Innovation, spectrum regulation, and DySPAN technologies access to markets

This paper looks at the regulatory changes that are required to allow technologies such as DySPAN quick and easy access to radio spectrum. Without such changes, it will not be possible for DySPAN technologies to make the inroads into the market that are required to ensure spectrum is used with the optimum economic efficiency. This access to market requires greater use of a technology neutral spectrum property right. The basic premise being that spectrum users (licence holders) should be able to deploy any service they wish (using any technology), as long as it causes no more interference than allowed in their licence. If that is not the case then the permission of neighboring users must be sought. The paper tries to answer three main questions, why move to a less centralised spectrum regime, how this could be implemented using a regulatory spectrum property right, and how to define such a regulatory spectrum property right