IEEE DySPAN 2017 Workshop: The Blockchain Bandwagon - The Spectrum Perspective

The Technology Program Committee invites papers on the following topics:

• Dynamic spectrum access for extremely high-frequency (mmWave) spectrum

• Spectrum management for the Internet of Things

• Licensed Shared Access and secondary use of government spectrum bands

• Pricing and access rules for secondary spectrum

• RF energy harvesting in dynamic spectrum access regimes

• Low-power dynamic spectrum access

• Long-term experimental results of dynamic spectrum access systems

• Robust simulation methods and validation models of dynamic spectrum access systems

• Dynamic spectrum access for underserved regions

The Policy Program Committee invites papers that can help inform policy makers on topics of current interest, including:

• With the rapid evolution of 4G and emergence of 5G systems, regulatory agencies might have difficulty keeping up with technological change. Given the speed of technological change, what are the opportunities and challenges associated with market and regulatory approaches to spectrum allocation, spectrum management, and/or spectrum sharing?

• What particular spectrum management policies and tools are needed by and appropriate for planning or implementing emerging 5G systems? Are the particular challenges and/or opportunities associated with implementing 5G in particular spectrum bands?

• As spectrum sharing moves from theory to practice, how do we address the challenges of monitoring, enforcing, and implementing of spectrum access systems and policies?

• Many of the practical spectrum sharing systems involve commercial sharing of government spectrum (in the US).  What frameworks are appropriate for bidirectional sharing (i.e., government access to commercial spectrum bands?  What are the opportunities and challenges?

• One of the foundations of spectrum policy is to foster more efficient use of spectrum.  How can efficiency be defined and measured to enable policymakers to benchmark their progress toward this goal?

• What are the opportunities and challenges of first responder communications or public safety mobile broadband (e.g. FirstNet) deployment (a major US based policy initiative for first responder communications)?

• What are the challenges related to making spectrum sharing both spectrally and economically efficient?