An Incentive Mechanism for Data Delivery in Mobile Crowdsensing Based on D2D Communications

Algorithm 1

Auction algorithm.

Input: time, bid, maxBid

Output: Bid acceptance

1: if bid >= highestPrice then

2:  return true

3: end if

4: waitingTimeLimit ← , where A

5: if time < waitingTimeLimit then

6:  if bid > maxBid then

7:   return maxBid = bid

8:  end if

9:  return false

10: end if

11: if bid > maxBid and bid >= lowestPrice then

12:  return true

13: end if

14: return false