Title :
Bandwidth allocation in ad hoc networks: a price-based approach
Author :
Qiu, Yijie ; Marbach, Peter
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
Pricing is considered as a means to stimulate cooperation in ad hoc networks: users can charge other users a price for relaying their data packets. Assuming that users set prices to maximize their own net benefit, we propose an iterative price and rate adaption algorithm. We show that this algorithm converges to a socially optimal bandwidth allocation. We use a numerical case study to illustrate our results.
Keywords :
ad hoc networks; bandwidth allocation; pricing; ad hoc network; data packet; iterative price; optimal bandwidth allocation; price-based approach; rate adaption algorithm; Ad hoc networks; Bandwidth; Batteries; Channel allocation; Costs; Intelligent networks; Interference; Pricing; Relays; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM 2003. Twenty-Second Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications. IEEE Societies
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7752-4
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.2003.1208917
