Nash equilibria in bandwidth allocation for non-cooperative peer-to-peer networks Export

@article{loja08nash, abstract = {In peer-to-peer networks, peers act as clients and servers, i.e., they can download files from others and allow others to download from them, at the same time. Since the bandwidth of a peer acting as server is shared among all its clients, the download rate experienced by a peer depends on the server choices of the other peers. We focus our investigation on the bandwidth allocation among the peers and model this system with non-cooperative game theory. We assume that peers are rational players that maximize their utility, corresponding to minimize their download time. We study the existence of Nash equilibrium points under a very simple server selection policy and show that it is efficiency from the point of view of the bandwidth utilization.}, author = {Loja, K. and Giaccone, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3046209}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sysarc.2007.04.001}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S1383762107000550}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6V1F-4NK4GCK-2/1/4469774e881f273f033e4d60f93b6759}, doi = {10.1016/j.sysarc.2007.04.001}, issn = {13837621}, journal = {Journal of Systems Architecture}, keywords = {equilibria, game, multiagent, nash, systems, theory}, month = {January}, number = {1-2}, pages = {81--96}, posted-at = {2009-07-16 11:06:58}, priority = {0}, title = {Nash equilibria in bandwidth allocation for non-cooperative peer-to-peer networks}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sysarc.2007.04.001}, volume = {54}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - loja08nash L3 - citeulike-article-id:3046209 N2 - In peer-to-peer networks, peers act as clients and servers, i.e., they can download files from others and allow others to download from them, at the same time. Since the bandwidth of a peer acting as server is shared among all its clients, the download rate experienced by a peer depends on the server choices of the other peers. We focus our investigation on the bandwidth allocation among the peers and model this system with non-cooperative game theory. We assume that peers are rational players that maximize their utility, corresponding to minimize their download time. We study the existence of Nash equilibrium points under a very simple server selection policy and show that it is efficiency from the point of view of the bandwidth utilization. IS - 1-2 JF - Journal of Systems Architecture SN - 13837621 EP - 96 TI - Nash equilibria in bandwidth allocation for non-cooperative peer-to-peer networks VL - 54 SP - 81 KW - equilibria KW - game KW - multiagent KW - nash KW - systems KW - theory AU - Loja, K AU - Giaccone, P PY - 2008/01// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sysarc.2007.04.001 ER -