Non-cooperative networks in oligopolies

Spatial Oligopolies with Cooperative Distribution

The main objects here are Nash equilibria in spatial Cournot oligopolies when pro…ts depend on coordinated distribution. Production is noncooperative, but the subsequent transportation must be performed jointly to minimize costs. Cournot-Nash equilibria for this two-stage game with partial coalitional strategies are determined by means of a mathematical-based algorithm. A numerical illustration...

Non-cooperative Behavior in Wireless Networks

Existing cellular networks are centrally managed and require a tremendous initial investment. With the advancement of new wireless technologies, the operators of traditional networks have to face new competition. New technologies make it possible to provide wireless services with substantially less investment. There are two interdependent trends that enable this progress: the evolution of techn...

Non-cooperative Forwarding in Ad-Hoc Networks

A wireless Ad-hoc network is expected to be made up of energy aware entities (nodes) interested in their own perceived performance. An important problem in such a scenario is to provide incentives for collaboration among the participating entities. Forwarding packets of other nodes is an example of such a collaboration. However, it may not be in interest of a node to always forward the requesti...

Throughput maximisation in non-coherent cooperative networks

An incremental relaying protocol based on the adaptive decode-and-forward relaying scheme is presented for a cooperative wireless network with binary frequency-shift keying modulation. To reduce error propagation and satisfy biterror-rate (BER) requirement, the proposed protocol employs two thresholds. One threshold is used to select reliable relays: if a relay is requested to re-trnsmit, it wi...

Non-cooperative routing in loss networks