Constraints upon the development of the nationwide land mobile radio system

Abstract

An extension of the techniques of game theory is proposed for modeling the interaction that takes place in land mobile radio docket proceedings concerned with system evolution. The expectation is that, to the extent that the model can be structured as a valid representation of the actual interaction, the modeling should generate the operational and regulatory requirements that candidate systems under consideration must possess in order for them to be responsive to user needs and national objectives. The modeling process can be looked upon as a time compression of what otherwise would involve years of sequential docket proceedings. With the results of the modeling available, it should be possible to structure actual dockets to handle complex and comprehensive issues in considerable detail and with reasonable dispatch. Essential to the integrity of the modeling techniques is the requirement that the system alternatives which are evaluated must represent realistic representations of what can be achieved with practical projections of technological advances. For this reason there is a requirement that a searching inquiry into the implications to land mobile radio of advancing technology be carried on in parallel with the modeling activity. The two activities, then, constitute a balanced systems engineering effort in support of the continued development of land mobile radio.