In this paper, we study opportunistic traffic offloading in a vehicular environment, where the cellular traffic of vehicular users (VUs) is offloaded through carrier-WiFi networks deployed by the mobile network operator (MNO). By jointly considering users' satisfaction, the offloading performance, and the MNO's revenue, two WiFi offloading mechanisms are proposed: auction game-based offloading (AGO) and congestion game-based offloading (CGO). Moreover, we introduce an approach to predict WiFi offloading potential and access cost and incorporate it in the offloading mechanisms. Specifically, with the AGO mechanism, the MNO employs auctions to sell WiFi access opportunities; VUs decide whether to bid according to their utilities and are capable of using WiFi if the auction is won. With the CGO mechanism, a VU calculates utility considering other VUs' strategies and makes offloading decisions accordingly. We show that the AGO mechanism can maximize social welfare and increase the MNO's revenue, whereas the CGO mechanism can achieve a better performance of average VU utility and fairness. Additionally, both AGO and CGO mechanisms can improve the overall WiFi offloading performance. Through simulations, we demonstrate that both AGO and CGO mechanisms can achieve higher average utility of VUs and lower average service delay and offload much more cellular traffic compared with existing offloading mechanisms.
Opportunistic WiFi Offloading in Vehicular Environment: A Game-Theory Approach
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems ; 17 , 7 ; 1944-1955
2016-07-01
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