Novel Data Sponsoring Control Scheme Based on the Dual-Leader Stackelberg Game Model

Table 2

System parameters used in the simulation experiments.

Traffic type	Application	Bandwidth request	Connection duration average
I	A group applications	1.2 Gbps	300 sec (5 min)
II	B group applications	1.4 Gbps	180 sec (3 min)
III	C group applications	1.6 Gbps	360 sec (6 min)
IV	D group applications	1.8 Gbps	480 sec (8 min)
Parameter	Value	Description
n	5	The number of SPs
m	100	The number of MUs
	0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5	Data sponsoring rate strategies by the CP (min = 1, max = 5)
	0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1, 1.1	Price strategies per data bit by the SP (min = 1, max = 5)
	0.5	A cost factor for the data service of the SP
,	0.01, 0.5	Regulating parameters for the randomized searching
	0.6	The CP’s fixed unit price per bit for the data provisioning
	0.5	The advertisement revenue rate per data consuming
	0.9	The attractiveness when the difference propensities
	1	A coefficient to control the convergence rate
	2	The MU’s satisfaction adjustment factor
	10	The fixed time period of negotiation round