Social Group Utility Maximization

• Main Authors: Gong, Xiaowen (Author), Chen, Xu (Author), Yang, Lei (Author), Zhang, Junshan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer communication systems.; Computers.; Electrical engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Communication Networks.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Information Systems and Communication Service.

This SpringerBrief explains how to leverage mobile users' social relationships to improve the interactions of mobile devices in mobile networks. It develops a social group utility maximization (SGUM) framework that captures diverse social ties of mobile users and diverse physical coupling of mo...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Social Group Utility Maximization Framework
• SGUM-based Random Access Control and Power Control
• SGUM-based Database Assisted Spectrum Access
• SGUM-based Pseudonym Change for Personalized Location Privacy
• Conclusion and Future Work.