NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
It is widely recognized that current wireless spectrum policy has been an impediment to the continued growth of high-capacity wireless networks. This project is investigating the consequences of lifting current restrictions on spectrum allocation and ownership, and allowing for extensive spectrum markets for allocating spectrum across locations, times and diverse applications. Various market structures that may emerge in such a setting are being studied using multi-disciplinary techniques including ideas from micro-economics, optimization theory and wireless networking. A key issue being explored is how to define the spectrum assets that will be traded in such a market taking into account both the interference among different users of wireless spectrum and the performance of the resulting market mechanisms. This results in a characterization of the trade-offs, in terms of efficiency and complexity of different asset definitions and market mechanisms. These results provide new insights into market-based allocation for wireless spectrum.
Results disseminated via publications could help facilitate a transition to new market structures that may lower the barriers to entry into the wireless services market thereby facilitating competition and the introduction of new services. The infusion of the cross-disciplinary ideas developed through this project into graduate classes also broadens the training of graduate students.
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| AWARD OVERVIEW |
| Award Number |
0905407 |
Funding Agency |
National Science Foundation |
| Total Award Amount |
$1,048,000 |
Project Location - City |
Evanston |
| Award Date |
07/25/2009 |
Project Location - State |
IL |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
Project Location - Zip |
60208-1110
|
| Jobs Reported |
0.94 |
Congressional District |
09 |
| Project Location - Country |
US |
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Recipient Information
(Grants)
| Recipient Information (Grants) |
|
Recipient Name
|
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY |
| Recipient DUNS Number |
160079455
|
| Recipient Address |
633 CLARK ST EVANSTON |
| Recipient City |
EVANSTON |
| Recipient State |
Illinois |
| Recipient Zip |
60208-0001 |
| Recipient Congressional District |
09 |
| Recipient Country |
USA |
Required to Report Top 5
Highly Compensated Officials |
No |
Projects and Jobs Information
| Projects and Jobs Information |
| Project Title |
NeTS: Medium: Design of Dynamic Spectrum Markets for Wireless Networks |
| Project Status |
More than 50% Completed |
| Final Project Report Submitted |
No |
| Project Activities Description |
Engineering & Technology |
| Quarterly Activities/Project Description |
The goals of this project are to study both economic and engineering issues that may arise if more extensive markets were employed for dynamically allocating wireless spectrum. The past quarter was our twelfth quarter working on this project. During this time, we have had one postdoctoral associate working on the project as well as one research assistant professor. We have continued to analyze models for spectrum allocation that capture the fundamental effect of interference among spectrum users. In the past quarter, we continued analyzing the role of sharing contracts among wireless service providers; we presented one invited conference talk based on this work and have another conference paper accepted. We also gave one invited talk on our earlier work on competition and open spectrum. We have continued to study pricing effects in large random heterogeneous networks. We have also continued to study models for how different market structures influence innovation in spectrum usage. |
| Jobs Created |
0.94 |
| Description of Jobs Created |
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds have significantly aided the research mission of Northwestern University by providing salary and wage compensation for individuals directly involved in ARRA-funded projects, both at Northwestern and at consortium institutions, as well as at the vendor organizations who provide goods and services in support of that mission. Northwestern has employed a standard methodology for determining jobs created or retained, based on revised guidance presented by OMB on 12-18-09 (ref. M-10-08). Jobs are reported in aggregate for the grant, comprised of calculated figures for hourly and salaried employees at Northwestern plus the reported jobs created or retained by subrecipients. The number of Northwestern hourly employees will be calculated as the number of hours charged to the grant during the quarter divided by the standard hours in a full-time schedule for the quarter. The number of Northwestern salaried employees will be calculated based on the salaries charged to the ARRA fund during the quarter. Following is a list of descriptions for jobs created or retained, in whole or in part, by this ARRA funded project:Post Doctoral Fellow,Research Assistant Professor. |
Purchaser Information
(Grants)
| Purchaser Information |
| Contracting Office ID |
Not Reported |
| Contracting Office Name |
Not Available |
| Contracting Office Region |
Not Available |
| TAS Major Program |
49-0101 |
| Award Information |
| Award Date |
07/25/2009 |
| Award Number |
0905407 |
| Order Number |
|
| Award Type |
Grants |
| Funding Agency ID |
49 |
| Funding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Funding Office Name |
Not Available |
| Awarding Agency ID |
49 |
| Awarding Agency Name |
National Science Foundation |
| Amount of Award |
$1,048,000 |
| Funds Invoiced/Received |
$1,013,828 |
| Expenditure Amount |
$1,033,496 |
| Infrastructure Expenditure Amount |
$0 |
| Infrastructure Purpose and Rationale |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Name |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Email |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Phone |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Address |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact City |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact State |
Not Reported |
| Infrastructure Point of Contact Zip |
Not Reported |
Product or Service Information
(Grants)
| Product or Service Information |
| Primary Activity Code |
U03 |
| Activity Description |
Engineering & Technology |
| Sub-Awards Information |
| Sub-awards to Organizations |
0 |
| Sub-award Amounts to Organizations |
$0 |
| Sub-Awards to Individuals |
0 |
| Sub-Award Amounts to Individuals |
$0 |
| Number of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Amount of Sub-awards less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors greater than $25,000 |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors greater than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Number of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
0 |
| Total Amount of payments to vendors less than $25,000/award |
$0 |
| Location Information |
| Latitude, Longitude |
42º 3' 20",
-87º 40' 28" |
| Congressional District |
09 |
| Address 1 |
633 Clark St |
| Address 2 |
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| City |
Evanston |
| County |
Cook |
| State |
IL |
| Zip |
60208-1110 |
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