Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics ›› 2012, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (5): 671-678.doi: 10.1109/JSEE.2012.00083

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Multi-band spectrum auction framework based on location information in cognitive radio networks

Yongli An1,2,*, Yang Xiao1, and Guangzhi Qu3   

  1. 1. Institute of Information Science, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, P. R. China;
    2. College of Information Engineering, Hebei United University, Tangshan 063009, P. R. China;
    3. Department of Engineering and Computer Science, Oakland University, Rochester MI48309, USA
  • Online:2012-10-25 Published:2010-01-03

Abstract:

Cognitive radio (CR) technology is considered to be an effective solution to allocate spectrum resources, whereas the primary users of a network do not fully utilize available frequency bands. Spectrum auction framework has been recognized as an effective way to achieve dynamic spectrum access. From the perspective of spectrum auction, multi-band multi-user auction provides a new challenge for spectrum management. This paper proposes an auction framework based on location information for multi-band multi-user spectrum allocation. The performance of the proposed framework is compared with that of traditional auction framework based on a binary interference model as a benchmark. Simulation results show that primary users will obtain more total ystem revenue by selling their idle frequency bands to secondary users and the spectrum utilization of the proposed framework is more effective and fairer.