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
fDate :
7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2002.801326
