Some of Jon Peha's Papers on Telecom Policy
This list is out of date. For a more recent list, see
http://users.ece.cmu.edu/~peha/papers.html
- J. M. Peha and a cast of thousands,
Federal Communications Commission,
The National Broadband Plan: Connecting America,
March 2010.
- J. M. Peha,
"The Dangerous Policy of Weakening Security to Facilitate Surveillance,"
Comments to the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies,
Office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Oct. 4, 2013.
- J. M. Peha,
"The Benefits and Risks of Mandating Network Neutrality, and the Quest for a Balanced Policy,"
34th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2006.
Journal version in
International Journal of Communication .
- J. M. Peha,
"The Need for Fundamental Reform in Public Safety Spectrum
and Communications Policy."
Presented at the New America Foundation, Oct. 2006.
Audio and video of the event are available.
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Jon M. Peha,
"Emerging Technology and Spectrum Policy Reform,"
Proceedings of United Nations
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Workshop on
Market Mechanisms for Spectrum Management,
Geneva, Jan.2007.
- J. M. Peha and A. M. Mateus,
"Policy Implications of Technology for Detecting P2P and Copyright Violations,"
Telecommunications Policy , 2013.
- J. M. Peha,
"A Public Private Approach to Public Safety Communications: The best way to make
rapid and affordable progress in implementing the government's FirstNet plan is to
start by taking advantage of the existing commercial infrastructure,"
Issues in Science and Technology , National Academy Press, Summer 2013.
Also in HTML.
- J. M. Peha,
Bringing Broadband to Unserved Communities,
Brookings Institution Press, July 2008.
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J. M. Peha,
"Sharing Spectrum through Spectrum Policy Reform and Cognitive Radio,"
Proceedings of the IEEE, 2008.
- J. M. Peha,
"Spectrum Sharing in the Gray Space,"
Telecommunications Policy, March, 2013.
- J. M. Peha,
"White House OSTP Efforts to Advance Applications for Next-Generation Networks,"
Keynote Address, 2011 CENIC Conference, March 2011.
- A. M. McDonald and J. M. Peha,
"Track Gap: Policy Implications of User Expectations for the `Do Not Track' Internet Privacy Feature,"
39th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), 2011.
- J. M. Peha,
"Making Political Ads Personal,"
Politico , Sept. 11, 2012.
Also in PDF.
- A. M. Mateus and J. M. Peha,
"Characterizing digital media exchanges in a university campus,"
37th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2009.
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J. M. Peha and S. Panichpapiboon,
"Real-Time Secondary Markets for Spectrum,"
Telecommunications Policy Journal, August 2004.
- A. M. Mateus and J. M. Peha,
"Dimensions of P2P and digital piracy in a university campus,"
36th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2008.
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M. G. Morgan, J. Apt, L. B. Lave, M. D. Ilic, J. M. Peha,
The Many Meanings of "Smart Grid,"
Briefing Note from the Department of Engineering and Public Policy,
Carnegie Mellon University, July 2009.
- J. M. Peha,
" Protecting Public Safety With Better Communications Systems,"
IEEE Communications, March 2005.
- J. M. Peha, "A Spectrum Policy Agenda," chapter in
"And Communications for All: A Policy Agenda for the New Administration,"
, Jan. 2009.
- J. M. Peha,
"Cellular Competition and the Weighted Spectrum Screen,"
41st Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (TPRC), 2013.
- J. M. Peha,
" Approaches to Spectrum Sharing,"
IEEE Communications, Feb. 2005.
- J. M. Peha,
"Making the Internet Fit for Commerce: new policies to enforce
tax laws, protect privacy, deter fraud, and prevent illegal sales,"
Issues in Science and Technology,
Winter 1999-2000. (PDF)
- J. M. Peha,
"Spectrum Management Policy Options,"
IEEE Communications Surveys , 1998.
- J. M. Peha,
"Tradable Universal Service Obligations,"
Telecommunications Policy, July 1999.
(Providing incentives for commerical telecom carriers to
expand to rural areas.)
- J. M. Peha,
"The Future of Video: Challenges in Promoting Competition and Protecting
Intellectual Property," Testimony before the Federal Communication Commission
Hearing, July 2008.
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J. M. Peha,
"Competing Models for Spectrum Sharing,"
presentation for the
National Academy of Sciences, Feb. 28, 2006.
- D. P. Satapathy, J. M. Peha,
"Spectrum Sharing Without Licenses: Opportunities and Dangers,"
Interconnection and the Internet: Selected Papers From the
1996 Telecommunications Policy Research Conference.
- J. M. Peha,
"How America's Fragmented Approach to Public Safety Wastes Spectrum and Funding,"
33rd Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2005.
