A Game-Theoretic Analysis of Multiple Protocol Data Flows in Hierarchical M2M Communication Networks

Gang Wang, Jie Leng and Lin Bai

International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, 2013, vol. 9, issue 11, 584707

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.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1155/2013/584707

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