Auction Based Spectrum Management of Cognitive Radio Networks

Abstract

Cognitive radio (CR) technology is considered as an effective solution to enhance overall spectrum efficiency, especially primary radio network (PRN) typically having relatively low spectrum utilization. However, to realize CR concept, it is essential to provide enough incentives to PRN and extra profit to the service provider so that cognitive radio mobile stations (CR-MSs) may utilize PRN spectrum accordingly, which provides a new challenge for spectrum management. In this paper, we consider a PRN consisting of a primary system base station (PS-BS) and multiple primary system mobile stations (PS-MSs), and we therefore construct a cognitive radio network (CRN) consisting of a PRN with multiple CR-MSs. We propose a spectrum management policy framework such that CR-MSs can compete in utilization of the PRN spectrum bands available to opportunistic transmission of CR-MSs by Vickrey auction. PRN is granted incentives for being compensated for possible operating interference from CR-MSs in this scenario. Once CR-MSs are awarded the spectrum bands, they can be guaranteed a superframe time to utilize the spectrum band without any spectrum handoff. Consequently, in addition to incentives to the PRN, the overall spectrum utilization, the profit of the service provider, the spectrum access opportunity of the CR-MSs are increased to achieve co- win situation for every party in cognitive radio networks.