A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Multiple Protocol Data Flows in Hierarchical M2M Communication Networks. (20th November 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Gang; Leng, Jie; Bai, Lin
• Is Part Of: International journal of distributed sensor networks. Volume 9:Number 11(2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-11-20
• Subjects: Sensor networks -- Periodicals; Intelligent agents (Computer software) -- Periodicals; Multisensor data fusion -- Periodicals; 681.2
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/584707
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1550-1329

Abstract

A hierarchical machine-to-machine (M2M) communication network, where multiple heterogeneous devices compete for transmission on congested links, is considered. In such a network, the cluster headers gather the network coding and routing messages from multiple M2M devices and forward them to the cellular network. We propose a novel discriminatory user-based utility mechanism for network coding users and routing users. The price of anarchy (PoA), which is used to characterize the worst-case efficiency bounds, is analyzed. The simulation results show that network coding could promote the efficiency to a certain extent.