Cooperation Issues in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

  • Authors:
  • Marco Conti;Enrico Gregori;Gaia Maselli

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ICDCSW '04 Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems Workshops - W7: EC (ICDCSW'04) - Volume 7
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The infra-structureless nature of ad hoc networks requiresthe distribution of network functions to all the participatingnodes. The underlying requirement for making operationalthe cooperative paradigm is the supposed good-behaviorof all entities composing and, at the same time,using the system. However, the lack of any centralized authoritythat enforces the overall collaboration motivates apossible tendency of entities toward self-interested behavior.In this paper, we explore the cooperation issues acrosslayers of the protocol stack for a network node. In particular,we perform a per-protocol analysis of cooperativeaspects, and identify the problems potentially affectingeach layer. Afterward, we survey current research approachesto cooperation enforcing, highlighting commonfeatures among different layers' solutions, as well as openissues.