Nitin Singha | Searcharxiv

arXiv2022

Decentralized and stable matching in Peer-to-Peer energy trading

In peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading, a secured infrastructure is required to manage trade and record monetary transactions. A central server/authority can be used for this. But there is a risk of central authority influencing the energy price. So blockchain technology is being preferred as a secured infrastructure in P2P trading. Blockchain provides a distributed repository along with smart contracts for trade management. This reduces the influence of central authority in trading. However, these blockchain-based systems still rely on a central authority to pair/match sellers with consumers for trading energy. The central authority can interfere with the matching process to profit a selected set of users. Further, a centralized authority also charges for its services, thereby increasing the cost of energy. We propose two distributed mechanisms to match sellers with consumers. The first mechanism doesn't allow for price negotiations between sellers and consumers, whereas the second does. We also calculate the time complexity and the stability of the matching process for both mechanisms. Using simulation, we compare the influence of centralized control and energy prices between the proposed and the existing mechanisms. The overall work strives to promote the free market and reduce energy prices.

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arXiv2015

Resource allocation in Peer-to-Peer Networks: A Control-Theoretical Perspective

P2P system rely on voluntary allocation of resources by its members due to absence of any central controlling authority. This resource allocation can be viewed as classical control problem where feedback is the amount of resource received, which controls the output i.e. the amount of resources shared back to the network by the node. The motivation behind the use of control system in resource allocation is to exploit already existing tools in control theory to improve the overall allocation process and thereby solving the problem of freeriding and whitewashing in the network. At the outset, we have derived the transfer function to model the P2P system. Subsequently, through the simulation results we have shown that transfer function was able to provide optimal value of resource sharing for the peers during the normal as well as high degree of overloading in the network. Thereafter we verified the accuracy of the transfer function derived by comparing its output with the simulated P2P network. To demonstrate how control system reduces free riding it has been shown through simulations how the control systems penalizes the nodes indulging in different levels of freeriding. Our proposed control system shows considerable gain over existing state of art algorithm. This improvement is achieved through PI action of controller. Since low reputation peers usually subvert reputation system by whitewashing. We propose and substantiate a technique modifying transfer function such that systems' sluggishness becomes adaptive in such a way that it encourage genuine new comers to enter network and discourages member peers to whitewash.

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