Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks

[EN] Network slicing is gaining an increasing importance as an effective way to introduce flexibility in the management of resources in 5G networks. We envision a scenario where a set of network operators outsource their respective networks to one Infrastructure Provider (InP), and use network slici...

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Autores: Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728, Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349, Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/121101
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/121101
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Network slicing
Service competition
Rate allocation
Virtual network operators
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spelling Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G NetworksGuijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494Network slicingService competitionRate allocationVirtual network operatorsINGENIERIA TELEMATICA[EN] Network slicing is gaining an increasing importance as an effective way to introduce flexibility in the management of resources in 5G networks. We envision a scenario where a set of network operators outsource their respective networks to one Infrastructure Provider (InP), and use network slicing mechanisms to request the resources as needed for service provision. The InP is then responsible for the network operation and maintenance, while the network operators become Virtual Network Operators (VNOs). We model a setting where two VNOs compete for the users in terms of quality of service, by strategically distributing its share of the aggregated cells capacity managed by the InP among its subscribers. The results show that the rate is allocated among the subscribers at each cell in a way that mimics the overall share that each VNO is entitled to, and that this allocation is the Nash equilibrium of the strategic slicing game between the VNOs. We conclude that network sharing and slicing provide an attractive flexibility in the allocation of resources without the need to enforce a policy through the InP.This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through project TIN2013-47272-C2-1- R (cosupported by the European Social Fund) and by Institute ITACA-UPV through “Convocatorias Ayudas 2018-5”.MDPI AGEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de TelecomunicaciónDepartamento de ComunicacionesMinisterio de Economía y EmpresaRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20182018-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/121101reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 TIN2013-47272-C2-1-R PLATAFORMA DE SERVICIOS PARA CIUDADES INTELIGENTES CON REDES M2M DENSASopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reconocimiento (by)http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/1211012026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
title Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
spellingShingle Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728
Network slicing
Service competition
Rate allocation
Virtual network operators
INGENIERIA TELEMATICA
title_short Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
title_full Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
title_fullStr Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
title_full_unstemmed Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
title_sort Competition in Service Provision between Slice Operators in 5G Networks
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728
Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349
Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494
author Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728
author_facet Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728
Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349
Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494
author_role author
author2 Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349
Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación
Departamento de Comunicaciones
Ministerio de Economía y Empresa
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Network slicing
Service competition
Rate allocation
Virtual network operators
INGENIERIA TELEMATICA
topic Network slicing
Service competition
Rate allocation
Virtual network operators
INGENIERIA TELEMATICA
description [EN] Network slicing is gaining an increasing importance as an effective way to introduce flexibility in the management of resources in 5G networks. We envision a scenario where a set of network operators outsource their respective networks to one Infrastructure Provider (InP), and use network slicing mechanisms to request the resources as needed for service provision. The InP is then responsible for the network operation and maintenance, while the network operators become Virtual Network Operators (VNOs). We model a setting where two VNOs compete for the users in terms of quality of service, by strategically distributing its share of the aggregated cells capacity managed by the InP among its subscribers. The results show that the rate is allocated among the subscribers at each cell in a way that mimics the overall share that each VNO is entitled to, and that this allocation is the Nash equilibrium of the strategic slicing game between the VNOs. We conclude that network sharing and slicing provide an attractive flexibility in the allocation of resources without the need to enforce a policy through the InP.
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2018-01-01
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