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A Trust-Based Cooperative System for Efficient Wi-Fi Radio Access Networks

Authors :
Alessandro Raschella
Max Hashem Eiza
Michael Mackay
Qi Shi
Matthew Banton
Source :
IEEE Access, Vol 11, Pp 136136-136149 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
IEEE, 2023.

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel trust-based cooperative system to facilitate efficient Wi-Fi network access trading to solve the network congestion problem in a beneficial manner for both service providers and customers. The proposed system enables service providers to improve their users’ application performance through a novel cooperative Access Point (AP) association solution. The system is based on a Software-Defined Wireless Network (SDWN) controller, which has a global view of users’ devices, requirements, and APs. The SDWN controller is supported by Smart Contracts (SCs) as code of law, to liaise control among service providers according to the terms of their mutual agreements. Evaluation results in dense Wi-Fi network environments show how the system can significantly improve the overall performance for the cooperating network. Specifically, the results have been compared against the standard AP association approach and other centralised algorithms dealing with the same problem, in terms of the data bit rate provided to the users’ stations (STAs), Quality of Experience (QoE), bandwidth and energy consumed by the APs.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21693536
Volume :
11
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
IEEE Access
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9e245b866e4440b680490593965dca59
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3338177