There has been extensive academic and industry research, especially over the last decade on developing spectrum using concepts and architectures. These include research on dynamic spectrum access, spectrum sharing, co-existence, spectrum databases, new protocols, wireless security and others. However, deployable dynamic spectrum sharing technologies do not exist. The fundamental issues of spectrum sharing trust and security remain. It is critical that the research that has been done and proven in indoor environments is well understood, collaborated and transformed into deployable technologies by industry and government, even as new research is being initiated. This calls for open collaboration between the research communities along with integrated outdoor test facilities for performing realistic research experimentation (augmenting smaller indoor wireless testbeds across the nation), across various bands and applications. The proposed annual research symposium is needed to create the national collaboration between the research and other ecosystem stakeholders.
