Entry and spectrum sharing scheme selection in femtocell communications markets

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 218-232

  Ren, Shaolei ^a   Park, Jaeok ^a,b   Van Der Schaar, Mihaela ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Communications market; competition; femtocell; revenue maximization; technology selection; user subscription dynamics

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATE DEMANDS; EQUILIBRIUM POINT; EXISTENCE AND UNIQUENESS; LONG-TERM DECISIONS; LONG-TERM PROFITS; MARKET SHARE; NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS; NONCOOPERATIVE GAME; NUMERICAL RESULTS; PRICING STRATEGY; PURE NASH EQUILIBRIUM; REVENUE MAXIMIZATION; SPECTRUM SHARING; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; TECHNOLOGY SELECTION; UPPER AND LOWER BOUNDS; USER SUBSCRIPTION;

COMPETITION; DYNAMICS; ECONOMICS; FEMTOCELL; PROFITABILITY;

COMMERCE;

EID: 84873933073     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2012.2198073     Document Type: Article

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