A Business Model for Place Time Capacity based Resource Allocation in an Aerial Radio Architecture

Abstract

Aerial Radio Architecture (ARA) is a relatively new concept with a composite framework consisting of both airborne platforms and ground platforms. Recently, an innovative Self Itinerant Intelligent Aerial Radio Architecture (SIIARA) was proposed that carry the capability to mitigate a unique and ever-nagging problem of any Wireless Communication Network (WCN) that has been defined as the Place Time Capacity (PTC problem). A technology is viable only if it serves any social needs, which can be measured in terms of ‘values’ it offers to the society. However, every value has some cost associated with it, and therefore, to be able to exercise in an ecosystem thoroughly, a technology must have an explicit business model which maps values with a cost (or profit). As ARA is a still at the research stage, not much of its business aspects have been surfaced so far. In this paper, we devise and discuss an accommodative and dynamic business model framework for SIIARA, with competence to relate its values and costs with a pragmatic formulation for future consideration. This paper also discusses the need and considerations of such a BM framework.