Title :
Designing a peer-to-peer wireless network confederation
Author :
Efstathiou, Elias C. ; Polyzos, George C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Athens Univ. of Econ. & Bus., Greece
Abstract :
We present the peer-to-peer wireless network confederation (P2PWNC), a P2P system designed to enable the sharing of WLAN bandwidth among residential hotspots. The benefits of joining the confederation outweigh the costs, and its token-based incentive mechanism prevents free-riding.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; telecommunication services; wireless LAN; P2P system; WLAN bandwidth; free-roaming; incentives; peer-to-peer wireless network confederation; residential hotspots; token-based incentive mechanism; Bandwidth; Costs; Mobile computing; Multimedia systems; Peer to peer computing; Roaming; Subscriptions; USA Councils; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 2003. LCN '03. Proceedings. 28th Annual IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2037-5
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.2003.1243214
