A Quantitative Study of Accountability in Wireless Multi-hop Networks

In this paper, we explore a quantitative approach to accountable wireless multi-hop networks. We propose using hierarchical P-Accountability to adapt the requirements of modeling a complex network environment and assess the degree of accountability in a fine-grained manner. We have defined P-Accountability and demonstrated its use in the hierarchical network environment. In addition, we apply P-Accountability to a wireless multi-hop network system. Both numerical and simulation results show that our approach is applicable to most accountable systems and that it provides a flexible and comprehensive view of the degree of accountability.