Broke service
Subtitle: a self-organized approach to servicing broke nodes in ad-hoc networks.
Published: 2004
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
Description: However, there are situations when a node could run out of virtual currency, and enter a broke state. In this thesis, we propose a comprehensive self-organized set of mechanisms referred to as the Broke Service, which allows for a broke node to make limited use of the network to transmit its traffic, in addition to stimulating non-broke nodes to cooperate with broke ones.In civilian applications of ad hoc networks, groups of strangers  are required to cooperate with each other. To stimulate such behavior a virtual currency is used to provide an incentive for cooperation by having a node to send its traffic at a given cost, while allowing it to profit every time it forwards others' traffic.At the heart of the Broke Service is a loan-based approach, which is valued as a form of 'investment' from a lender node's point of view.
Notes: Adviser:  Shahrokh Valaee.

Thesis (M.A.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2004.

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Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 43-03, page: 0945.

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