Abstract
Adding new unlicensed wireless spectrum is a promising approach to accommodate increasing traffic demand. However, unlicensed spectrum may have a high risk of becoming congested, and service providers (SPs) may have difficulty to differentiate their wireless services when offering them on the same unlicensed spectrum. When SPs offer identical services, the resulting competition can lead to zero profits. In this work, we consider the case where an SP bundles its wireless service with a content service. We show that this can differentiate the SPs' services and lead to positive SP profits. In particular, we study the characteristics of the content services that an SP should bundle with its wireless service, and analyze the impact of bundling on consumer surplus.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Game Theory for Networks - 8th International EAI Conference, GameNets 2019, Proceedings |
Editors | Anastasios Giovanidis, Konstantin Avrachenkov, Longbo Huang, Jason R. Marden, Marceau Coupechoux |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Pages | 93-108 |
Number of pages | 16 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030169886 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2019 |
Event | 8th EAI International Conference on Game Theory for Networks, GameNets 2019 - Paris, France Duration: Apr 25 2019 → Apr 26 2019 |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, LNICST |
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Volume | 277 |
ISSN (Print) | 1867-8211 |
Conference
Conference | 8th EAI International Conference on Game Theory for Networks, GameNets 2019 |
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Country/Territory | France |
City | Paris |
Period | 4/25/19 → 4/26/19 |
Funding
This research was supported in part by NSF grants TWC-1314620, AST-1343381, AST-1547328 and CNS-1701921.
Keywords
- Bundling
- Game theory
- Unlicensed spectrum market
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Networks and Communications