Improving caching resource management: A pricing economic approach using Cournot, Bertrand, and Stackelberg game models

Over-The-Top broadcasts a huge number of medias that mobile network operators have to manage efficiently before to deliver it to their subscribers. We propose an economic pricing approach to address caching resource management issues in the 5G wireless networks and to overcome limitations in terms of throughput, latency, and reliability. Moreover, we consider this approach based on an oligopolistic multi-market deducted from Cournot, Stackelberg, and Bertrand models. For simulation purpose, we consider the routing protocol (Ad-hoc On-Demand Distance Vector [AODV]) commonly used for the wireless network. We use the NS-2 package, and we analyze results in terms of End-to-End delay representing latency, throughput, packet delivery ratio, and normalized network load. © 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.