Spectrum Auctions
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چکیده
Most developed countries allocate radio spectrum by auction. The Simultaneous Ascending Auction (SAA) has proven to work well for this application. Recently, new designs that allow package bidding have been proposed. These designs have only been tried in the past few years. We first provide some historical background regarding the allocation of spectrum, describe the use of the SAA design and its modifications over the past 15 years, and then highlight the new advances in combinatorial auction designs and their use for the allocation of spectrum.
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