An Economic Framework for Spectrum Allocation and Service Pricing with Competitive Wireless Service Providers

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shamik Sengupta ◽  
Mainak Chatterjee ◽  
Samrat Ganguly
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Spectrum Allocation ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Service Pricing ◽  
Wireless Service

Competitive Spectrum Pricing under Centralized Dynamic Spectrum Allocation

2015 ◽  
pp. 884-908
Author(s):  
Hailing Zhu ◽  
Andre Nel ◽  
Hendrik Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Dynamic Pricing ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Dynamic Game ◽  
Dynamic Spectrum ◽  
Spectrum Allocation ◽  
Dynamic Spectrum Allocation ◽  
Allocation Mechanism ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Multi Stage ◽  
Pricing Schemes

Dynamic Spectrum Allocation (DSA) has been viewed as a promising approach to improving spectrum efficiency. With DSA, Wireless Service Providers (WSPs) that operate in fixed spectrum bands allocated through static allocation can solve their short-term spectrum shortage problems resulting from the bursty nature of wireless traffic. Such DSA mechanisms should be coupled with dynamic pricing schemes to achieve the most efficient allocation. This chapter models the DSA problem where a centralized spectrum broker manages “white space” in the spectrum of TV broadcasters and sells the vacant spectrum bands to multiple WSPs, as a multi-stage non-cooperative dynamic game. Furthermore, an economic framework for DSA is presented and a centralized spectrum allocation mechanism is proposed. The simulation results show that the centralized spectrum allocation mechanism with dynamic pricing achieves a DSA implementation that is responsive to market conditions as well as enabling efficient utilization of the available spectrum.

scholarly journals Prepaid Mobile Phone Service and the Anonymous Caller: Considering Wireless E9-1-1 in Canada.

2002 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon A. Gow ◽  
Mark Ihnat
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Emergency Service ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Privacy Rights ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Wireless Service ◽  
Commercial Networks ◽  
Phone Service ◽  
The Right

This paper reports on a recently concluded empirical study into the development of Wireless E9-1-1 (emergency service) in Canada that initially focussed on privacy concerns raised in the context of an emerging location based service (LBS) for mobile phone users. In light of existing regulatory arrangements this paper concludes that in Canada the emerging Wireless E9-1-1 system establishes a reasonable level of protection for the privacy rights of mobile phone users who choose to contact emergency services. However, an important and surprising issue was raised in the proceedings regarding the obligation of wireless service providers offering prepaid mobile phone service to obtain verifiable subscriber records from their customers. This paper provides details regarding the issue and contributes a number of points to an emerging debate concerning the right to anonymity for customers who elect to use prepaid or other services provided over commercial networks.

scholarly journals Exploring the Perceived Risks and Benefits of Heroin Use among Young People (18–24 Years) in Mauritius: Economic Insights from an Exploratory Qualitative Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6126
Author(s):  
Gareth White ◽  
Susan E. Luczak ◽  
Bernard Mundia ◽  
Smita Goorah
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Peer Influence ◽  
Illicit Drugs ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Heroin Use ◽  
Heroin Users ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Persons Living With Hiv

The decreasing age of young people injecting illicit drugs is an under-reported challenge for the prevention of HIV transmission worldwide. Young people aged 15–24 years represent 1 in 5 persons living with HIV in Mauritius where the epidemic is driven by injecting drug use and risky sexual behaviours. We recruited 22 heroin users aged 18–24 and 5 service providers working in harm reduction (HR) for the present study. Qualitative data were collected through unstructured interviews. We adopted an economic framework and an inductive approach to the analysis, which implied revising codes and themes. The risks heroin users described as consumers of illicit drugs and as clients of HR services could not be analyzed in isolation. Polydrug use emerged as a recurrent coping mechanism resulting from the changing dynamics within the heroin market. The risks faced by women went beyond addiction and infection with HIV. How participants viewed the risks and benefits linked to using heroin was greatly influenced by gaps in knowledge that left room for uncertainty and reinforcing mechanisms such as peer influence. The study shows that qualitative research can produce in-depth socio-behavioural insights required to produce more effective services for young people.

Rethinking the allocation criteria of the labour law rights and protections: A risk-based approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-141
Author(s):  
Federico Fusco
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Labour Law ◽  
Digital Platforms ◽  
Economic Framework ◽  
Gig Economy ◽  
Allocation Criteria ◽  
Market Transaction ◽  
The Way

The present paper investigates the ongoing validity of the notion of subordination as selection criteria to allocate the labour protections in the contemporary economic framework. The gig economy is deeply affecting the way of working, transforming the employee in a service provider. This phenomenon is partially due to the progressive shift from a firm-based production model towards a market transaction based one. Although its lawfulness is still unclear, it highlights that the way of working is changing in a way that struggles to fit into the classic legal categories. This is mainly due to the fact that the labour protections are usually bestowed moving from a notion of subordination highly focused on the organisational element. Thus, economic actors suffering from the same economic weakness of the employees, but organisationally independent, struggle to obtain the necessary protections. Moving from those remarks the author suggests rethinking the allocation criteria of the labour protections, adopting economic weakness as the main criterion. This category should encompass all the individuals performing a working activity that are not able to significantly influence its financial outcome. The aim of such reform should be to extend the labour protections to all the subjects needing them. The final part of the paper investigates the possible solutions under the current legal framework. The major finding is that under certain circumstances the gig workers can be qualified as temporary employees not of the platform, but of the contractor. In this scenario, the digital platforms should be deemed as job-placement service providers and, thus, they should comply with the relevant provisions. These include the eventual need of administrative authorisations and the free-of-charge principle, whose violations represent, in several jurisdictions, a criminal offence

Vertical handover between wireless service providers

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Panayotis Mertikopoulos ◽  
Aris L. Moustakas ◽  
Nikos Dimitriou
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Vertical Handover ◽  
Wireless Service
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