Integrated Multi-Network Modeling Environment for Spectrum Management

Authored by Madhav Marathe, Richard Beckman, Karthik Channakeshava, Fei Huang, Junwhan Kim, Achla Marathe, Guanhong Pei, Sudip Saha, Anil Kumar S Vullikanti

Date Published: 2013

DOI: 10.1109/jsac.2013.130617

Sponsors: United States National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Model Documentation: Other Narrative Flow charts

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Abstract

We describe a first principles based integrated modeling environment to study urban socio-communication networks which represent not just the physical cellular communication network, but also urban populations carrying digital devices interacting with the cellular network. The modeling environment is designed specifically to understand spectrum demand and dynamic cellular network traffic. One of its key features is its ability to support individual-based models at highly resolved spatial and temporal scales. We have instantiated the modeling environment by developing detailed models of population mobility, device ownership, calling patterns and call network. By composing these models using an appropriate in-built workflow, we obtain an integrated model that represents a dynamic socio-communication network for an entire urban region. In contrast with earlier papers that typically use proprietary data, these models use open source and commercial data sets. The dynamic model represents for a normative day, every individual in an entire region, with detailed demographics, a minute-by-minute schedule of each person's activities, the locations where these activities take place, and calling behavior of every individual. As an illustration of the applicability of the modeling environment, we have developed such a dynamic model for Portland, Oregon comprising of approximately 1.6 million individuals. We highlight the unique features of the models and the modeling environment by describing three realistic case studies.

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