Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing

[EN] The provision of services by more than one operator over a common network infrastructure, as enabled by 5G network slicing, is analyzed. Two business models to be implemented by a network operator, who owns the network, and a virtual operator, who does not, are proposed. In one business model,...

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Autores: Sacoto-Cabrera, Erwin J., 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:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
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Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:5G
Network slicing
Virtual operators
Discriminatory processor sharing
Game theory
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spelling Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicingSacoto-Cabrera, Erwin J.Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-94945GNetwork slicingVirtual operatorsDiscriminatory processor sharingGame theoryINGENIERIA TELEMATICA[EN] The provision of services by more than one operator over a common network infrastructure, as enabled by 5G network slicing, is analyzed. Two business models to be implemented by a network operator, who owns the network, and a virtual operator, who does not, are proposed. In one business model, named strategic, the network operator provides service to its user base and the virtual operator provides service to its user base and pays a per-subscriber fee to the network operator. In the other business model, named monopolistic, the network operator provides service to both user bases. The two proposals are analyzed by means of a model that captures both system and economic features. As regards the systems features, the slicing of the network is modeled by means of a Discriminatory Processor Sharing queue. As regards the economic features, the incentives are modeled by means of the user utilities and the operators' revenues; and game theory is used to model the strategic interaction between the users' subscription decision and the operators' pricing decision. In both business models, it is shown that the network operator can be provided with the appropriate economic incentives so that it acquiesces in serving the virtual operator's user base (monopolistic model) and in allowing the virtual operator to provide service over the network operator's infrastructure (strategic model). From the point of view of the users, the strategic model results in a higher subscription rate than the monopolistic model.This work has been supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities (MCIU/AEI) and the European Union (FEDER/UE) through Grant PGC2018-094151-B-I00. And by the Salesian Polytechnic University of Ecuador through a Ph.D. scholarship granted to the first author.ElsevierEscuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de TelecomunicaciónDepartamento de ComunicacionesAgencia Estatal de InvestigaciónEuropean Regional Development FundUniversidad Politécnica Salesiana, EcuadorRepositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet20202020-08-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/161211reponame:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valénciainstname:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)InglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020 PGC2018-094151-B-I00 SLICING DINAMICO EN REDES DE ACCESO RADIO 5Gopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Reserva de todos los derechoshttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:riunet.upv.es:10251/1612112026-06-13T07:49:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
title Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
spellingShingle Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
Sacoto-Cabrera, Erwin J.
5G
Network slicing
Virtual operators
Discriminatory processor sharing
Game theory
INGENIERIA TELEMATICA
title_short Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
title_full Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
title_fullStr Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
title_full_unstemmed Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
title_sort Economic feasibility of virtual operators in 5G via network slicing
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sacoto-Cabrera, Erwin J.
Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728
Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349
Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494
author Sacoto-Cabrera, Erwin J.
author_facet Sacoto-Cabrera, Erwin J.
Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728
Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349
Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494
author_role author
author2 Guijarro, Luis|||0000-0001-9774-9728
Vidal Catalá, José Ramón|||0000-0002-7137-1349
Pla, Vicent|||0000-0002-0894-9494
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Telecomunicación
Departamento de Comunicaciones
Agencia Estatal de Investigación
European Regional Development Fund
Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Ecuador
Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politècnica de València Riunet
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 5G
Network slicing
Virtual operators
Discriminatory processor sharing
Game theory
INGENIERIA TELEMATICA
topic 5G
Network slicing
Virtual operators
Discriminatory processor sharing
Game theory
INGENIERIA TELEMATICA
description [EN] The provision of services by more than one operator over a common network infrastructure, as enabled by 5G network slicing, is analyzed. Two business models to be implemented by a network operator, who owns the network, and a virtual operator, who does not, are proposed. In one business model, named strategic, the network operator provides service to its user base and the virtual operator provides service to its user base and pays a per-subscriber fee to the network operator. In the other business model, named monopolistic, the network operator provides service to both user bases. The two proposals are analyzed by means of a model that captures both system and economic features. As regards the systems features, the slicing of the network is modeled by means of a Discriminatory Processor Sharing queue. As regards the economic features, the incentives are modeled by means of the user utilities and the operators' revenues; and game theory is used to model the strategic interaction between the users' subscription decision and the operators' pricing decision. In both business models, it is shown that the network operator can be provided with the appropriate economic incentives so that it acquiesces in serving the virtual operator's user base (monopolistic model) and in allowing the virtual operator to provide service over the network operator's infrastructure (strategic model). From the point of view of the users, the strategic model results in a higher subscription rate than the monopolistic model.
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