149005 20250124153130.0 doi 10.1109/TNET.2014.2369535 sideral 94588 ART-2016-94588 eng Banchs,A. Thwarting Selfish Behavior in 802.11 WLANs 2016 The 802.11e standard enables user configuration of several MAC parameters, making WLANs vulnerable to users that selfishly configure these parameters to gain throughput. In this paper, we propose a novel distributed algorithm to thwart such selfish behavior. The key idea of the algorithm is for stations to react, upon detecting a misbehavior, by using a more aggressive configuration that penalizes the misbehaving station. We show that the proposed algorithm guarantees global stability while providing good response times. By conducting an analysis of the effectiveness of the algorithm against selfish behaviors, we also show that a misbehaving station cannot obtain any gain by deviating from the algorithm. Simulation results confirm that the proposed algorithm optimizes throughput performance while discouraging selfish behavior. We also present an experimental prototype of the proposed algorithm demonstrating that it can be implemented on commodity hardware. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/318115/EU/Connectivity management for eneRgy Optimised Wireless Dense networks/CROWD info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/UZ/CUD2013-05 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess All rights reserved http://www.europeana.eu/rights/rr-f/ 3.376 2016 COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE 7 / 52 = 0.135 2016 Q1 T1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 19 / 88 = 0.216 2016 Q1 T1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 49 / 259 = 0.189 2016 Q1 T1 COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS 13 / 104 = 0.125 2016 Q1 T1 0.93 2016 Computer Networks and Communications 2016 Q1 Software 2016 Q1 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2016 Q1 Computer Science Applications 2016 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion Ortin,J. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9052-9554 Garcia-Saavedra,A. Leith,D. J. Serrano,P. 5008 560 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com. Área Ingeniería Telemática 24, 1 (2016), 492-505 IEEE/ACM trans. netw. IEEE-ACM TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORKING 1063-6692 340448 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/149005/files/texto_completo.pdf Postprint 3445000 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/149005/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Postprint oai:zaguan.unizar.es:149005 articulos driver 2025-01-24-14:48:50 ARTICLE