The impact of additional unlicensed spectrum on wireless services competition

2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 146-155

  Nguyen, Thành ^a   Zhou, Hang ^a   Berry, Randall A ^a   Honig, Michael L ^a   Vohra, Rakesh ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONGESTION COSTS; MARKET EXPANSIONS; NUMBER OF SUBSCRIBERS; SERVICE PROVIDER; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNLICENSED SPECTRUM; WIRELESS BROADBAND; WIRELESS SERVICES;

COMPETITION; COSTS; SPECTROSCOPY; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

TELEVISION NETWORKS;

EID: 79960659744     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936201     Document Type: Conference Paper

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