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Efficient Sharing of Radio Spectrum for Wireless Networks

Abstract

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The radio spectrum that can be used for wireless communications is a finite but extremely valuable resource. During the past two decades, with the proliferation of new wireless applications, the use of the radio spectrum has intensified to the point that improved spectrum sharing policies and new mechanisms are needed to enhance its utilization efficiency. This dissertation studies spectrum sharing and coexistence on both licensed and unlicensed bands for wireless networks. For licensed bands, we study two coexistence paradigms: transparent coexistence (a.k.a., underlay) and policy-based network cooperation (a.k.a., overlay). These two paradigms can offer significant improvement in spectrum utilization and throughput performance than the interweave paradigm. For unlicensed band, we study coexistence of Wi-Fi and LTE, the two most poplar wireless networks.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Ph. D.
Level thesis:degree_level
doctoral
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Computer Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
2016

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Yuan, Xu
Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
  • Hou, Yiwei Thomas
Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
  • Reed, Jeffrey H.
  • Shi, Yi
  • Lou, Wenjing
  • Sherali, Hanif D.
  • Yang, Yaling

Subjects

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Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright

Identifiers

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vt_gsexam:8079
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/71771

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citation

Yuan, Xu. Efficient Sharing of Radio Spectrum for Wireless Networks. doctoral thesis, Virginia Tech, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71771