A Survey on Reputation-Based Incentive Mechanism in Opportunistic Networks
Li Liu · Applied Mechanics and Materials · 2014
In Opportunistic networks, mobile nodes communicate with each other through store-carry-and-forward manner by use of short message transmission technologies such as Bluetooth or WiFi. Message delivery relies mainly on cooperation among nodes. The incentive mechanism which aims to stimulate cooperation and prevent self-ish behavior is important. Reputation-based mechanism is one of the most popular motivations to tackle this problem. This paper surveys the recent reputation-based incentive mechanisms in Opportunistic Networks.