Freemium Spectrum Sharing and Pricing

The pervasive virtualization of communication networks, including wireless networks, as well as the increasing proliferation of softwarized solutions in wireless communications pave the way for the highly flexible approach for spectrum sharing and pricing. In this paper, the popular idea of freemium licensing is applied to dynamic spectrum sharing and pricing. The proposed softwarized solution is evaluated by means of computer simulations, showing the benefits of such elastic solutions.