Expanded journal version in
Telecommunications Policy .
- J. M. Peha,
"The Debate Over TV 'White Space' Spectrum,"
IEEE Crowncom, July 2007.
- J. M. Peha, B. Gilden, R. Savage, S. Sheng, B. Yankiver,
"Finding an Effective Sustainable Model for a Wireless
Metropolitan-Area Network: Analyzing the Case of Pittsburgh,"
35th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, (TPRC)
Sept. 2007.
- J. M. Peha, W. H. Lehr, S. J. Wilkie,
" The State of the Debate on Network Neutrality,"
International Journal of Communication, 2007.
- P. Tengtrakul and J. M. Peha,
"Spill-Over Effects of ICT Use in School to Thai Communities,"
38th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2010.
Expanded journal version appeared as
P. Tengtrakul and J. M. Peha,
"Does ICT in schools affect residential adoption and adult utilization outside schools?"
Telecommunications Policy, vol. 37, no. 6-7, July 2013.
- P. Tengtrakul and J. M. Peha,
"Access to and Penetration of ICT in Rural Thailand,"
36th Telecommunications Policy Research Conference, Sept. 2008.
Expanded journal version appeared as
P. Tengtrakul and J. M. Peha,
"Access to and Penetration of ICT in Rural Thailand,"
Telecommunications Policy, March 2011.
- J. M. Peha,
"Mythology of Rural Broadband,"
Freedom to Connect (F2C) Conference, March 2009.
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J. M. Peha, Testimony before
the US Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce,
``Tax Policy Litmus Tests: Enforceability, Privacy, and Efficiency,''
Dec. 1999. (PDF)
- J. M. Peha,
"Bringing Weight to the Spectrum Screen,"
Comments in the Matter of Policies Regarding Mobile Spectrum Holdings,
Federal Communications Commission WT Docket No. 12-269, March 31, 2013.
- J. M. Peha,
"Innovation and the Internet,"
Federal Communications Commission BlogBand.
- J. M. Peha,
"The Digital TV Transition: A Chance to Enhance Public Safety and Improv
e Spectrum Auctions,"
IEEE Communications.
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J. M. Peha,
``Proposal on Taxation of Electronic Commerce,''
US Advisory Commission on Electronic Commerce,
Nov. 1999. (PDF)
- J. M. Peha,
"More Market Mechanisms, in Moderation,"
comments on Issues Related to the Federal Communication
Commission's Spectrum Policies, FCC Docket 02-135, July 7, 2002.
- J. M. Peha,
"Incremental Reform Towards a Broadcast Underlay,
and the Radio Traffic Signal,"
comments on Unlicensed Operation in the
TV Broadcast Band,
FCC Docket 04-186, Nov. 26, 2004.
- J. M. Peha,
"Unrestricted Permits for Ultrawideband Devices,"
FCC Docket 98-153, June 2000.
- Q. Wang, J. M. Peha, M. Sirbu,
"An Analysis of
Profit and Consumer Surplus Implications of Resale."
(Is resale good for consumers? Sometimes, but not always.) (PDF)
- J. Kumagai (with interview of J. M. Peha),
"Technology Priorities for the White House,"
IEEE Spectrum, Sept. 2000.
- J. M. Peha, R. P. Strauss,
"Changing Information Technology and the Fisc,"
National Tax Journal, Sept. 1997.
(Taxation of electronic commerce) (PDF)
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J. M. Peha,
``Ridge's Gift to Computer-Owners,'' editorial on
Pennsylvania universal service policies,
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Feb. 2000. (HTML)
- J. M. Peha,
"A Modest Proposal for The Immodest Internet," An Editorial on
the Communications Decency Act. (HTML)
Also in HTML.
- J. M. Peha,
"A Secondary Broadband Provider for Public Safety,"
July 19, 2007.
- J. M. Peha, S. Tewari,
"The Results of Competition Between Integrated-Services
Telecommunications Carriers,"
Information Economics and Policy, Special Issue
on Multimedia, March 1998. (PDF)
- J. M. Peha,
Report on Peha's work in Congress.
- Q. Wang, J. M. Peha,
"Proactive Price Regulation for Upgrading
Telecommunications Infrastructure,"
Information Economics and Policy,
June 1997. (PDF)
- J. M. Peha, "Encryption Policy Issues,"
1998, a primer on issues likely to arise in Congress in
1999-2000. (PDF)
- J. M. Peha, speaker and moderator, transcript of
" Three Years After 9/11: Connecting America's First Responders,"
Capitol Hill briefing, Sept. 2004.
Jon Peha's home page.
List of Publications
peha@cmu.edu