Increasing Wireless Value: Technology, Spectrum, and Incentives

I. INCREASING CAPACITY ON SPECTRUM THAT IS FLEXIBLY ALLOCATED .................................................................................. 91 II. MOVING SPECTRUM TO BE MORE FLEXIBLY ALLOCATED ............ 93 A. Government spectrum may be able to be used more efficiently .............................................................................. 94 1. Incentives for efficient use by Government? .................... 95 2. Improving the use of government spectrum ..................... 96 a) Fees ............................................................................. 96 b) "Sharing" .................................................................... 98 B. Broadcast spectrum ............................................................... 100 C. Other underutilized spectrum ................................................ 101 D. Flexible use ........................................................................... 103 E. Cost of relocation/sharing ...................................................... 103 III. ROLE OF LICENSED AND UNLICENSED SPECTRUM. .......................... 105 A. How much unlicensed spectrum should there be? ................ 106 B. What characteristics are better with unlicensed? ................... 107 C. Licensing regimes ................................................................. 109 IV. CONCLUSION ................................................................................... 111