SEVEN KEY OPTIONS FOR SPECTRUM ALLOCATION AND ASSIGNMENT

摘要

Today, communications technologies are rapidly changing as new technologies are developed. Yet many spectrum policies and regulations still reflect mid-20th century technological reality and thinking. As demand for spectrum continues to outpace current assignment methods, spectrum regulators must broaden their spectrum thinking. This will require both the FCC and the nation's policymakers to explore much-needed spectrum allocation and licensure reforms to create a more dynamic spectrum ecosystem that is better tailored to meet the wireless needs of not just current large wireless incumbents and technologies, but new competitors, business models, civil society and the general public.