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Allocation-Pricing Game for Multipath Routing in Virtual Networks

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Advances in Systems Science

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 240))

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In this paper we consider the problem of routing data packets in virtual network. It is assumed that each virtual link may consist of arbitrary collection of paths composed of physical links. Traffic originating from a source node may reach its destination using many paths simultaneously. In order to maximize the utility in a network where a large number of such transmissions occur, it is necessary to allocate bandwidth of physical links appropriately among all component flows, as well as to decide on the division of capacity of virtual links. We apply game-theoretic analysis to the formulated multipath routing problem in order to develop a distributed mechanism for solving network utility maximization problem in virtual network. We show that the obtained allocations form a strategy profile which is a pure Nash equilibrium. Moreover, the proposed mechanism allows to allocate the bandwidth in a way which maximizes the total utility.

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  1. Institute of Computer Science, Wrocław University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Magdalena Turowska, Dariusz Gąsior & Maciej Drwal

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  1. Institute of Informatics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Jerzy Swiątek

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    Adam Grzech

  3. Institute of Informatics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Paweł Swiątek

  4. Institute of Informatics, Wroclaw University of Technology, Wrocław, Poland

    Jakub M. Tomczak

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Turowska, M., Gąsior, D., Drwal, M. (2014). Allocation-Pricing Game for Multipath Routing in Virtual Networks. In: Swiątek, J., Grzech, A., Swiątek, P., Tomczak, J. (eds) Advances in Systems Science. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 240. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01857-7_54

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