TY - JOUR
T1 - Spectrum Pooling in MmWave Networks
T2 - Opportunities, Challenges, and Enablers
AU - Boccardi, Federico
AU - Shokri-Ghadikolaei, Hossein
AU - Fodor, Ga
AU - Erkip, Elza
AU - Fischione, Carlo
AU - Kountouris, Marios
AU - Popovski, Petar
AU - Zorzi, Michele
N1 - Funding Information:
The work of E. Erkip was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant 1547332. The work of M. Zorzi was partially supported by NYU-Wireless and by the Villum Foundation, Denmark.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/11
Y1 - 2016/11
N2 - Motivated by the specific characteristics of mmWave technologies, we discuss the possibility of an authorization regime that allows spectrum sharing between multiple operators, also referred to as spectrum pooling. In particular, considering user rate as the performance measure, we assess the benefit of coordination among networks of different operators, study the impact of beamforming at both base stations and user terminals, and analyze the pooling performance at different frequency carriers. We also discuss the enabling spectrum mechanisms, architectures, and protocols required to make spectrum pooling work in real networks. Our initial results show that, from a technical perspective, spectrum pooling at mmWave has the potential to use the resources more efficiently than traditional exclusive spectrum allocation to a single operator. However, further studies are needed in order to reach a thorough understanding of this matter, and we hope that this article will help stimulate further research in this area.
AB - Motivated by the specific characteristics of mmWave technologies, we discuss the possibility of an authorization regime that allows spectrum sharing between multiple operators, also referred to as spectrum pooling. In particular, considering user rate as the performance measure, we assess the benefit of coordination among networks of different operators, study the impact of beamforming at both base stations and user terminals, and analyze the pooling performance at different frequency carriers. We also discuss the enabling spectrum mechanisms, architectures, and protocols required to make spectrum pooling work in real networks. Our initial results show that, from a technical perspective, spectrum pooling at mmWave has the potential to use the resources more efficiently than traditional exclusive spectrum allocation to a single operator. However, further studies are needed in order to reach a thorough understanding of this matter, and we hope that this article will help stimulate further research in this area.
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U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2016.1600191CM
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2016.1600191CM
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84999751999
VL - 54
SP - 33
EP - 39
JO - IEEE Communications Society Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Society Magazine
SN - 0163-6804
IS - 11
M1 - 7744806
ER -