Spectrum Pooling in MmWave Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and Enablers

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2016-11-01

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Boccardi, Federico
Shokri-Ghadikolaei, Hossein
Fodor, Gabor
Erkip, Elza
Fischione, Carlo
Kountouris, Marios
Popovski, Petar
Zorzi, Michele

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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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Mobile communication, Interference, Real-time systems, Frequency measurement, Resource management, Radio access networks, Atmospheric measurements, Radio access networks

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68477

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IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE

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https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2016.1600191cm

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Article

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F. Boccardi et al., “Spectrum Pooling in MmWave Networks: Opportunities, Challenges, and Enablers,” IEEE COMMUNICATIONS MAGAZINE, pp. 33–39, 2016, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/68477.