Title
Network sharing by two mobile operators: beyond competition, cooperation
Abstract
In this paper, we study the sharing of a radio access network infrastructure by two mobile operators. Knowing the possible locations of the base stations, each operator chooses to invest or not on a base station, and its aim is to maximize its profit. We characterize the existence of Nash equilibria in such a game and we measure their quality with respect to the maximization of the overall profit (with the price of anarchy/stability). We then show how to obtain a solution in which each operator earns at least as much as it would have earned in any Nash equilibrium. Finally we conduct experiments on randomly generated instances and on real data.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1051/ro/2014061
RAIRO-OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Keywords
Field
DocType
Network sharing,Nash equilibrium
Base station,Mathematical optimization,Mathematical economics,Epsilon-equilibrium,Price of stability,Price of anarchy,Operator (computer programming),Nash equilibrium,Radio access network,Mathematics,Maximization
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
49
3
0399-0559
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
5
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alexandre Blogowski100.34
Philippe Chrétienne29813.92
Fanny Pascual39714.48