies its optimum configuration under various operating conditions and considering a mixed service scenario. Keywords: channel allocation, FCA, packet mobile radio networks, game theory, mobile communication system performance Corresponding author: Dr. Javier Gozálvez Área de Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones Universidad Miguel Hernández Avda Universidad s/n 03202 Elche Spain Telephone: +34 96 665 8955 Fax: +34 96 665 8903 Emails: j.gozalvez@ieee.org and j.gozalvez@umh.es