Contracts as entry barriers for unlicensed spectrum

Yining Zhu; Randall A. Berry

doi:10.1109/INFCOMW.2017.8116484

Contracts as entry barriers for unlicensed spectrum

Yining Zhu, Randall A. Berry

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

Greater unlicensed access to spectrum has the potential to increase competition among wireless service providers and encourage innovations by lowering barriers to entry. However, early providers offering service in such a band could create new entry barriers through the use of contracts that impose a penalty on customers who switch to a new provider. This paper discusses cases in which an exclusive or non-exclusive contract may be signed before entrants come into an unlicensed spectrum market. Our results indicate that the incumbents will always offer an exclusive contract, which would increase the expected customer surplus. The expected social welfare may increase or decrease depending on how we model the customers' demand, and the technology of the incumbents and entrants.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	832-838
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538627846
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2017.8116484
State	Published - Nov 20 2017
Event	2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017 - Atlanta, United States Duration: May 1 2017 → May 4 2017

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Name	2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017

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Other	2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017
Country/Territory	United States
City	Atlanta
Period	5/1/17 → 5/4/17

Funding

This research was supported in part by NSF grants TWC-1314620, AST- 1343381 and AST-1547328.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Hardware and Architecture
Control and Optimization
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications

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Zhu, Y., & Berry, R. A. (2017). Contracts as entry barriers for unlicensed spectrum. In 2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017 (pp. 832-838). Article 8116484 (2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/INFCOMW.2017.8116484

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Contracts as entry barriers for unlicensed spectrum. / Zhu, Yining; Berry, Randall A.
2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 832-838 8116484 (2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2017).

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