A1 Journal article (refereed)
Incentive Mechanism for Resource Allocation in Wireless Virtualized Networks with Multiple Infrastructure Providers (2020)
Chang, Z., Zhang, D., Hämäläinen, T., Han, Z., & Ristaniemi, T. (2020). Incentive Mechanism for Resource Allocation in Wireless Virtualized Networks with Multiple Infrastructure Providers. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, 19(1), 103-115. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2018.2889046
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Chang, Zheng; Zhang, Di; Hämäläinen, Timo; Han, Zhu; Ristaniemi, Tapani
Journal or series: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing
ISSN: 2161-9875
eISSN: 1536-1233
Publication year: 2020
Volume: 19
Issue number: 1
Pages range: 103-115
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2018.2889046
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/66686
Abstract
To accommodate the explosively growing demands for mobile traffic service, wireless network virtualization is proposed as the main evolution towards 5G. In this work, a novel contract theoretic incentive mechanism is proposed to study how to manage the resources and provide services to the users in the wireless virtualized networks. We consider that the infrastructure providers (InPs) own the physical networks and the mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) has the service information of the users and needs to lease the physical radio resources for providing services. In particular, we utilize the contract theoretic approach to model the resource trading process between the MVNO and multiple InPs. Two scenarios are considered according to whether the information (such as the radio resource they can provide) of the InPs are globally known. Subsequently, the corresponding optimal contracts regarding the user association and transmit power allocation are derived to maximize the payoff of the MVNOs while maintaining the requirements of the InPs in the trading process. To evaluate the proposed scheme, extensive simulation studies are conducted. It can be observed that the proposed contract theoretic approach can effectively stimulate InPs’ participation, improve the payoff of the MVNO, and outperform other schemes.
Keywords: resourcing; wireless networks; resources; resource allocation; incentives
Free keywords: wireless virtualized network; contract theory; power allocation; user association
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Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2020
JUFO rating: 3
