Challenges in auction theory driven spectrum management

Author

Iosifidis, George ; Koutsopoulos, Iordanis

Author_Institution

Univ. of Thessaly, Volos, Greece

Volume

49

Issue

8

fYear

2011

fDate

8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

128

Lastpage

135

Abstract

Dynamic spectrum markets of the future will involve complex spectrum transactions among operators and users. The nontrivial dynamics in channel quality and spatiotemporal spectrum availability call for new ways of spectrum allocation. In this article, we advocate that auction theory can play a decisive role in shaping this evolving landscape since auctions are agnostic to user utility functions, and can build versatile and lightweight allocation mechanisms. Starting from auction preliminaries, we discuss how various intrinsic features of spectrum markets can be addressed with a modified version of auctions.

Keywords

commerce; radio spectrum management; resource allocation; telecommunication channels; auction theory; channel quality; complex spectrum transactions; dynamic spectrum markets; lightweight allocation mechanisms; nontrivial dynamics; spatiotemporal spectrum availability; spectrum management; user utility functions; versatile allocation mechanisms; Channel allocation; Cost accounting; Dynamic scheduling; Marketing management; Resource management; Spread spectrum communication; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2011.5978426

Filename

5978426