8th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks

Research Article

Enforcement and Spectrum Sharing: A Case Study of the 1695-1710 MHz Band

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.crowncom.2013.252040,
        author={Martin Weiss and Mohammed Altamimi and Mark McHenry},
        title={Enforcement and Spectrum Sharing: A Case Study of the 1695-1710 MHz Band},
        proceedings={8th International Conference on Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={CROWNCOM},
        year={2013},
        month={11},
        keywords={technological innovation wireless communication cooperative spectrum sharing enforcement in dsa},
        doi={10.4108/icst.crowncom.2013.252040}
    }
    
  • Martin Weiss
    Mohammed Altamimi
    Mark McHenry
    Year: 2013
    Enforcement and Spectrum Sharing: A Case Study of the 1695-1710 MHz Band
    CROWNCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.4108/icst.crowncom.2013.252040
Martin Weiss1, Mohammed Altamimi1,*, Mark McHenry2
  • 1: University of Pittsburgh
  • 2: Shared Spectrum Company
*Contact email: msa33@pitt.edu

Abstract

Spectrum sharing is a new reality for spectrum users. Implementing sharing regimes on a non-opportunistic basis means that sharing agreements must be implemented. To have meaning, those agreements must be enforceable. We make this discussion more concrete by reasoning about enforcement in a particular spectrum band (1695-1710 MHz) that is currently being proposed for sharing between commercial services (LTE) and an incumbent spectrum user in the US. We examine three enforcement approaches, exclusion zones, protection zones and pure ex post and consider their implications in terms of cost elements, opportunity cost, and their adaptability.