Research interests generally cover telecommunications technology, policy, and economics with an approach of applying interdisciplinary research methods to examine the evolution of Internet and telecommunications infrastructure to advanced wireless and broadband platforms and the resulting implications on business strategy or public policy objectives.
Current research efforts include:
Analysis of FCC’s Measuring Broadband America database on network performance of local access networks (DSL, Cable, and Fiber)
Implications of the FCC’s Definition of Broadband on strategies to tackle the Digital Divide
Availability and prospects for competition for broadband Internet access services
Cost and capabilities of advanced broadband platforms such as GPON (fiber-to-the-home), DOCSIS 3.1, 5G, Wi-Fi 6, and Next Generation Orbiting Systems
David P. Reed. Residential Fiber Optic Networks: An Engineering and Public Policy Analysis, Artech House, Boston 1991.
Reed DP. "Examining the prospects for Gigabit Broadband: Lessons learned from Google Fiber." Telecommunications Policy. 44 (5) (June 01, 2020)
Espinoza and David P. Reed, “Wireless Technologies and Policies for Connecting Rural Areas in Emerging Countries: A Case Study in Rural Peru,” Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance Journal, Vol. 20, Issue 5, 2018.
David P. Reed, Jennifer Haroon, and Patrick S. Ryan, “Technologies and Policies to Connect the Next 5 Billion” (January 13, 2014). Berkeley Technology Law Journal, Vol. 29, 2014.
David P. Reed and Jim Lansford, “Wi-Fi as a Commercial Service: New Technology and Policy Implications”. Telecommunications Policy, Vol. 38(8), pp. 827-837, 2014.
David P Reed, “Critiquing the Layered Regulatory Model,” Journal on Telecommunications & High Technology Law, pp. 281 – 297, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2005.
David P. Reed, “The Cost Structure of Personal Communications Services,” IEEE Communications Magazine, p. 102-108, April 1993.
Leland Johnson and David P. Reed, “Telephone Company Entry Into Cable Television: A Reply,” Telecommunications Policy, April 1993.
Leland Johnson and David P. Reed, “Telephone Company Entry Into Cable Television: An Evaluation,” Telecommunications Policy, pp. 122-134, March 1992.
David P. Reed, “Economic Comparisons of Alternative Fiber-Based Local Access Architectures Using ATM Components,” International Journal of Digital and Analog Cabled Systems, March 1990.
David P. Reed and Marvin Sirbu, “An Optimal Investment Strategy Model for Fiber to the Home,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2, pp. 1868-1875, November 1989. Also in Proceedings of the 1988 ISSLS, IEEE, September 1988.
David P. Reed, Marvin Sirbu, and Frank Ferrante, “An Engineering and Policy Analysis of Fiber Introduction into the Residential Subscriber Loop,” Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2, pp. 1876-1884, November 1989.
David P. Reed and Lauren Crean. OECD (2017), "The evolving role of satellite networks in rural and remote broadband access", OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 264, OECD Publishing, Paris.
David P. Reed, “Technical Analysis of the FCC NPRM on Navigation Devices”, Reply Comments of Comcast Corporation and NBCUniversal Media LLC, In the Matter of Expanding Consumers’ Video Navigation Choices, MB Docket No. 16-42, May 23, 2016.
David P. Reed and Marvin Sirbu, Peer Review of the Connect America Phase II Cost Model at the request of Julie A Veach, Chief, Wireline Competition Bureau, Federal Communications Commission. http://www.fcc.gov/document/cacm-peer-review-reed-sirbu-0, 2013.
David P. Reed. Taking It All Apart: The Cost Structure of Personal Communications Services, OPP Working Paper Series, No. 28, Office of Plans and Policy, Federal Communications Commission, November 1992.
Leland Johnson and David P. Reed. Residential Broadband Services by Telephone Companies? Technology, Economics, and Public Policy, RAND Corporation, R-3906-MF/RL, June 1990.
