The Three Ps: Increasing concurrent operation by unambiguously defining and delegating radio rights

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 56-70

  De Vries, J Pierre ^a   Sieh, Kaleb A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

interference; property rights; radio; regulation; spectrum

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENT OPERATIONS; DISPUTE RESOLUTION; FIELD STRENGTHS; LICENSE RENEWAL; MARKET PLACE; NEW PARAMETERS; PARAMETER VALUES; PROPERTY RIGHT; RADIATED POWER; REGULATION; SPECTRUM;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SPECTROSCOPY;

RADIO BROADCASTING;

EID: 79960692257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DYSPAN.2011.5936248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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