• DocumentCode
    2648793
  • Title

    Multihomed wireless terminals: MAC configuration and network selection games

  • Author

    Konorski, Jerzy

  • Author_Institution
    Gdansk Univ. of Technol., Gdansk, Poland
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    26-28 Jan. 2011
  • Firstpage
    224
  • Lastpage
    229
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Information Networking (ICOIN), 2011 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona
  • ISSN
    1976-7684
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-61284-661-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICOIN.2011.5723183
  • Filename
    5723183