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The technical basis for spectrum rights: Policies to enhance market efficiency

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  • Matheson, Robert
  • Morris, Adele C.

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This paper describes a conceptual framework to articulate clear rights of access to radio spectrum in a way that would foster an efficient market-based allocation of the resource. In this approach, regulators partition spectrum rights across the dimensions of space, time, frequency, and direction of propagation. They devolve each partition, called a licensed electrospace region (LER), to licensees who may buy, sell, aggregate, and subdivide their LERs at will. All signals outside an LER must have a power level of less than a regulated limit with de minimis exceptions. In addition, even within an LER, transmitter power or field strength must fall below a separate regulator-set level for the band. Licensees may deploy any devices and provide any services that do not violate these rules.

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  • Matheson, Robert & Morris, Adele C., 2012. "The technical basis for spectrum rights: Policies to enhance market efficiency," Telecommunications Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(9), pages 783-792.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:telpol:v:36:y:2012:i:9:p:783-792
    DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2012.05.006
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