Economics of Database-Assisted Spectrum Sharing (eBook)

Preface 6
Acknowledgements 8
Contents 9
1 Database-Assisted Spectrum Sharing 11
1.1 Background 11
1.2 What Are White Spaces? 13
1.3 Database-Assisted Network Structure 14
1.4 Regulation and Standardization 16
1.4.1 Regulation of Ofcom in the UK 16
1.4.2 Regulation of FCC in the US 18
1.4.3 Standardization Efforts by IEEE 19
1.5 Technical Issues and Challenges 21
1.6 Economic Issues and Challenges 22
1.7 Roadmap of this Book 25
2 Economics Theory Basics 27
2.1 Non-cooperative Game Theory 27
2.1.1 Strategic Form Game (Static Game) 28
2.1.2 Extensive Form Game (Dynamic Game) 29
2.2 Super-Modular Game Theory 31
2.3 Evolutionary Game Theory 33
2.4 Contract Theory 35
2.5 Nash Bargaining Theory 37
2.6 Summary 39
3 Spectrum Trading Market Model 41
3.1 Market Structure 41
3.2 Spectrum Trading End Market 43
3.2.1 System Model 43
3.2.2 End-Users' Demand Response 44
3.2.3 WSDs' Price Competition 45
3.2.4 Impact of the Wholesale Price 48
3.3 Spectrum Reservation Market 48
3.3.1 System Model 48
3.3.2 Reservation Without Information Sharing 50
3.3.3 Reservation with Contract-Based Information Sharing 51
3.4 Summary 56
4 Information Trading Market Model 57
4.1 Market Structure 57
4.2 Monopoly Information Market 59
4.2.1 System Model 59
4.2.2 WSDs' Best Subscription Strategy 61
4.2.3 Database's Optimal Information Pricing 64
4.3 Competitive Information Market 65
4.3.1 System Model 65
4.3.2 WSDs' Best Subscription Strategy 66
4.3.3 Databases' Price Competition 68
4.4 Summary 73
5 Hybrid Spectrum and Information Market Model 75
5.1 Market Structure 75
5.2 Monopoly Hybrid Market 77
5.2.1 System Model 77
5.2.2 Subscription Behavior of Users 81
5.2.3 Price Competition Among Database and Licensee 83
5.2.4 Commission Bargaining of Database and Licensee 85
5.2.5 Performance Evaluation 85
5.3 Summary 88
6 Conclusion and Outlook 90
6.1 Conclusion 90
6.2 Outlook 90
6.2.1 Spectrum Trading Market 90
6.2.2 Information Trading Market 91
6.2.3 Hybrid Spectrum and Information Market 92
References 93