Abstract
There has been considerable discussion surrounding the barriers to spectrum sharing in the literature. Among those is the ‘trust gap’ that exists, according to the PCAST report. Trust is a complex human construct that significantly includes risk. In this paper, we examine the risks faced by the different user classes proposed by the FCC for sharing in the 3.5 GHz band. We argue that the “invisible hands” of spectrum sharing in this band is the balance between spectrum sharing gain and associated risks. We find that both gains and risks can be linked to the distance between incumbents’ systems and Citizen Broadband Radio Services (CBRS)’ systems. The risk portfolio is linked to spectrum rights that each tier has, since the rights they have determine risks and risk mitigation strategies. We further propose a model to calculate spectrum sharing utilities for different tiers. The optimized utility determines the distance between incumbents and CBRS systems.
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In his keynote address to IEEE DySPAN in 2015, Dr. Ranveer Chandra of Microsoft Research indicated that ASICs for TVWS had been designed, but that their manufacture was deferred until sufficient demand for TVWS devices could be demonstrated.
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In economics, an externality is a cost or benefit that affects a party who did not choose to incur that cost or benefit (Source: http://cafehayek.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/Carl-Dahlman.pdf).
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Rogue transmissions are from unauthorized senders and so fall outside of this framework.
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This work was supported by the US National Science Foundation under grant 1247546.
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Cui, L., Weiss, M. (2016). Invisible Hands Behind 3.5 GHz Spectrum Sharing. In: Noguet, D., Moessner, K., Palicot, J. (eds) Cognitive Radio Oriented Wireless Networks. CrownCom 2016. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 172. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40352-6_34
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