Equilibrium analysis of coexisting IEEE 802.11e wireless LANs

Author

Mangold, Stefan ; Berlemann, Lars ; Walke, Bernhard

Author_Institution

Dept. of Wireless Commun. & Networking, Phillips Res. Labs, Briarcliff Manor, NY, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

7-10 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

321

Abstract

A model for the coexistence problem of overlapping IEEE 802.11e wireless networks is discussed in this paper. In a competition scenario of overlapping 802.11e networks, quality of service cannot be guaranteed by the 802.11e protocol. For this reason, a stage-based game structure is introduced here. Wireless networks participate in the game as players. The players are gaining in each stage a so-called utility, which is a summarizing value for the achieved quality of service. The interaction of the players within a single stage is analyzed in detail, under consideration of Nash equilibria and Pareto efficiency.

Keywords

Pareto analysis; game theory; protocols; quality of service; wireless LAN; Nash equilibria; Pareto efficiency; local area network; quality of service; stage-based game structure; wireless LAN; Delay; Game theory; Laboratories; Local area networks; Quality of service; Throughput; USA Councils; Wireless LAN; Wireless communication; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2003. PIMRC 2003. 14th IEEE Proceedings on

Conference_Location

Beijing, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7822-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2003.1264286

Filename

1264286