David Reed , Prospects for Competition in the Provision of Internet Access Services over Broadband Local Access Networks: Technology Trends, 48th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, September 2019, Washington, DC. [Abstracts are refereed]
Irena Stevens and David Reed, Imagining Future Cities: Design Guidelines for Wireless Small Cells in Urban Landscapes, 47th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 2019, Washington, DC. [Abstracts are refereed]
Nadia Yoza Mitsuishi; Peter Mathys; David Reed, Spectrum sharing analysis for unlicensed use in 6 GHz using Risk-Informed Interference Assessment, 47th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 2019, Washington, DC. [Abstracts are refereed]
Mark Lofquist and David P. Reed. Applying an Information Based Decision Analysis to Spectrum Management Regulatory Decisions. 46th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 2018, Washington, DC. [Abstracts are refereed]
Waleed Almarshedi and David P. Reed. Economic Critiques of National and International NGSO Spectrum Regulations Concerning the Ku-And Ka-Bands. 46th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 2018, Washington, DC. [Abstracts are refereed]
Adnan Mian and David Reed, 'Tomorrow's Backhaul: Comparative Analysis of Backhaul Cost for Policy Decisions”, 2018 IEEE 5G World Forum (5GWF), Santa Clara, CA, July 9-11, 2018.
David P. Reed, “New Prospects for Gigabit Networks”, ITS Seoul 2018, Seoul, South Korea, June 24-27, 2018.
David P. Reed. Trends in Cable Network Economics: Implications for the Open Internet. 44th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 2016, Arlington, Virginia. [Abstracts are refereed]
Irena Stevens and David P. Reed, LTE–U/LAA and Spectrum Sharing - Coexistence Principles in the Unlicensed Spectrum Bands. 44th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 2016, Arlington, Virginia. [Abstracts are refereed]
David P. Reed, Donny Warbritton, and Douglas Sicker, Current Trends and Controversies in Internet Peering and Transit: Implications for the Future Evolution of the Internet. 43rd Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference September 2014, Arlington, Virginia. [Abstracts are refereed]
David P. Reed and Jim Lansford, “Wi-Fi as a Commercial Service: New Technology and Policy Implications”. TPRC 41: The 41st Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy. September 2013, Arlington, Virginia. [Abstracts are refereed]
David P. Reed and Jerry Bennington, “Developments in the Cable Industry”, 26th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, September 1998, Arlington, Virginia. [Abstracts are refereed]
David P. Reed, “The Transition to Digital Television Distribution Systems,” 23rd Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 1995. [Abstracts are refereed]
David P. Reed, “The Prospects for Competition in the Subscriber Loop: The Fiber-to-the-Neighborhood Approach,” 21st Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, 1993. [Abstracts are refereed]
Leland Johnson and David P. Reed, “Integrated Broadband Networks: The Role of the Telephone Companies,” 17th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Airlie, Virginia, 1989. [Abstracts are refereed]
David P. Reed and Marvin Sirbu, “Integrated Broadband Networks: The Role of the Cable Companies,” 17th Annual Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Airlie, Virginia, 1989. [Abstracts are refereed]
David P. Reed. “The Transition to Digital Television Distribution Systems: A Technological View of Expected Interoperability,” The Internet and Telecommunications Policy, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, New Jersey 1996.
David P. Reed, “Taking It All Apart: Principles of Network Modularity,” Private Networks, Public Objectives, Elsevier, New York, 1996.
David P. Reed and Marvin Sirbu, “An Engineering, Economic, and Policy Analysis of Integrated Broadband Networks,” Telephone Company and Cable Television Competition, Artech House, Boston 1991.
David P. Reed and Marvin Sirbu, “An Engineering Cost and Policy Analysis of Proposed Fiber Optic Telephone Networks in the Subscriber Loop,” Integrated Broadband Networks: The Policy Issues, North Holland, New York 1990.