Mfupe, Luzango PMekuria, FissehaMzyece, Mjumo2018-03-022018-03-022017-03Mfupe, L.P., Mekuria, F. and Mzyece, M. 2017. Multi-criteria decision analysis of spectrum management frameworks for futuristic wireless networks: the context of developing countries. Mobile Information Systems, vol. 2017: doi.org/10.1155/2017/8610353doi.org/10.1155/2017/8610353https://www.hindawi.com/journals/misy/aip/8610353/http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10072Open Access article, published in Mobile Information Systems: doi.org/10.1155/2017/8610353National regulatory authorities (NRAs) in developing countries need an accelerated means to formulate technical regulations for the telecommunications sector. This will enable countries to gain maximum benefits from the rapid advances in technology. The existing regulation-making processes are time consuming and do not cope with the emergence of global technological changes. This article presents an efficient and quicker approach to formulate regulatory framework to govern the wireless technologies that are based on the Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) technique. The approach utilises Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) tools. The article uses a case study to evaluate dominant Dynamic spectrum management (DSM) frameworks. Finally, a sustainable DSM framework that has potential to address the digital divide challenges in the context of developing countries is proposed.enDynamic spectrum sharingDSMFuture wireless networksSpectrum management frameworksMulticriteria decision analysisArticleMfupe, L. P., Mekuria, F., & Mzyece, M. (2017). Multi-criteria decision analysis of spectrum management frameworks for futuristic wireless networks: the context of developing countries. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10072Mfupe, Luzango P, Fisseha Mekuria, and Mjumo Mzyece "Multi-criteria decision analysis of spectrum management frameworks for futuristic wireless networks: the context of developing countries." (2017) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10072Mfupe LP, Mekuria F, Mzyece M. Multi-criteria decision analysis of spectrum management frameworks for futuristic wireless networks: the context of developing countries. 2017; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10072.TY - Article AU - Mfupe, Luzango P AU - Mekuria, Fisseha AU - Mzyece, Mjumo AB - National regulatory authorities (NRAs) in developing countries need an accelerated means to formulate technical regulations for the telecommunications sector. This will enable countries to gain maximum benefits from the rapid advances in technology. The existing regulation-making processes are time consuming and do not cope with the emergence of global technological changes. This article presents an efficient and quicker approach to formulate regulatory framework to govern the wireless technologies that are based on the Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) technique. The approach utilises Multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) tools. The article uses a case study to evaluate dominant Dynamic spectrum management (DSM) frameworks. Finally, a sustainable DSM framework that has potential to address the digital divide challenges in the context of developing countries is proposed. DA - 2017-03 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Dynamic spectrum sharing KW - DSM KW - Future wireless networks KW - Spectrum management frameworks KW - Multicriteria decision analysis LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2017 T1 - Multi-criteria decision analysis of spectrum management frameworks for futuristic wireless networks: the context of developing countries TI - Multi-criteria decision analysis of spectrum management frameworks for futuristic wireless networks: the context of developing countries UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10072 ER -