A Micro-Payment Scheme Encouraging Collaboration in Multi-hop Cellular Networks

摘要

We propose a micro-payment scheme for multi-hop cellular networks that encourage collaboration in packet forwarding by letting users benefit from relaying others' packets. At the same time as proposing mechanisms for detecting and rewarding collaboration, we introduce appropriate mechanisms for detecting and punishing various forms of abuse. We show that the resulting scheme-which is exceptionally light-weight-makes collaboration relational and cheating undesirable.