Operations Research Enables Auction to Repurpose Television Spectrum for Next-Generation Wireless Technologies

Jean L. Kiddoo, Evan Kwerel, Sasha Javid, Melissa Dunford, Gary M. Epstein, Charles E. MeischJr., Karla L. Hoffman, Brian B. Smith, Anthony B. Coudert, Rudy K. Sultana, James A. Costa, Steven Charbonneau, Michael A. Trick, Ilya Segal, Kevin Leyton-Brown, Neil Newman, Alexandre Fréchette, Dinesh Menon, Paul Salasznyk

Abstract: The authors describe a market-based two-stage auction that the FCC, with assistance from researchers from universities and consulting firms, developed. The two-sided auction repurposed 84 MHz of sp...