A Stable Payoff Allocation Protocol for Controlling the Selfishness and Managing the Power Consumption in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
Moirangthem Tiken Singh, Surajit Borkotokey · Journal of scientific research · 2022
We present a model to control the mobile nodes’ selfish behavior in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks using the cooperative game. We design the model such that a path from a source node to a destination node is a stable coalition among the nodes. We achieve this by compensating the nodes using virtual currency to take part in the coalition formation. The incentive provided to a node taking part in the coalition is determined using the Shapley value of the coalition formed. We also design the model to use minimum power to reach the one-hop node in the communication path. We achieve each node’s dynamic power control while forming the coalition among the nodes in the path from the source node to the destination node. In addition to these, we design the model where a node in the path should be truthful regarding the power requiring to reach a one-hop node. Finally, we perform a rigorous simulation to check the performance of the model.