dc.creator | Iosifidis, G. | en |
dc.creator | Gao, L. | en |
dc.creator | Huang, J. | en |
dc.creator | Tassiulas, L. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-23T10:30:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-23T10:30:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier | 10.1109/MCOM.2014.6894448 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1636804 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11615/28620 | |
dc.description.abstract | The increasing mobile data demand and the proliferation of advanced handheld devices place user-provided networks in a conspicuous position for next-generation network architectures. There has been growing consensus that user-provided networks can play a crucial role in both self-organizing and operator-controlled wireless networks, as they enable the exploitation of the diverse communication needs and resources of different users. However, in user-provided networks both the availability of and demand for Internet access depend on mobile devices; therefore, the success of such networks relies on active user participation. In this article, we analyze the design challenges of incentive mechanisms for encouraging user engagement in user-provided networks. Motivated by recently launched business models, we focus on mobile user-provided networks where the energy consumption and data usage costs are critical and have a large impact on users¿ decisions on both requesting and offering user-provided network services. We outline two novel incentive schemes that have been proposed for such user-provided networks, and discuss the open issues that must be further addressed. © 1979-2012 IEEE. | en |
dc.source | IEEE Communications Magazine | en |
dc.source.uri | http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-84907200824&partnerID=40&md5=2ea8f1a2315b74b32ecbb0ff1ff19a5c | |
dc.subject | Incentive mechanism | en |
dc.title | Incentive mechanisms for user-provided networks | en |
dc.type | journalArticle | en |