Open Spectrum
John Wilson, Open Spectrum UK | May 2006 | 2008
The following is a selection of videos of conference presentations etc by leading technologists and Open Spectrum advocates, exploring issues of wireless technology, regulation and history and the prospects of an open future for spectrum.
With a hearty acknowledgement for video documentation to James Stevens & JohnSan (spc.org), Richard Wenner.
Some observations on spectrum policy reform: Property, commons and beyond ( Posted May 2006)
Spectrum reform is a matter of global concern at present. The radio spectrum represents the new frontier of the digital revolution, what we may call "the Invisible Wealth of Nations".
We need to engage wider public debate upon the future of the strategic national resource of the radio spectrum, for the definition and institutionalization of rights of access to the radio spectrum is one of the keys to our future communications ecology.
The following is an overview of current technology and regulatory trends, unleashing the wireless revolution and the prospects of an open future for spectrum. | Read more
Videos
Videos of presentations by leading technologists and Open Spectrum advocates, exploring issues of wireless technology, regulation and history and the prospects of an open future for spectrum.
May 2006 | Michael Marcus | Spectrum Issues
Michael Marcus, former Chief Technologist at the FCC, presentation to The Wireless Event (Olympia, London).
"Some basic laws of spectrum economics, based on my twenty years of experience at the FCC. | Thus classical spectrum management policy is a balance between the haves and have nots. The haves generally control the national regulatory agencies, the Ofcoms of the world. And the have nots don't. And what you see are battles between the haves and have nots. And nobody seems to care about GDP. | Nobody needs spectrum. It's a lie to say "I need spectrum". People need communications capacity, which is a function of both spectrum and technology"
May 2006 | Peter Cochrane | Seamless Freedom: The Wireless Revolution
Former BT Chief Technologist Peter Cochrane's keynote presentation to The Wireless Event (Olympia, London).
"The need for regulation goes from 100% regulated and controlled - otherwise you are going to run into all kinds of interference problems- to an era where 'heh! has the regulator got a job any more?' "
Jan 2004 | Dewayne Hendricks | Towards Open Spectrum: Locating Wireless Technology, Regulation and History
Leading US open spectrum advocate Dewayne Hendricks' keynote presentation to the ABC2 Conference Revolution at the Edge: Broadband Networks and Innovation (Cisco, EMEA Headquarters, Middlesex, England).
"We are undergoing a paradigm shift from the property regimen to the new commons world and beyond (...) in which we may turn the regulatory authority over to the device itself"
March 2001 | Dave Hughes | A wireless vision for Wales
A video documenting John Wilson's March 2001 visit to American grassroots telecoms activist and no-licence wireless pioneer Dave Hughes, Colorado, USA.
Dave Hughes' wireless vision for Wales has a universal currency in its advocacy of no-licence wireless technologies as a "first mile" broadband solution for remote and rural regions, with reference to the community wireless networks model.
Some Open Spectrum links
- Open Spectrum FAQ | Jan 2003 | David Weinberger, Jock Gill, Dewayne Hendricks, David P. Reed.
- Why Open Spectrum Matters | Jan 2003 | David Weinberger, Jock Gill, Dewayne Hendricks, David P. Reed: "Open spectrum will do for wireless communications what the Internet has done for networking computers".
- salon.com | The myth of interference: David Weinberger interviews David P. Reed | March 12, 2003
- Open Spectrum Foundation
- Open Spectrum UK
- Open Spectrum: Wikipedia
- p2p foundation | Open Spectrum