Secure and fair auctions over ad hoc networks
by Alia Fourati, Khaldoun Al Agha, Hella Kaffel Ben Ayed
International Journal of Electronic Business (IJEB), Vol. 5, No. 3, 2007

Abstract: The emergence of new mobile and wireless networks, with novel capabilities, offers opportunities to widen traditional internet-based applications. In this paper, we focus on a famous and widely used e-commerce application: auctions, and propose their deployment over ad hoc networks. Actually, we specify here this auction model while assuring identified crucial requirements: security and fairness. Security services are provided through threshold cryptography mechanisms whereas fairness is provided through rounds duration calculation. We prove that such a novel mobile commerce application presents advantages with regard to conventional economic models. Evaluations present optimistic results promising a realisable deployment of our auction model.

Online publication date: Thu, 12-Jul-2007

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