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A Spectrum Management Platform Architecture to Enable a Sharing Economy in 6G

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  • Faycal Bouhafs

    (School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia)

  • Alessandro Raschellà

    (School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Liverpool L3 3AF, UK)

  • Michael Mackay

    (School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU), Liverpool L3 3AF, UK)

  • Frank den Hartog

    (School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia)

Abstract

We propose a novel vision to trade and allocate wireless spectrum in 6G communication networks inspired by the concept of the sharing economy. We argue that such an approach will help ease the surge in demands for wireless spectrum that will characterise the 6G world. We also introduce HODNET (Heterogeneous on Demand NETwork resource negotiation), an open platform that is able to realise this new spectrum-sharing model. To demonstrate the benefits of spectrum trading and allocation in this new paradigm, we considered the use-case of massive Internet of Things (IoT) on a local scale. We simulated a large IoT deployment and evaluated the spectral efficiency of the system when managed using HODNET compared with a standard 5G deployment. Our experiments show that HODNET can indeed offer better allocation, based on our spectrum sharing model, of spectrum resources compared with standard allocation approaches.

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  • Faycal Bouhafs & Alessandro Raschellà & Michael Mackay & Frank den Hartog, 2022. "A Spectrum Management Platform Architecture to Enable a Sharing Economy in 6G," Future Internet, MDPI, vol. 14(11), pages 1-13, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jftint:v:14:y:2022:i:11:p:309-:d:955967
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