TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectrum assignment for connected vehicles
T2 - Local licensing versus coopetition
AU - Basaure, A.
AU - Finley, B.
AU - Hämmäinen, H.
N1 - Funding Information:
The work of Arturo Basaure was supported by Fondecyt (project No. 11170100) . The work of Benjamin Finley was supported by the 5GEAR project (No. 319669) and the FIT project (No. 325570) , both funded by the Academy of Finland . The work of Heikki Hämmäinen was supported by the Neutral Host pilot project ( 1950/31/2019 ) funded by Business Finland .
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/11/1
Y1 - 2021/11/1
N2 - The deployment of 5G urban networks is often described as a disruptive phenomenon since it enables new emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as connected vehicles. Such applications demand new spectrum regulations to decrease network investment requirements by incentivizing operator cooperation. However, currently, no clear consensus exists on the appropriate regulatory regime for such an urban deployment. This work explores two main alternative regulatory scenarios for a connected vehicle use case. Both alternatives lower implementation costs while promoting competition. The first alternative is to maintain the current scheme of spectrum assignment while facilitating additional flexibility for infrastructure sharing (ex-post competition). The second alternative is to define local areas for monopoly 5G provisioning and define the conditions for competition ex-ante. Through agent-based simulations, this work shows that a local licensing of spectrum scenario may achieve better performance than alternative scenarios with traditional spectrum assignment. Additional sensitivity checks also help detail the practical trade-offs.
AB - The deployment of 5G urban networks is often described as a disruptive phenomenon since it enables new emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications such as connected vehicles. Such applications demand new spectrum regulations to decrease network investment requirements by incentivizing operator cooperation. However, currently, no clear consensus exists on the appropriate regulatory regime for such an urban deployment. This work explores two main alternative regulatory scenarios for a connected vehicle use case. Both alternatives lower implementation costs while promoting competition. The first alternative is to maintain the current scheme of spectrum assignment while facilitating additional flexibility for infrastructure sharing (ex-post competition). The second alternative is to define local areas for monopoly 5G provisioning and define the conditions for competition ex-ante. Through agent-based simulations, this work shows that a local licensing of spectrum scenario may achieve better performance than alternative scenarios with traditional spectrum assignment. Additional sensitivity checks also help detail the practical trade-offs.
KW - 5G mobile communication
KW - Connected vehicles
KW - Coopetition
KW - Local licensing
KW - Spectrum regulation
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U2 - 10.1016/j.comcom.2021.08.009
DO - 10.1016/j.comcom.2021.08.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85113462385
SN - 0140-3664
VL - 179
SP - 157
EP - 165
JO - Computer Communications
JF - Computer Communications
ER -