An auction based task allocation scheme for power-aware intrusion detection in wireless ad-hoc networks

This paper presents ATLAS-an auction based task allocation scheme for power-aware intrusion detection in wireless ad-hoc networks with a hierarchical agent-based architecture. By an auction based scheme potential hosts, which can support the network monitoring task based on their battery power levels, bid for and compete against each other whenever a task is put up for sale by idle nodes or those which prognosticate anomalous behavior in a minimally mobile wireless ad-hoc network. The bids are sold to only those nodes having power levels above a certain threshold value. The seller-winning bidders combine for the monitoring task ensures that only the power aware power-optimal nodes collaborate in the agent-based intrusion detection process