ISART 2022: Evolving Spectrum-Sharing Regulation through Data-, Science-, and Technology-Driven Analysis and Decision-Making

Background Reference Bibliography

General Background Reading

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[2] U.S. Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration. “Feasibility of Commercial Wireless Services Sharing with Federal Operations in the 3100-3550 MHz Band.” Report to Congress (Jul. 6, 2020).

[3] Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology. “Revising Spectrum Sharing Rules for Non-Geostationary Orbit, Fixed-Satellite Service Systems.” Order and Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, DA/FCC #: FCC 21-123 Docket/RM: 21-456, RM-11855 (Dec. 15, 2021).

[4] Federal Communications Commission, Office of Engineering and Technology. “Promoting Efficient Use of Spectrum through Improved Receiver Interference Immunity Performance.” Notice of Inquiry FCC-22-29. Docket/RM: 22-137 (Apr. 21, 2022).

[5] Kwerel, E., et. al. “Evan Kwerel on the Origins of Spectrum Auctions.” Technology Policy Institute Podcast (Apr. 28, 2022).

Economics of Spectrum Sharing

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[7] Bustamante, P., Weiss, M., Sicker, D., and Gomez, M. “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, 2, E6 (2020).

[8] Federal Communications Commission, Office of Economics and Analytics. “Communications Marketplace Report – 2020.” Research Report, FCC 20-188 (Dec. 31, 2020).

[9] Hanson, S.S.M., et al. “A Model for Spectrum Valuation.” 2019 IEEE/AIAA 38th Digital Avionics Systems Conference (Sep. 8-12, 2019): pp. 1-9.

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[12] Kahn, C. “Evolving Economic and Policy Mechanisms to Support Spectrum Sharing.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[13] Kahn, C., et al. “A Macroeconomic Model of Federal and Commercial Spectrum Usage.” The Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy (Aug.2,2021).

[14]Lam, S.O. “Markets in Experimental Licenses,” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[15] Milgrom, P., Wehl, E.G., and Zhang, A.L. “Redesigning Spectrum Licenses.” Regulation (Sep. 2017).

[16] Oh, S. “A Model of Radio Replacement for Spectrum Policy.” The Research Conference on Communications, Information, and Internet Policy Conference 2011 (Jan. 27, 2015).

[17] Oh, S. and Wallsten, S. “Broadband Policy Guidebook, 2022 Edition.” Technology Policy Institute (Apr. 4, 2022).

[18] Rosston, G., Skrzypacz, A. “Reclaiming spectrum from incumbents in inefficiently allocated bands: transaction costs, competition, and flexibility.” Telecommunications Policy, Volume 45, Issue 7 (Apr. 2021).

[19] Weiss, M.B.H., Krishnamurthy, P., Gomez, M.M. “How can polycentric governance of spectrum work.” 2017 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks (Mar. 6-9, 2017): pp. 1-10.

Data Sharing and Transparency

[20] Lichtman, M. and Berndt, L. “Achieving National Scale Infrastructure for Spectrum Monitoring.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[21] McCloskey, D. “Increasing Spectrum Data Sharing and Transparency with a Secure, Extensible Data Fabric.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022). Paper is marked for controlled distribution. Please reach out to authors for access.

[22] Oughton, E.J., et al. “Policy choices can help keep 4G and 5G universal broadband affordable.” Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol. 176 (Jan. 6, 2022).

[23] Oughton, E.J., et al. “An Open-Source Techno-Economic Assessment Framework for 5G Deployment.” IEEE Access (Sep. 29, 2019).

[24] Rennier, A., et al. “SSTD Observations on Improved Spectrum Sharing.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

Risk-Informed Interference Analysis

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[29] de Vries, J.P. “Risk-informed interference assessment: A quantitative basis for spectrum allocation decisions.” Telecommunications Policy, vol. 41, no. 5 (Jun. 2017): pp. 434–446.

[30] Federal Communications Commission. Technological Advisory Council. Spectrum and Receiver Performance Working Group. “A Quick Introduction to Risk-Informed Interference Assessment.” Interference Assessment (Apr. 2015).

[31] Henry, R. and Zebrowitz, H. “Risk-Informed Spectrum Sharing and Management Capability.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

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[33] Kaplan, S. and Garrick, B.J. “On The Quantitative Definition of Risk.” Risk Analysis, vol. 1, no. 1 (1981): pp. 11–27.

[34] Kontson, K., et al. “Risk Management Approaches to Spectrum Coexistence Assessments for Spectrum Sharing.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[35] Youngblood, R.W., et al. “Formal Methods of Decision Analysis Applied to Prioritization of Research and Other Topics.” U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CR-6833 (Aug. 2003).

Model Standardization: Propagation Modeling Case Study

[36] Ding, E., et al. “Pathloss-Based Uplink Sector Emissions Model for LTE Aggregate Interference Prediction.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[37] Farshchian, M., et al. “Machine Learning for Clutter Loss Prediction in Aggregate Interference Assessments.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[38] Kuklinski, W. et al. “Application of Gaussian Mixture Modeling Methods to Analysis and Prediction of Cellular Communications Pathloss Distributions.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[39] International Telecommunication Union. Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R). Working methods for the Radiocommunication Assembly, the Radiocommunication Study Groups, the Radiocommunication Advisory Group and other groups of the Radiocommunication Sector. Res.1-8 (2019)

[40] McCloskey, D. “Model Standardization and Operationalization with a Development and Management Platform (“DMP”).” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022). Paper is marked for controlled distribution. Please reach out to authors for access.

[41] Rennier, A., et al. “Greenman: A Sector-based LTE Emission Model.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022). [In Review]

[42] Rennier, A., et al. “SSTD Findings on AWS-3 Spectrum Sharing Assessments.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022). [In Review]

Technical Enablers for Evolving Regulatory Processes

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[44] Bertizzolo, L. and Melodia, T. “Method for Spectrum Sharing by Primary and Secondary Networks Based on Cognitive Beamforming.” U.S. Patent Application Publication US 2022/0116789 A1 (Apr.14, 2022).

[45] Egbert, A., Baylis, C., et al. “Continuous Real-Time Circuit Reconfigurable to Maximize Average Output Power in Cognitive Radar Transmitters.” IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (Jan.5, 2022).

[46] Polese, M., Marcus, M., Melodia, T., Jornet, J. “Possible Active/Passive Spectrum Sharing in the 100-275 GHz Band Pursuant to WRC-2000 Resolution 731.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).

[47] Rennier, A., et al. “AWS-3 Spectrum Sharing Assessment Process Improvement.” 2022 International Symposium on Advanced Radio Technologies, ISART 2022 (Jun. 13-16, 2022).