A game-theoretical pricing mechanism for multiuser rate allocation for video over WiMAX

Chao-An Chen; Chi-Wen Lo; Chia-Wen Lin; Yung-Chang Chen

doi:10.1117/12.863498

4 August 2010 A game-theoretical pricing mechanism for multiuser rate allocation for video over WiMAX

Chao-An Chen, Chi-Wen Lo, Chia-Wen Lin, Yung-Chang Chen

Proceedings Volume 7744, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2010; 774413 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863498
Event: Visual Communications and Image Processing 2010, 2010, Huangshan, China

Abstract

In multiuser rate allocation in a wireless network, strategic users can bias the rate allocation by misrepresenting their bandwidth demands to a base station, leading to an unfair allocation. Game-theoretical approaches have been proposed to address the unfair allocation problems caused by the strategic users. However, existing approaches rely on a timeconsuming iterative negotiation process. Besides, they cannot completely prevent unfair allocations caused by inconsistent strategic behaviors. To address these problems, we propose a Search Based Pricing Mechanism to reduce the communication time and to capture a user's strategic behavior. Our simulation results show that the proposed method significantly reduce the communication time as well as converges stably to an optimal allocation.

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Chao-An Chen, Chi-Wen Lo, Chia-Wen Lin, and Yung-Chang Chen "A game-theoretical pricing mechanism for multiuser rate allocation for video over WiMAX", Proc. SPIE 7744, Visual Communications and Image Processing 2010, 774413 (4 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.863498

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