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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications

Multi-Operator Mobile Relaying: Shared-Spectrum Allocation

Tomohiko MIMURA, Koji YAMAMOTO, Masahiro MORIKURA, Ayako IWATA, Akihiko NISHIO

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In this paper, we introduce the concept of a multi-operator mobile relay node (RN) for cellular networks on buses or trains. The installation of RNs improves spectral efficiency because an antenna with a higher gain than that of user equipment (UE) can be installed in an RN. However, installing different RNs for different operators is not efficient because of the large amount of space needed to install multiple RNs in a bus. Thus, sharing one RN among multiple operators is a more practical approach. When we use a multi-operator mobile RN, the required amount of resource for each operator varies independently as the RN moves. Consequently, we propose a system of shared-spectrum allocation among operators for RN-UEs communication. Shared bandwidth can be allocated to operators according to link quality in order to achieve effective utilization of radio resources. However, to introduce shared-spectrum allocation, fairness among the operators and the total efficiency of the system should be taken into consideration. Using computer simulations, we evaluate shared-spectrum allocation based on the Nash bargaining solution (NBS). The results, in terms of both fairness and efficiency, indicate that total throughput can be improved by approximately 20% compared with the situation where multiple operators install different RNs individually.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E96-B No.6 pp.1377-1384
Publication Date
2013/06/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1345
DOI
10.1587/transcom.E96.B.1377
Type of Manuscript
Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Heterogeneous Networks for Future Cellular Systems)
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Authors

Tomohiko MIMURA
  Kyoto University
Koji YAMAMOTO
  Kyoto University
Masahiro MORIKURA
  Kyoto University
Ayako IWATA
  Panasonic Corporation
Akihiko NISHIO
  Panasonic Corporation

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