Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Flow Control in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Chen, Kai
This item is only available for download by members of the University of Illinois community. Students, faculty, and staff at the U of I may log in with your NetID and password to view the item. If you are trying to access an Illinois-restricted dissertation or thesis, you can request a copy through your library's Inter-Library Loan office or purchase a copy directly from ProQuest.
Permalink
https://hdl.handle.net/2142/81647
Description
Title
Cooperative and Non-Cooperative Flow Control in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Author(s)
Chen, Kai
Issue Date
2004
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Nahrstedt, Klara
Department of Study
Computer Science
Discipline
Computer Science
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Computer Science
Language
eng
Abstract
"Traditionally, flow control has been studied in a cooperative network environment. Such cooperative behavior is not a realistic assumption in a public MANET formed by a random group of strangers. Users in this network are likely to behave selfishly, by refusing to forward other users' packets. Under this non-cooperative environment, flow control and incentive engineering are two problems closely related to each other. To this end, we propose a joint flow control and incentive engineering scheme called iPass. iPass adopts the ""pay for service"" model of cooperation, and utilizes an auction mechanism at each router to fairly allocate bandwidth resources to the passing flows. At the same time, the auction markets give explicit rate signals to the end-hosts for flow control purpose. We show that iPass achieves several desirable system properties, such as truthful bidding of user's utility. Our simulation results also show that iPass is able to achieve the fairness and efficiency goals of flow control. Therefore, it provides an innovative and graceful solution for the flow control and incentive engineering problems in a non-cooperative MANET."
Use this login method if you
don't
have an
@illinois.edu
email address.
(Oops, I do have one)
IDEALS migrated to a new platform on June 23, 2022. If you created
your account prior to this date, you will have to reset your password
using the forgot-password link below.
