Amazon's experimental wireless system provides one more example of the new ways spectrum can be managed, avoiding interference using dynamic mechanisms. Amazon wants to test dynamic access in a number of bands, including 704-716 MHz, 734-756 MHz, 777-787 MHz, 791-821 MHz, 824-849 MHz, 832-862 MHz, 869-894 MHz, 1710-1785 MHz, 1805-1880 MHz, 1850-1915 MHz, 1920-1980 MHz, 1930-1995 MHz and 2110-2170 MHz.
One wonders: if we were starting new, and designing access systems for communications, would we actually think granting exclusive-use licenses was the best way to do things? Or might we actually rely instead on sensing devices, databases or other methods of dynamically granting access?
That is a different matter from the matter of regulation. We would still have some forms of regulation. But we might not assume exclusive rights to use spectrum are really the best way to manage access fairly and efficiently.
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