A Fair Resource Sharing Mechanism between Mobile Virtual Network Operators

Wei LIU; Rui HU; Ryoichi SHINKUMA; Tatsuro TAKAHASHI

doi:10.1587/transcom.E98.B.2141

A Fair Resource Sharing Mechanism between Mobile Virtual Network Operators

Wei LIU, Rui HU, Ryoichi SHINKUMA, Tatsuro TAKAHASHI

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Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are mobile operators without their own infrastructure or government issued spectrum licenses. They purchase spectrum resources from primary mobile network operators (MNOs) to provide communication services under their own brands. MVNOs are expected to play an important role in mobile network markets, as this will increase the competition in retail markets and help to meet the demand of niche markets. However, with the rapidly increasing demand of mobile data traffic, efficient utilization of the limited spectrum resources owned by MVNOs has become an important issue. We propose here a resource sharing mechanism between MVNOs against the background of network functions virtualization (NFV). The proposed mechanism enables MVNOs to improve their quality of service (QoS) by sharing spectrum resources with each other. A nash bargaining solution based decision strategy is also devised to ensure the fairness of resource sharing. Extensive numerical evaluation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed models and mechanisms.

Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E98-B No.11 pp.2141-2150

Publication Date: 2015/11/01

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Online ISSN: 1745-1345

DOI: 10.1587/transcom.E98.B.2141

Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Network Systems for Virtualized Environment)

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Wei LIU
  Kyoto University
Rui HU
  Kyoto University
Ryoichi SHINKUMA
  Kyoto University
Tatsuro TAKAHASHI
  Kyoto University

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mobile virtual network operator, fair resource sharing, network functions virtualization

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Wei LIU, Rui HU, Ryoichi SHINKUMA, Tatsuro TAKAHASHI, "A Fair Resource Sharing Mechanism between Mobile Virtual Network Operators" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications, vol. E98-B, no. 11, pp. 2141-2150, November 2015, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E98.B.2141.
Abstract: Mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are mobile operators without their own infrastructure or government issued spectrum licenses. They purchase spectrum resources from primary mobile network operators (MNOs) to provide communication services under their own brands. MVNOs are expected to play an important role in mobile network markets, as this will increase the competition in retail markets and help to meet the demand of niche markets. However, with the rapidly increasing demand of mobile data traffic, efficient utilization of the limited spectrum resources owned by MVNOs has become an important issue. We propose here a resource sharing mechanism between MVNOs against the background of network functions virtualization (NFV). The proposed mechanism enables MVNOs to improve their quality of service (QoS) by sharing spectrum resources with each other. A nash bargaining solution based decision strategy is also devised to ensure the fairness of resource sharing. Extensive numerical evaluation results validate the effectiveness of the proposed models and mechanisms.
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