This book was born from the perception that there is much more to spectrum use
and sharing than one sees reflected in publications, whether academic, commercial
or political. the former – in good research style – tend towards reductionism and
concentrate on specific, detailed aspects. commercial publications tend to empha-
size the positive aspects and they tend to put promise above practice. Given the ever
increasing pace of technology development and recent successes of new wireless
technologies, some pundits predict large-scale spectrum scarcity, potentially lead-
ing to economic catastrophe. Although economic theory has a hard time explaining
recent events that shook the world economy, the notion of spectrum scarcity is intui-
tively acceptable, even if not correct or immediately relevant.
