Using Price Mechanism for Efficient Allocation of Radio Spectrum -- Price Formation of Shared Spectrum and Reallocation/Transfer of Spectrum by means of Forward Markets

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380242
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: International University of Japan
• Principal Investigator: ONIKI Hajime 国際大学, グローバル・コミュニケーション・センター, 研究員 (40107107)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: ミクロ経済学 / 電波資源 / 無線インターネット / 広帯域移動サービス / 周波数オークション / 電波再配分

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The objective of this research is to consider efficient allocation and reallocation of radiowave spectrum. Spectrum became scarce because of the rapid growth of Broadband Wireless Internet (BWI, hereafter) including that of mobile telephony. BWI is now the driving engine of economic growth as the information infrastructure for industrial activities and consumers' daily lives. This project introduces a new system for allocating scarce spectrum resources, called Extended Market Mechanism (EMM). In addition to this, this project summarizes the needs and the implications of introducing spectrum auction for initial allocation and the possibility of reallocating spectrum from, e.g, broadcast to mobile telephony. As a basis for this research, this project complies data of spectrum auctions in overseas countries into a database.

Free Research Field

情報・通信の経済学とくに電波資源利用制度の経済分析