Paper Info
Title
Pricing To Stimulate Node Cooperation In Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
Abstract
In wireless ad hoc networks, network services are provided through the cooperation of all nodes. Albeit that good teamwork could smoothly run a mobile network, selfish node behaviors would probably cause it to break down. Some examples of these selfish node behaviors would include, "listening only" for saving energy or "receiving the valuable" without forwarding the packets to others. To cope with this problem, we propose PDM, a price-demand function based pricing model, to restrains the selfish behaviors of mobile nodes. PDM is based on the packet sending requirements of the source nodes and the forwarding cost of relay nods. Using this pricing methodology, the packet forwarding activities will be profitable for the relay node and further stimulate cooperation in the network. In particular, the new model enjoys the merit of giving relay nodes no reason to dishonestly report their forwarding costs, because an honest cost claim has proven to be an optimal strategy for relay nodes. Furthermore, our new model uses a price-demand function to reflect the relationship between the service demand of the source nodes and the service supply of the relay nodes. As a consequence, our approach reduces the source nodes' payments to send packets, and at the same time guarantees that the packets sent by the source nodes are delivered to the destination.
Year
DOI
Venue
2007
10.1093/ietcom/e90-b.7.1640
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Keywords
Field
DocType
ad hoc networks, cooperation, price-demand function, forwarding, cost
Network service,Computer science,Network packet,Computer network,Cellular network,Wireless ad hoc network,Packet switching,Telecommunications service,Packet forwarding,Relay,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
E90B
7
0916-8516
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
0.70
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mingmei Li1183.25
Eiji Kamioka29621.65
Yamada S323538.98