Legal, Economic, Ethical and Policy (LEEP) Implications

 

Leads: M. Marcus, K. Boudreau, H. Robinson
Thrust contributors: L. Chiaraviglio, R. Ellis, H. Goldberg, M. Gosain, A. Mody, P. Nikolich, R. Sandler, M. Smith, F. Suarez, R. Weller, T. Werth

Goal: To establish an interdisciplinary think tank exploring the legal, economic, ethical, and policy foundations of future spectrum exploitation, sharing, automated management, and protection

  • explore economic development associated to future spectrum exploitation
  • align technological development with legal and ethical principles
  • key for a fair access to a shared medium like spectrum

 

Focus: Spectrum Policy, Economics and business, Ethical and Legal aspects

  • standardization and development of applied spectrum research and policy to inform IEEE, 3GPP, ITU, ATIS, government
  • ethical spectrum issues (privacy, fairness, transparency, security, information access and control) and operative value considerations (justice, security, privacy)
  • application of Value Sensitive Design (VSD) ideas for Future Spectrum Exploitation

 

Outcomes: (1) Spectrum policy task force (2) Spectrum silicon valley

 

Spectrum Policy Task Force (SPTF)

1.Unbiased expertise available to federal policy makers (Ligado/GPS, NGSO megaconstellations and radio astronomy)
2.Technical and policy recommendations for patrolling the spectrum

Spectrum Silicon Valley

1. Structured pathway to spectrum technology transfer through spinoffs and collaboration with industry
2. Five NASCE spinoffs by 2026