Distributed contention window control for selfish users in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs

Youngmi Jin, George Kesidis

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Abstract

In this paper, we study non-cooperative user behavior in random-access wireless networks in which users have freedom to choose their back-off contention window size according to network's congestion status. We formulate a non-cooperative game and show the existence and uniqueness of its equilibrium point. We also propose an iterative method leading to the equilibrium point of the game. A discussion of alternative game formulations in the same problem context is also given.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1113-1123
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Volume25
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2007

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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