IP: FCC SPECTRUM POLICY TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES PANELISTS FOR THE AUGUST 9th PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON SPECTRUM RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

Released:  August 2, 2002


SPECTRUM POLICY TASK FORCE ANNOUNCES PANELISTS FOR THE AUGUST 9th PUBLIC
WORKSHOP ON
SPECTRUM RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

                        ET Docket No. 02-135

As previously announced by a Public Notice released on July 10, 2002, the
Spectrum Policy Task Force will hold the fourth in a series of four public
workshops addressing spectrum policy issues on August 9th.  The August 9th
workshop will address issues related to Spectrum Rights and
Responsibilities.  The workshop will be held from 9Ýam to 3 pm in the
Commission Meeting Room, 445 12th Street, S.W., Washington, DC.

The Spectrum Policy Task Force is charged with conducting a systemic
evaluation of existing spectrum policies and with making recommendations as
to possible improvements.  The workshop will provide input into this review.
Throughout the course of the panels, there will be the opportunity for
questions from the public audience.

The following agenda provides the names and affiliations of the invited
panelists.  Additional participants may be confirmed prior to the event.
The final list will be published on the Spectrum Policy Task Force web site
at www.fcc.gov/SPTF.

August 9th:  Spectrum Rights and Responsibilities:

Overview:  An Historical View of Spectrum Rights and Responsibilities

    Thomas Krattenmaker, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo


Panel 1:  New Technologies and Spectrum Usage Rights

Innovative spectrum-based technologies are being developed at a rapid pace
and many are already being deployed.  How should the future development of
software defined radios, ultra-wideband communications and other kinds of
devices, the rapid movement to digital communications, the development of
ìsmartî radios and ìsmartî antennas, and other developments affect the way
in which the government defines, allocates, and assigns spectrum usage
rights?  For example, what is the potential for interference creation versus
interference prevention caused by these new technologies, and how should
interference protection rights and interference avoidance obligations be
distributed among spectrum users as a result?  How can the government
develop allocation and licensing schemes that are flexible enough to
accommodate future technological innovations without creating unnecessary
market distortions?  In anticipation of future cycles of technological
change, should the Commission periodically revisit rules that define the
technical parameters of spectrum use and spectrum usersí rights to
interference protection?

Moderators:  Charla Rath, Verizon Wireless, and Paul Kolodzy, FCC

David Farber         University of     Pennsylvania
David Siddall        Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walter
Peter Pitsch        Intel
Victor Tawil        MSTV
Steve Sharkey         Motorola
Bruce Fette         General Dynamics
Gee Rittenhouse    Lucent
 

Panel 2:  Modeling Licensed and Unlicensed Spectrum Usage Rights

Historically, the Commission has used variations on three spectrum usage
models to allocate and assign different bands of spectrum:  (1) an
ìexclusive rightsî model, in which licensees have exclusive rights to the
use of  frequency bandwidth in a geographic area or at specified sites and
are entitled to a renewal expectancy;  (2) a ìhybridî model in which
spectrum rights are assigned on a non-exclusive basis through such means as
frequency coordination or assignment of primary and secondary rights in the
same band; and (3) a ìcommonsî model, in which spectrum can be used by
anyone that use devices that meet specified technical criteria.  In the
current spectrum environment, how do these alternative definitions of
spectrum rights and responsibilities affect the economic and technical
efficiency of spectrum use?  How should the Commission select among or
balance these models?  Should the Commission define a minimum set of rights
that belong to the spectrum user to promote efficient spectrum use while
affording flexibility?  What limitations should there be on spectrum usage
rights, e.g., should there be rules defining what level of interference must
be tolerated, should rights be defined as changing or terminating after a
fixed period?  What transition methods should the government use to
implement new or revised models of spectrum rights and responsibilities?

Moderators:  Michele Farquhar, Hogan and Hartson, and David Furth, FCC
 
Martin Cave             Warwick Business School (UK)
Tom Hazlett            Manhattan Institute
Steve Stroh            Ed., Focus On Broadband Wireless Internet Access
Michael Calabrese         New America Foundation
Larry Miller             LMCC/AASHTO
David Wye            AT&T Wireless
Michael Kurtis        Kurtis & Associates
Jennifer Warren         Lockheed-Martin
Joe Gatusso            NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce

     Audio/Video coverage of the workshop will be broadcast live on the
Internet from the FCC website at  HYPERLINK "http://www.fcc.gov/realaudio";

www.fcc.gov/realaudio.  Audio and video tapes of the workshop can be
purchased from CACI Productions (formerly Infocus Media), 341 Victory Drive,
Herndon, VA  20170, by calling CACI at (703) 834-1470 or by faxing CACI at
(703) 834-0111.  Copies of the materials in other alternative formats
(computer diskette, large print, and Braille) can be made available to
persons with disabilities by contacting Brian Millian (202) 418-7426 voice,
(202) 418-7365 TTY, or  HYPERLINK "mailto:bmillian () fcc gov"

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    For further information, contact Michael Marcus at (202) 418-2418 voice,
(202) 418-1944 fax, and e-mail mmarcus () fcc gov.


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