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Economics of Database-Assisted Spectrum Sharing

  • Outlines and analyzes three promising business models motivated by the practical commercial examples
  • Designs the optimal trading mechanisms for each model
  • Demonstrates how database operators exploit their perceived business opportunities and calibrate them to the business context
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Wireless Networks (WN)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Database-Assisted Spectrum Sharing

    • Yuan Luo, Lin Gao, Jianwei Huang
    Pages 1-16
  3. Economics Theory Basics

    • Yuan Luo, Lin Gao, Jianwei Huang
    Pages 17-30
  4. Spectrum Trading Market Model

    • Yuan Luo, Lin Gao, Jianwei Huang
    Pages 31-46
  5. Information Trading Market Model

    • Yuan Luo, Lin Gao, Jianwei Huang
    Pages 47-64
  6. Hybrid Spectrum and Information Market Model

    • Yuan Luo, Lin Gao, Jianwei Huang
    Pages 65-79
  7. Conclusion and Outlook

    • Yuan Luo, Lin Gao, Jianwei Huang
    Pages 81-83
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 85-88

About this book

This book examines the interaction between the technical and economic issues in database-assisted dynamic spectrum networks. It explains various business models for different network settings, analyzing the user behaviors and system equilibrium under each model. 


With the explosive growth of mobile devices and bandwidth-hungry applications, radio spectrum is becoming increasingly congested and scarce. Database-assisted dynamic spectrum sharing is a promising technology for solving the problem of spectrum scarcity and congestion by allowing unlicensed mobile devices to dynamically access the under-utilized licensed spectrum resources through the assistance of a database. Database-assisted spectrum sharing network architecture has received wide and enthusiastic support from spectrum regulators, standards bodies, and industrial organizations.


This book serves as a resource for researchers in white space communications and networking, for regulators in the wireless industry, and for graduate students and senior undergraduate students taking a course on network economics. 




Authors and Affiliations

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kon , Shatin, Hong Kong

    Yuan Luo

  • Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen Graduate School, Shenzhen, China

    Lin Gao

  • Dept Information Eng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

    Jianwei Huang

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Economics of Database-Assisted Spectrum Sharing

  • Authors: Yuan Luo, Lin Gao, Jianwei Huang

  • Series Title: Wireless Networks

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43231-1

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-43230-4Published: 22 August 2016

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82763-6Published: 22 April 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-43231-1Published: 13 August 2016

  • Series ISSN: 2366-1186

  • Series E-ISSN: 2366-1445

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 88

  • Number of Illustrations: 25 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Communication Networks, Communications Engineering, Networks, Game Theory

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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Hardcover Book USD 54.99
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