Title
Resource distribution approaches in spectrum sharing systems
Abstract
It is increasingly difficult to satisfy growing demands for spectrum with the conventional policy of fixed spectrum allocation. To overcome this problem, flexible/dynamic spectrum sharing methods that can significantly improve spectrum utilization of the spectrum have gained increasing interest recently. This paper presents two dynamic spectrum sharing approaches, a centralized and a decentralized one. The centralized approach is based on hierarchical trading. Each level of hierarchy is composed of "markets" that are associated with a certain spatial area and trading occurrence frequency, whereas area size and trading occurrence frequency depend on the hierarchy level. The decentralized approach is based on game-theory. There, it is assumed that the operators are averse to unequal payoffs and act unselfishly, enabling a stable and sustainable community. Numerical results show that, in the observed scenario, both proposals outperform the reference case of fixed resource allocation significantly in terms of utilized bandwidth. Whereas, negotiation costs for spectrum brokerage appear in the centralized approach, nonnegligible amounts of spectrum are lost in the decentralized approach due to collisions. Thus, a hybrid of centralized and decentralized approach that exploits the benefits of both is also considered.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1155/2008/598080
EURASIP J. Wireless Comm. and Networking
Keywords
Field
DocType
certain spatial area,trading occurrence frequency,hierarchical trading,spectrum utilization,fixed spectrum allocation,decentralized approach,resource distribution approach,centralized approach,area size,spectrum brokerage,dynamic spectrum,spectrum
Resource distribution,Computer science,Computer network,Exploit,Bandwidth (signal processing),Resource allocation,Frequency allocation,Hierarchy,Stochastic game,Distributed computing,Cognitive radio
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2008,
1
1687-1499
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
7
1.46
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Takefumi Yamada192.27
Dennis Burgkhardt2274.39
Ivan Cosovic313716.92
Friedrich Jondral438268.64