Virtualized Resource Sharing in Cloud Radio Access Networks Through Truthful Mechanisms.

In the recent paradigm of cloud radio access networks (C-RAN), signal processing functions at the base stations (BSs) are virtualized and migrated into a mobile cloud that maintains a pool of virtual BS (VBS) instances. Remote radio heads and antennae at the BSs are connected to the VBS pool by fronthaul fiber links. Mobile operators may lease resources from the tower company who owns the C-RAN in...