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Mobile data demand is increasing tremendously in wireless social networks, and thus an efficient pricing scheme for social-enabled services is urgently needed. Though static pricing is dominant in the actual data market, price intuitively…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-14 Zehui Xiong , Dusit Niyato , Ping Wang , Zhu Han , Yang Zhang

We consider the economics of the interaction between Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) and Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). We investigate the incentives of an MNO for offering some of her resources to an MVNO instead of using the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Mohammad Hassan Lotfi , Xingran Chen , Saswati Sarkar

The conflicting problems of growing mobile service demand and underutilization of dedicated spectrum has given rise to a paradigm where mobile network operators (MNOs) share their infrastructure among themselves in order to lower their…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Tachporn Sanguanpuak , Sudarshan Guruacharya , Ekram Hossain , Nandana Rajatheva , Matti Latva-aho

Internet services are traditionally priced at flat rates; however, many Internet service providers (ISPs) have recently shifted towards two-part tariffs where a data cap is imposed to restrain data demand from heavy users. Although the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-11-28 Xin Wang , Richard T. B. Ma , Yinlong Xu

We study a three-layer data market comprising users (data owners), platforms, and a data buyer. Each user benefits from platform services in exchange for data, incurring privacy loss when their data, albeit noisily, is shared with the…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-11-19 Alireza Fallah , Michael I. Jordan , Ali Makhdoumi , Azarakhsh Malekian

The unprecedented growth of mobile data traffic challenges the performance and economic viability of today's cellular networks, and calls for novel network architectures and communication solutions. Data offloading through third-party WiFi…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-18 Lin Gao , George Iosifidis , Jianwei Huang , Leandros Tassiulas , Duozhe Li

An operator-assisted user-provided network (UPN) has the potential to achieve a low cost ubiquitous Internet connectivity, without significantly increasing the network infrastructure investment. In this paper, we consider such a network…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-21 Mohammad Mahdi Khalili , Lin Gao , Jianwei Huang , Babak Hossein Khalaj

Multi-Mobile Network Operator (MNO) networking is a promising method to exploit the joint force of multiple available cellular data connections within vehicular networks. By applying anticipatory communication principles, data transmissions…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-22 Benjamin Sliwa , Christian Wietfeld

With wireless network virtualization, Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNOs) can develop new services on a low-cost platform by leasing virtual resources from mobile network owners. In this paper, we investigate a two-stage spectrum…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Yingxiao Zhang , Suzhi Bi , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

Sharing the spectrum among mobile network operators (MNOs) is a promising approach to improve the spectrum utilization and to increase the monetary income of MNOs. In this paper, we model a nonorthogonal spectrum sharing system for a…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Elaheh Ataeebojd , Mehdi Rasti , Hossein Pedram , Pedro H. J. Nardelli

The deployment of large language models (LLMs) for next-generation network optimization introduces novel data governance challenges. mobile network operators (MNOs) increasingly leverage generative artificial intelligence (AI) for traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Bin Han , Di Feng , Zexin Fang , Jie Wang , Hans D. Schotten

In this paper, a novel economic approach, based on the framework of contract theory, is proposed for providing incentives for LTE over unlicensed channels (LTE-U) in cellular-networks. In this model, a mobile network operator (MNO) designs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-08-21 Kenza Hamidouche , Walid Saad , Méroaune Debbah , My T. Thai , Zhu Han

Autonomous vehicles will be an integral part of ride-sharing services in the future. This setting differs from traditional ride-sharing marketplaces because of the absence of the supply side (drivers). However, it has far-reaching…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-07 Diptangshu Sen , Arnob Ghosh

The ability to make international roaming calls is of increasing importance to customers in Europe. This contrasts with various complaints that retail prices of roaming calls are rigid and excessive. The focus if the paper is on wholesale…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Ulrich Stumpf

This paper studies the duopoly competition between renewable energy suppliers with or without energy storage in a local energy market. The storage investment brings the benefits of stabilizing renewable energy suppliers' outputs, but it…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-15 Dongwei Zhao , Hao Wang , Jianwei Huang , Xiaojun Lin

A profit-maximizing monopolist curates a database for users seeking to learn a parameter. There are two user types: "Nowcasters" wish to learn the parameter's current value, while "forecasters" target its long-run value. Data storage…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2025-12-02 Kfir Eliaz , Ran Spiegler

We analyze digital markets where a monopolist platform uses data to match multiproduct sellers with heterogeneous consumers who can purchase both on and off the platform. The platform sells targeted ads to sellers that recommend their…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2023-04-18 Dirk Bergemann , Alessandro Bonatti

Competition between traditional platforms is known to improve user utility by aligning the platform's actions with user preferences. But to what extent is alignment exhibited in data-driven marketplaces? To study this question from a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Meena Jagadeesan , Michael I. Jordan , Nika Haghtalab

We propose a model of incentives for data pricing in large mobile networks, in which an operator wishes to balance the number of connections (active users) of different classes of users in the different cells and at different time instants,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-09 Marianne Akian , Mustapha Bouhtou , Jean Bernard Eytard , Stéphane Gaubert

Network slicing is considered one of the key enabling technologies for 5G due to its ability to customize and "slice" a common resource to support diverse services and verticals.This paper introduces a novel inter-operator network slicing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-29 Yong Xiao , Mohammed Hirzallah , Marwan Krunz