Title
On the exploitation of CDF based wireless scheduling
Abstract
Channel-aware scheduling strategies - such as the CDF scheduler (CS) algorithm - provide an effective mechanism for utilizing the channel data rate for improving throughput performance in wireless data networks by exploiting channel fluctuations. A highly desired property of such a scheduling strategy is that its algorithm is stable, in the sense that no user has incentive ''cheating'' the algorithm in order to increase his/hers channel share (on the account of others). Considering a single user we show that no such user can increase his/hers channel share by misreporting the channel capacity. In contrast, considering a group of users, we present a scheme by which coordination allows them to gain permanent increase in both their time slots share and in their throughput at the expense of others, by misreporting their rates. We show that for large populations consisting of regular and coordinated users in equal numbers, the ratio of allocated time slots between a coordinated and a regular user converges to e-1~1.7. Our scheme targets the very fundamental principle of CS (as opposed to just attacking implementation aspects), which bases its scheduling decisions on the Cumulative Distribution Function (CDF) of the channel rates reported by users. Our scheme works both for the continuous channel spectrum and the discrete channel spectrum versions of the problem. Finally, we outline a modified CDF scheduler immune to such attacks.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1016/j.comnet.2012.11.022
Computer Networks
Keywords
Field
DocType
Wireless,CDF,Scheduling,Fairness,DDoS,Attack
Wireless network,Fair-share scheduling,Computer science,Scheduling (computing),Computer network,Communication channel,Resource allocation,Throughput,Code division multiple access,Channel allocation schemes,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
57
10
0743-166X E-ISBN : 978-1-4244-3513-5
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-4244-3513-5
12
0.84
References 
Authors
12
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Udi Ben-Porat1222.15
Anat Bremler-Barr250539.95
Hanoch Levy355969.67