Cognitive Virtual Network Operator Games

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. Overview

   • Lingjie Duan, Jianwei Huang, Biying Shou

   Pages 1-6

3. Secondary Spectrum Market Under Supply Uncertainty

   • Lingjie Duan, Jianwei Huang, Biying Shou

   Pages 7-36

4. Secondary Spectrum Market Under Operator Competition

   • Lingjie Duan, Jianwei Huang, Biying Shou

   Pages 37-66

5. Conclusion

   • Lingjie Duan, Jianwei Huang, Biying Shou

   Pages 67-67

6. Back Matter

   Pages 69-74

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This SpringerBrief provides an overview of cognitive mobile virtual network operator’s (C-MVNO) decisions under investment flexibility, supply uncertainty, and market competition in cognitive radio networks. This is a new research area at the nexus of cognitive radio engineering and microeconomics. The authors focus on an operator’s joint spectrum investment and service pricing decisions. The readers will learn how to tradeoff the two flexible investment choices (dynamic spectrum leasing and spectrum sensing) under supply uncertainty. Furthermore, if there is more than one operator, we present analysis of the competition among operators in obtaining spectrum and pricing services to attract users. The brief is designed for professionals working with C-MVNOs. Succinct and practical, it will assist them in making optimal investments and pricing decisions. It will also be of interest to researchers.

• Cognitive Radios
• Game Theory
• Spectrum Sensing
• Spectrum Trading
• Subgame Perfect Equilibrium

• Engineering Systems and Design Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design, Dover, Singapore

  Lingjie Duan

• Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR

  Jianwei Huang

• Department of Management Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR

  Biying Shou

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