Essentials of Modern Spectrum Management (Hardcover)

Acknowledgements; Part I. Emerging Problems with the Current Spectrum Management Approach: 1. Current spectrum management methods and their shortcomings; 2. How changing technology is impacting spectrum management; 3. Alternative ways of dividing spectrum; Part II. Markets: 4. Market solutions; 5. Auctions; 6. Spectrum trading - secondary markets; 7. Technical issues with property rights; 8. Economic issues with property rights; 9. Competition issues relating to spectrum; 10. Band management; Part III. Regulation: 11. Incentive based spectrum prices - theory; 12. Incentive based spectrum pricing - practicalities; 13. How the commons works; 14. Commons or non-commons; 15. Is the public sector spectrum management different?; 16. Are developing countries different?; Part IV. Conclusions: 17. Conclusions; Further reading; Index; List of abbreviations; Author biographies.