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http://dx.doi.org/10.3745/KTCCS.2019.8.7.167

Game-Based Content Caching and Data Sponsor Scheme for the Content Network  

Won, JoongSeop (티맥스소프트)
Kim, SungWook (서강대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
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KIPS Transactions on Computer and Communication Systems / v.8, no.7, 2019 , pp. 167-176 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, as the types of services that can be enjoyed in mobile telecommunication networks such as social networks and video streaming are increasing, mobile users(MUs) can access mobile contents easily by consuming mobile data. However, under a mobile telecommunication environment, MUs have to pay a high data fee to a network service provider(SP) in order to enjoy contents. The 'data sponsor' technique, introduced as a way to solve this problem, has attracted attention as a breakthrough method for enhancing contents accessibility of MUs. In this paper, we propose an algorithm that determines the optimal discount rate through the Stackelberg game in the data sponsor environment. We also propose an algorithm to design edge caching, which caches highly popular content for MUs on edge server, through many-to-many matching game. Simulation results clearly indicate that the profit for CP's content consumption is improved by about 6~11%, and the profit of CP according to the ratio of edge caching is improved by about 12% than the other existing schemes under data sponsor environment.
Keywords
Game Theory; Stackelberg Game; Matching Game; Data Sponsoring;
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