TY - GEN
T1 - Poster
T2 - 22nd Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MobiCom 2016
AU - Fund, Fraida
AU - Shahsavari, Shahram
AU - Panwar, Shivendra S.
AU - Erkip, Elza
AU - Rangan, Sundeep
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the National Science Foundation (Grants No. 1547332, 1302336, and the GRFP), the New York State Center for Advanced Technology in Telecommunications (CATT), and NYU WIRELESS.
PY - 2016/10/3
Y1 - 2016/10/3
N2 - The resource usage model for millimeter wave bands has been the subject of considerable debate. The massive band-width, highly directional antennas, high penetration loss and susceptibility to shadowing in these bands suggest certain advantages to spectrum and infrastructure sharing. In particular, resources that are "open", such as unlicensed spectrum or a deployment of base stations open to all service providers, may offer greater gains in mmWave bands than at conventional cellular frequencies. However, even when sharing is technically beneficial (as recent research in this area suggests that it is), it may not be profitable. In this paper, both the technical and economic implications of resource sharing in millimeter wave networks are studied. Millimeter wave service is considered in the economic framework of a network good, and detailed network simulations are used to understand data rates, profit, and demand for millimeter wave service, with and without open resources. The results suggest that "open" deployments of neutral small cells that serve subscribers of any service provider encourage market entry by making it easier for networks to reach critical mass, more than "open" (unlicensed) spectrum would.
AB - The resource usage model for millimeter wave bands has been the subject of considerable debate. The massive band-width, highly directional antennas, high penetration loss and susceptibility to shadowing in these bands suggest certain advantages to spectrum and infrastructure sharing. In particular, resources that are "open", such as unlicensed spectrum or a deployment of base stations open to all service providers, may offer greater gains in mmWave bands than at conventional cellular frequencies. However, even when sharing is technically beneficial (as recent research in this area suggests that it is), it may not be profitable. In this paper, both the technical and economic implications of resource sharing in millimeter wave networks are studied. Millimeter wave service is considered in the economic framework of a network good, and detailed network simulations are used to understand data rates, profit, and demand for millimeter wave service, with and without open resources. The results suggest that "open" deployments of neutral small cells that serve subscribers of any service provider encourage market entry by making it easier for networks to reach critical mass, more than "open" (unlicensed) spectrum would.
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U2 - 10.1145/2973750.2985272
DO - 10.1145/2973750.2985272
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84994165719
SN - 9781450342261
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM
SP - 450
EP - 451
BT - Proceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
Y2 - 3 October 2016 through 7 October 2016
ER -