Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data
Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) systems, commonly known as spectrum sharing, are considered one of the most promising paths for more efficient spectrum allocation. When talking about DSA, the most discussed topics revolve around particular technologies such as cognitive radios or particular solutions...
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| description | Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) systems, commonly known as spectrum sharing, are considered one of the most promising paths for more efficient spectrum allocation. When talking about DSA, the most discussed topics revolve around particular technologies such as cognitive radios or particular solutions such as the advanced wireless services-3 initiative. However, in this work, we explore a less discussed approach for spectrum sharing: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s experimental radio service (ERS). The ERS grants licenses for experimentation, market trials, and product development in Federal and/or non-Federal bands. Frequencies in these licenses are assigned on a shared basis and not for the exclusive use of any one licensee. Using FCC’s scraped information in the period between 2007 and 2016, we were able to gain a deeper understanding of the ERS. We find that the processing time (i.e., time to get a license) has been reduced from 100 days to an average of 23 days in 2016. Moreover, the assignation process of experimental licenses is characterized great flexibility in terms of the authorized technical and nontechnical characteristics. We also explored what is behind these 10 years of information. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3b6a3b1b5df14c5eb5d1153e8e2ec9f52023-03-09T12:31:28ZengCambridge University PressData & Policy2632-32492020-01-01210.1017/dap.2020.6Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses dataPedro Bustamante0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9952-5453Martin Weiss1Douglas Sicker2Marcela M. Gomez3School of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USASchool of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USADepartment of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon UniversitySchool of Computing and Information, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USADynamic spectrum access (DSA) systems, commonly known as spectrum sharing, are considered one of the most promising paths for more efficient spectrum allocation. When talking about DSA, the most discussed topics revolve around particular technologies such as cognitive radios or particular solutions such as the advanced wireless services-3 initiative. However, in this work, we explore a less discussed approach for spectrum sharing: the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s experimental radio service (ERS). The ERS grants licenses for experimentation, market trials, and product development in Federal and/or non-Federal bands. Frequencies in these licenses are assigned on a shared basis and not for the exclusive use of any one licensee. Using FCC’s scraped information in the period between 2007 and 2016, we were able to gain a deeper understanding of the ERS. We find that the processing time (i.e., time to get a license) has been reduced from 100 days to an average of 23 days in 2016. Moreover, the assignation process of experimental licenses is characterized great flexibility in terms of the authorized technical and nontechnical characteristics. We also explored what is behind these 10 years of information.https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632324920000061/type/journal_articleDynamic spectrum access (DSA) systemsexperimental licensesFederal Communications Commission (FCC)experimental radio service (ERS)spectrum policyspectrum managementspectrum regulationspectrum sharingtelecommunications policy |
| spellingShingle | Pedro Bustamante Martin Weiss Douglas Sicker Marcela M. Gomez Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data Data & Policy Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) systems experimental licenses Federal Communications Commission (FCC) experimental radio service (ERS) spectrum policy spectrum management spectrum regulation spectrum sharing telecommunications policy |
| title | Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data |
| title_full | Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data |
| title_fullStr | Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data |
| title_short | Federal Communications Commission’s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access: An analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data |
| title_sort | federal communications commission s experimental radio service as a vehicle for dynamic spectrum access an analysis of 10 years of experimental licenses data |
| topic | Dynamic spectrum access (DSA) systems experimental licenses Federal Communications Commission (FCC) experimental radio service (ERS) spectrum policy spectrum management spectrum regulation spectrum sharing telecommunications policy |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2632324920000061/type/journal_article |
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