Credit token based rental protocol for dynamic channel allocation

This paper describes a distributed, cooperative and real time rental protocol for DCA operations in a multi system and multi cell context for OFDMA systems. A credit token based rental protocol using auctioning is proposed in support of dynamic spectrum sharing between cells. The proposed scheme can be tuned adaptively as a function of the context by specifying the credit tokens usage in the radio etiquette. The application of the rental protocol is illustrated with an ascending bid auctioning. The paper also describes two approaches for BS-BS communications in support of the rental protocol. Finally, it is described how the proposed mechanisms contribute to the current approaches followed in the IEEE 802.16h and IEEE 802.22 standards efforts addressing cognitive radio.