A Proposal of an Incentive-Based Crowdsensing Method Using a Cellular Network and D2D Communication

The demand for services that provide current sensing data (data) at a specified location is expected to grow in the future. To realize such services with lower sensor installation costs and lower operating costs, we consider using pull-type mobile crowdsensing with reverse auction (pull-type reverse auction) that determines the amount of incentive paid to mobile hosts (MHs) which obtain data with reverse auction. In pull-type reverse auction, more cellular traffic between a server and MHs can increase the cost of service operation. In this paper, we propose a new method for pull-type reverse auction that reduces cellular traffic between a server and MHs by utilizing Device to Device (D2D) communication. Through simulation, we confirmed that the proposed method can reduce cellular traffic compared to the existing method for pull-type reverse auction while generally selecting a successful bidder which obtains data at the same location for the same amount of reward within the same amount of time as in the existing method.