Digital Switchover and Regulatory Design for Competing White Space Usage Rights

Benoît Pierre Freyens; Mark Loney

doi:10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936222

Digital Switchover and Regulatory Design for Competing White Space Usage Rights

Benoît Pierre Freyens, Mark Loney

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Abstract

There has been sustained regulatory support for the development and use of `white space' devices on UHF broadcast spectrum, particularly to provide wireless broadband services on a secondary or `unlicensed' basis. However, as regulators reallocate UHF spectrum released by the digital switchover to new services requiring a high degree of licence certainty (e.g. cellular networks) there will be incompatibilities between the rights of the new licensees and those of unlicensed white space users. What becomes of entrenched secondary usage rights if broadcast spectrum is reallocated to telecommunications and re-licensed on far more exclusive conditions than those currently prevailing for white space devices operating on a secondary basis to broadcasting services? Wide-spread deployment of white space devices could seriously complicate the reallocation of UHF band primary services from broadcasting to higher value users. This article considers Australian regulatory arrangements in light of this issue and suggests licensing reforms required to manage competing white space usage rights in the future.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011
Place of Publication	Aachen, Germany
Publisher	IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages	32-40
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Electronic)	9781457701788
ISBN (Print)	9781457701771
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936222
Publication status	Published - 28 Jul 2011
Event	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011 - Aachen, Germany Duration: 3 May 2011 → 6 May 2011

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Name	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011

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Conference	2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Aachen
Period	3/05/11 → 6/05/11

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Freyens, B. P., & Loney, M. (2011). Digital Switchover and Regulatory Design for Competing White Space Usage Rights. In 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011 (pp. 32-40). Article 5936222 (2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011). IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936222

Freyens, Benoît Pierre ; Loney, Mark. / Digital Switchover and Regulatory Design for Competing White Space Usage Rights. 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011. Aachen, Germany : IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011. pp. 32-40 (2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011).

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Freyens, BP & Loney, M 2011, Digital Switchover and Regulatory Design for Competing White Space Usage Rights. in 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011., 5936222, 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011, IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Aachen, Germany, pp. 32-40, 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011, Aachen, Germany, 3/05/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936222

Digital Switchover and Regulatory Design for Competing White Space Usage Rights. / Freyens, Benoît Pierre; Loney, Mark.
2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011. Aachen, Germany: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011. p. 32-40 5936222 (2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011).

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Freyens BP, Loney M. Digital Switchover and Regulatory Design for Competing White Space Usage Rights. In 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011. Aachen, Germany: IEEE, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. 2011. p. 32-40. 5936222. (2011 IEEE International Symposium on Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks, DySPAN 2011). doi: 10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936222

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