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A business model for the provision of wireless sensor network (WSN)-based services is proposed, where there exist three roles in the market: the WSNs, which provide sensing data; the service providers, which gather the data and compose useful services for the users; and end users. We assess an affine pricing scheme for the acquisition of the WSNs data and analyze the model in a duopoly scenario by...
This paper analyses the economic viability of serving Machine Type Communications (MTC) and Human Type Communications (HTC) on a common network infrastructure under monopolistic and duopolistic scenarios. The scenarios are compared against the case where one operator serves HTC. The service provision is modelled by a two-priority queue and the competition is analyzed as a two-stage game. In the first...
The case for a competitive market operated by a Mobile Network Operator (MNO) and a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) is analysed in the paper. The resource that is leased by the MNO to the MVNO is spectrum. The MNO and the MVNO compete "a la Bertrand" posting subscription prices and the mobile users may choose to subscribe to one operator. The scenario is modeled by a three-level game...
Many studies on Internet Service Provider (ISP) interconnection make simplifying assumptions on the implementation of the service provision. Our work explicitly models the ISP service that is provided to users that run peer-to-peer applications and it analyses the behavior of competing ISPs. The ISPs have agreed to peer each other and each ISP has purchased transit service from one Internet Backbone...
The paper deals specifically with spectrum leasing within cognitive radio networks and it covers the economic issues that arise when primary users lease spectrum to secondary users. It aims at assessing which benefit mobile users get from the entry of secondary operators in the market. A game theory-based model is built for the case of an incumbent primary operator and an entrant secondary operator.
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