Assessing the Cooperativeness of Users in Wi-Fi Networks

Szymon Szott, Grzegorz Ptaszek, Lucjan Janowski

2014

Abstract

Wi-Fi networks are based on the cooperation of users in sharing a common resource – the radio channel. This is a security risk because users may behave selfishly to increase their own throughput but at the same time decrease the overall network performance. Many scientific analyses have focused on this problem, but none have taken into account real user behavior. We present the initial results of a work-in-progress in which we studied a group of users in terms of their online behavior as well as their psychological characteristics. We have found that users behave selfishly in a wireless setting, regardless of their cooperative nature. We provide lessons learned as well as pose open questions for further research in this field.

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Szott S., Ptaszek G. and Janowski L. (2014). Assessing the Cooperativeness of Users in Wi-Fi Networks . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2014) ISBN 978-989-758-047-5, pages 60-64. DOI: 10.5220/0005117300600064


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@conference{winsys14,
author={Szymon Szott and Grzegorz Ptaszek and Lucjan Janowski},
title={Assessing the Cooperativeness of Users in Wi-Fi Networks},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2014)},
year={2014},
pages={60-64},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005117300600064},
isbn={978-989-758-047-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2014)
TI - Assessing the Cooperativeness of Users in Wi-Fi Networks
SN - 978-989-758-047-5
AU - Szott S.
AU - Ptaszek G.
AU - Janowski L.
PY - 2014
SP - 60
EP - 64
DO - 10.5220/0005117300600064