@inproceedings{6273df727d9c40c7862a04574c0946f2,
title = "A two-level auction for C-RAN resource allocation",
abstract = "In this paper we propose and evaluate an auction-based resource allocation mechanism in a cloud-based radio access network (C-RAN), where the spectrum is managed by several mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) and the physical resource is owned by the C-RAN operator. Technically, our approach consists of two coupled auctions in a hierarchical way: the lower-level auction between end users and the virtual operators and the higher-level one between MVNOs and the C-RAN operator. The proposed auction-based approach satisfies fundamental economic properties such as truthfulness. We also numerically analyze the auction results in several typical network settings, considering both homogeneous and heterogeneous resource demands.",
keywords = "Auction, C-RAN, MVNO, Resource Allocation",
author = "Mira Morcos and Tijani Chahed and Lin Chen and Jocelyne Elias and Fabio Martignon",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2017 IEEE.; 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2017 ; Conference date: 21-05-2017 Through 25-05-2017",
year = "2017",
month = jun,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1109/ICCW.2017.7962710",
language = "English",
series = "2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2017",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "516--521",
editor = "Papadias, \{Constantinos B.\} and Abbas Jamalipour",
booktitle = "2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2017",
}