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Heterogeneous network bandwidth management scheme based on the principal-agent game model

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In order to provide more comprehensive network services, a concept of integrated heterogeneous network system was introduced. Until now, lots of researchers have focused on how to efficiently integrate different types of wireless and mobile networks. To exploit the heterogeneous network system operation, an important issue is how to properly manage the network bandwidth. In this study, a new bandwidth management scheme has been proposed by employing the principal-agent game model. Among heterogeneous networks, we have analyzed the asymmetric information situation and developed an effective bandwidth allocation algorithm. Under diverse network condition changes, our principal-agent game approach is essential to provide a suitable tradeoff between conflicting requirements. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed scheme can obtain a better network performance and bandwidth efficiency than other existing schemes.

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This research was supported by the MSIP (Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning), Korea, under the ITRC (Information Technology Research Center) support program (IITP-2015-H8501-15-1018) supervised by the IITP (Institute for Information & Communications Technology Promotion).

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Kim, S. Heterogeneous network bandwidth management scheme based on the principal-agent game model. Wireless Netw 23, 279–287 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11276-015-1167-x

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