Understanding spectrum liberalisation

Until the 1990s, almost all spectrum licenses were given away practically for free-even the first mobile licenses which laid the foundation for multi-billion dollar companies that dominate stock markets around the world. In the past fifteen years, there has been a concerted attempt to liberalise the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sims, Martin (Communications specialist), author (author), Youell, Toby, author, Womersley, Richard, author
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press [2016]
Edición:1st edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009629737106719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Authors; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Promise of Liberalisation; Chapter 3: A Spectrum Engineering Primer; Chapter 4: Spectrum Auctions Become the Default Assignment Mechanism; Chapter 5: The Liberalised Licensing Debate; Chapter 6: Public Sector Spectrum; Chapter 7: Broadcasting; Chapter 8: Satellite; Chapter 9: Ultra Wide Band; Chapter 10: Wi-Fi and the Spectrum Commons; Chapter 11: The Whitespace Concept; Chapter 12: Introduction to Part III; Chapter 13: The Capacity Crunch
  • Chapter 14: Why Is Liberalisation Limited in Its Application?Chapter 15: Why Does Trading Have Such Patchy Success?; Chapter 16: Mobile Networks : From Sharing to Wholesale; Chapter 17: The Role of Politics in Spectrum Liberalisation; Chapter 18: Criticisms of Auctions; Chapter 19: Introduction to Part IV Finding the Right Metaphor; Chapter 20: Licensed Shared Access; Chapter 21: Cognitive Radio and Database-Driven Spectrum Management; Chapter 22: Future Technologies; Chapter 23: Conclusions; Appendix A: What Does the ITU Do and How Does It Work?; Glossary; Back Cover