Investment and Pricing with Spectrum Uncertainty: A Cognitive Operator's Perspective
Investment and Pricing with Spectrum Uncertainty: A Cognitive Operator's Perspective
This paper studies the optimal investment and pricing decisions of a cognitive mobile virtual network operator (C-MVNO) under spectrum supply uncertainty. Compared with a traditional MVNO who often leases spectrum via long-term contracts, a C-MVNO can acquire spectrum dynamically in short-term by both sensing the empty "spectrum holes" of licensed …