Auction mechanisms for virtualization in 5g cellular networks: Basics, trends, and open challenges

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 2264-2293

  Habiba, Ummy ^a   Hossain, Ekram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5G cellular; auction; network function virtualization (NFV); network slicing; resource allocation; software defined network (SDN); wireless network virtualization (WNV)

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE; VIRTUAL REALITY; VIRTUALIZATION; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

5G CELLULAR; AUCTION; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEM MODELING; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORK SLICING; WIRELESS NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION;

5G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85042861004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2018.2811395     Document Type: Article

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