Double auction based resource allocation for secure video caching in heterogeneous networks

Recently, caching techniques have been regarded as efficient approaches to alleviate the data traffic loaded over backhaul channels, which can reduce the transmission delay and improve the quality and experience of video services. This work investigates a small-cell based caching system composed of one mobile network operator (MNO) and multiple video service providers (VSPs). In this system, different VSPs have their caching requirements, and the MNO, who manages and operates its small base stations (SBSs), will assign these SBSs' storage to VSPs for placing videos. Considering different video popularities and MUs' preferences of VSPs, the caching service brings different utilities to VSPs, as well as that providing caching service to different VSPs causes distinct costs to the MNO. However, such privacy information of utility and cost cannot be aware of among VSPs and the MNO. In addition, malicious VSPs may break the fairness of caching systems by requesting undeserved caching resource. Concerning these problems above, this paper designs a secure caching mechanism based on double auction, which can encourage both the MNO and VSPs to truthfully report their acceptances and requirements of caching resource, respectively. Moreover, the proposed caching mechanism ensures the efficient operation of market by maximizing the social welfare. The performance and economic properties of the designed caching mechanism are validated with simulation results.