Exploiting Caching, Proxy Re-encryption, Incentives, and Wi-Fi Direct for Authorized Content Distribution

Ubiquitous access to the Internet is becoming critical. Direct cellular network connectivity of mobile devices is not always possible or desirable, for various reasons. We design and discuss a scheme that can be used to distribute authorized content to devices through Wi-Fi Direct and discuss how to provide incentives to the devices connected to the Internet to securely relay traffic, taking into consideration their available energy and bandwidth.