Title :
Multihomed wireless terminals: MAC configuration and network selection games
Author_Institution :
Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk, Poland
Abstract :
The paper studies bandwidth distribution among a set of rational multihomed wireless terminals (WTs). Based on network feedback information (NFI), each WT selects an available wireless network so as to self-optimize a utility derived from received bandwidth. Using game-theoretic tools we show how to disincentivize “aggressive” MAC configuration and quantify the role of the speed of NFI generation relative to WTs´ requests for network services. Depending on the traffic requirements and bandwidth sharing schemes, the underlying incomplete information games need not distinctly reduce WTs´ utilities.
Keywords :
access protocols; game theory; wireless LAN; MAC configuration; MAC protocol; bandwidth distribution; game theory; multihomed wireless terminals; network feedback information; network selection games; wireless LAN; Bandwidth; Games; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Probability distribution; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Nash equilibria; game theory; network feedback information; rational behavior; wireless multihoming;
Conference_Titel :
Information Networking (ICOIN), 2011 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Barcelona
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-661-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICOIN.2011.5723183
