An Agent-Based Economy Model of Real-Time Secondary Market for the Cognitive Radio Networks

Authored by Vladimir Gazda, Juraj Gazda, Jan Pastircak, Lukas Friga, Viliam Kovac

Date Published: 2016

DOI: 10.1007/s10922-015-9355-7

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Abstract

The evolution of the cognitive radio network theory often presents economics-based methods and free market principles in the administration of network functioning. We present here, an application of the agent-based model in the case of an economy consisting of five primary users and secondary users (SUs) uniformly distributed in the linear region. We show that the price-based demand evolution and price competition play a significant role only in an ``economizable{''} network loading band, while in both the low-loading and the over-loading state, the market rules fail. On the contrary, in the economizable loading state, the price competition, demand sensitivity and specific SUs' locations work well, underpinning the known economic rules.
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Competition Management collusion Game Dynamic spectrum access Fob