Investment and pricing with spectrum uncertainty: A cognitive operator's perspective

IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1590-1604

  Duan, Lingjie ^a   Huang, Jianwei ^a   Shou, Biying ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cognitive radio; dynamic spectrum leasing; spectrum pricing; spectrum sensing; spectrum trading; Stackelberg game; Subgame Perfect equilibrium

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE RADIO; DYNAMIC SPECTRUM LEASING; SPECTRUM PRICING; SPECTRUM SENSING; SPECTRUM TRADING; STACKELBERG GAMES;

COSTS; INVESTMENTS; PROFITABILITY; RADIO SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 79960670684     PISSN: 15361233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMC.2011.78     Document Type: Review

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