A Game-theoretic Cooperation Stimulus Routing Protocol in MANETs
Azadeh Omrani, Mehran S. Fallah · 2008
Abstract — The existence of selfish nodes, who do not cooperate in routing and forwarding, menaces the applicability of mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs). In this paper, we propose a novel price-based method for stimulating cooperation among the nodes of a MANET. This method utilizes the game-theoretic notion of core to distribute the earnings of a cooperation coalition among its members in an optimal manner. In this way, a stable costefficient route is established between communicating parties. Index Terms — Cooperation stimulation, cost-efficient routing, game theory, mobile ad hoc networks