[ecrea] COMMUNICATIONS & STRATEGIES Call for papers - The radio spectrum: future steps

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dear Colleagues,

COMMUNICATIONS&  STRATEGIES is launching a Dossier to be published in June
2013, dedicated to THE RADIO SPECTRUM: FUTURE STEPS.

We welcome proposals (full papers) until January 15th, 2013.

With our best regards,

Sophie Nigon
Managing Editor - COMMUNICATIONS&  STRATEGIES
T: +33 (0)467 144 416 | IDATE – BP 4167 – 34092 Montpellier Cedex 5
www.comstrat.org  |(s.nigon /at/ idate.org)


CALL FOR PAPERS
Dossier to be published in no. 90 – 2nd quarter 2013
THE RADIO SPECTRUM: FUTURE STEPS
Edited by J. Scott MARCUS, Gérard POGOREL&  Frédéric PUJOL

A nagging question is emerging in spectrum Policy and management: What
should be the terms of a methodology to assess comparatively spectrum usage
by activities of various natures. How to combine technical, economic,
financial, business and social considerations to guide consistently
frequency allocation transitions over time ? In recent years, a number of
spectrum experts have argued that market mechanisms (including auctions,
trading, leasing, and the use of Administrative Incentive Pricing (AIP))
could be used for substantially all spectrum allocation and assignments.
Most experts today support the use of auctions for commercial applications,
but what about all the rest (defence, broadcast, PPDR and so on)? Spectrum
uses are diverse. Some frequency uses are commercial, some are not. Some
uses are measurable in financial terms, some are not. Some frequency uses
boil down to business considerations, some do not. Under what circumstances,
for what bands and applications, and to what extent is the use of market
mechanisms appropriate? The question of "market mechanisms" exists at two
levels: allocation, for those who envisage a long term arbitrage between
spectrum uses to the highest bidder, or, as we have seen, more specifically,
as an assignment method. The issue can be raised at both levels. Concerning
assignment, short term auctions for spectrum access might be round the
corner. Whether 4G frequencies licenses should be rented to the highest
bidder for a yearly payment instead of a lump sum is also a case in point.

Apt decision-making going forward calls for a set of over-arching
methodologies and criteria, applicable to the whole frequency spectrum,
while accounting for service diversity. A notion of efficiency seems to be
in the order of day. But what does it entail for spectrum uses to be
efficient, effective, equitable, and in line with public interest and public
policy objectives? How far can we go in the direction of putting together a
set of accepted facts, and a set of comparative assessment criteria? What is
the extent and limit of monetary criteria? What would be part of a useful
and reasonable toolkit for spectrum management and regulation agencies? To
what degree does objective, rational decision-making depend on knowledge of
actual spectrum usage (not just allocations and assignments)? What sorts of
information and analysis are needed to understand the costs and benefits of
potential interventions such as spectrum sharing? How can we develop
sustainable processes to shift spectrum among uses over time? To what degree
is payment (for instance, out of auction proceeds) appropriate as a means of
compensating incumbents for the many costs associated with migration?

Articles could also look at how spectrum policy and regulatory policy can
create incentives for innovation in communications services, and could
identify areas where the strengths of the industry, in particular in Europe,
could work together to develop innovative activities. How to compensate for
the fragmentation of European markets to influence innovation is essential.
Innovative services, harmonized at European level to take advantage of new
generations of mobile resources in Europe and the world, could contribute.

Initiatives in public services and defence-spectrum requirements and
coordination could be surveyed and proposed.
Proposed papers could address any current issues in spectrum management and
policies. Here are a few examples of possible topics:
• Radio spectrum and Innovation: what services, corresponding to what
spectrum needs?
• How to provide radio spectrum resources for future uses in the interest of
the public, services and industry?
• What is the potential technological innovation on spectrum Management of:
- DSA-white space
- ASA/LSA concept which should enable new forms of cooperation/sharing
between public and commercial users.
- hybrid networks (broadcast/mobile)

Please send submissions (in the form of full papers) by January 15, 2013 to:
(s.nigon /at/ idate.org)

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
All papers submitted for publication will be reviewed by at least two
referees/experts using the "double blind" system.
Proposals must be submitted in Word format (.doc) and should not exceed
6,500 words – including the abstract and references.
As far as possible, the publisher recommends that you insert some
illustrations (tables, diagrams) in the paper, in order to facilitate the
general comprehension. Please ensure that they are readable in grey scale,
and that they are of high-definition, in order to guarantee the printing
quality.
Bibliographical references should be included at the end of the article.
Should these references appear in the text, please indicate the author's
name and the year of publication in brackets.




----------------
ECREA-Mailing list
----------------
This mailing list is a free service from ECREA.
---
To unsubscribe, please visit http://www.ecrea.eu/mailinglist
---
ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
Postal address:
ECREA
Université Libre de Bruxelles
c/o Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences
CP123, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, b-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium
Email: (info /at/ ecrea.eu)
URL: http://www.ecrea.eu
----------------