NDLI: Market models and pricing mechanisms in a multihop wireless hotspot network

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Author	Chen, K. Yang, Z. Wagener, C. Nahrstedt, K.
Copyright Year	2005
Description	Author affiliation: Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA (Chen, K.; Yang, Z.; Wagener, C.; Nahrstedt, K.)
Abstract	Multihop wireless hotspot network [A. Balachandran et al., (2003), F. Fitzek et al., (2003), Y-D. Lin et al., (1999), K-C. Wang et al., (2003)] has been recently proposed to extend the coverage area of a base station. However, with selfish nodes in the network, multihop packet forwarding cannot take place without an incentive mechanism. In this paper, we adopt the "pay for service" incentive model, i.e., clients pay the relaying nodes for their packet forwarding service. Our focus in this paper is to determine a "fair" pricing for packet forwarding. To this end, we model the system as a market where the pricing for packet forwarding is determined by demand and supply. Depending on the network communication scenario, the market models are different. We classify the network into four different scenarios and propose different pricing mechanisms for them. Our simulation results show that the pricing mechanisms are able to guide the market into an equilibrium state quickly. We also show that maintaining communication among the relaying nodes is important for a stable market pricing.
Starting Page	73
Ending Page	82
File Size	344218
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0769523757
DOI	10.1109/MOBIQUITOUS.2005.36
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2005-07-17
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Pricing Intelligent networks Spread spectrum communication Base stations Relays Humans Computer science Airports Mobile communication Throughput
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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