DocumentCode
786337
Title
Equilibria of a noncooperative game for heterogeneous users of an ALOHA network
Author
Jin, Youngmi ; Kesidis, George
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA
Volume
6
Issue
7
fYear
2002
fDate
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
282
Lastpage
284
Abstract
A noncooperative group of users sharing a channel via ALOHA is considered. Depending on their quality-of-service requirements and willingness to pay, the users will select a desired throughput. The users then participate in a noncooperative game wherein they adjust their transmission-probability parameters in an attempt to attain their desired throughputs. The possible equilibrium points reached by such a community of users are studied.
Keywords
access protocols; costing; game theory; probability; quality of service; tariffs; ALOHA network; Nash equilibrium; channel sharing; medium access protocol; multiservice Internet; network pricing; noncooperative game equilibria; quality-of-service; throughput; transmission-probability parameters; user utility functions; willingness to pay; Closed-form solution; Communication system traffic control; Game theory; Internet; Multiaccess communication; Nash equilibrium; Quality of service; System recovery; Throughput; Utility programs;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1089-7798
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LCOMM.2002.801326
Filename
1018751
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