<s>
The	O
Spectrum	B-Algorithm
Commons	I-Algorithm
theory	I-Algorithm
states	O
that	O
the	O
telecommunication	O
radio	B-Algorithm
spectrum	I-Algorithm
should	O
be	O
directly	O
managed	O
by	O
its	O
users	O
rather	O
than	O
regulated	O
by	O
governmental	O
or	O
private	O
institutions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spectrum	B-Algorithm
management	I-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
regulating	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
radio	O
frequencies	O
to	O
promote	O
efficient	O
use	O
and	O
gain	O
a	O
net	O
social	O
benefit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spectrum	B-Algorithm
Commons	I-Algorithm
theory	I-Algorithm
was	O
developed	O
to	O
open	O
up	O
the	O
spectrum	O
to	O
everyone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proponents	O
of	O
spectrum	B-Algorithm
commons	I-Algorithm
theory	I-Algorithm
believe	O
government	O
allocation	O
of	O
the	O
spectrum	O
is	O
inefficient	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
true	O
commons	O
one	O
must	O
open	O
up	O
the	O
spectrum	O
to	O
the	O
users	O
and	O
minimize	O
both	O
government	O
and	O
private	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
basic	O
characteristic	O
of	O
spectrum	B-Algorithm
commons	I-Algorithm
theory	I-Algorithm
is	O
the	O
unlimited	O
access	O
to	O
spectrum	O
resources	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
most	O
modern	O
theorists	O
point	O
out	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
need	O
for	O
some	O
constraint	O
of	O
those	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
radio	B-Algorithm
spectrum	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
shared	O
resource	O
that	O
perhaps	O
most	O
strikingly	O
affects	O
the	O
well	O
being	O
of	O
society	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
period	O
without	O
regulation	O
only	O
lasted	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
concept	O
guided	O
Spectrum	B-Algorithm
Commons	I-Algorithm
Theory	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1950s	O
,	O
economist	O
Ronald	O
Coase	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
the	O
radio	B-Algorithm
spectrum	I-Algorithm
was	O
no	O
scarcer	O
than	O
wood	O
or	O
wheat	O
,	O
yet	O
government	O
did	O
not	O
routinely	O
ration	O
those	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Radio	B-Algorithm
spectrum	I-Algorithm
is	O
doled	O
out	O
to	O
users	O
by	O
what	O
the	O
Federal	O
Communications	O
Commission	O
calls	O
a	O
“	O
command-and-control	O
”	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rationale	O
for	O
such	O
a	O
system	O
has	O
been	O
that	O
the	O
radio	B-Algorithm
spectrum	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
scarce	O
resource	O
,	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
more	O
people	O
who	O
would	O
like	O
to	O
use	O
it	O
than	O
there	O
is	O
space	O
available	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
that	O
the	O
government	O
must	O
apportion	O
it	O
lest	O
there	O
be	O
chaos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spectrum	B-Algorithm
Commons	I-Algorithm
Theory	I-Algorithm
although	O
conceptually	O
tries	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
functioning	O
as	O
a	O
completely	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
environment	O
,	O
facts	O
points	O
to	O
this	O
idea	O
as	O
flawed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
way	O
to	O
expand	O
on	O
the	O
Spectrum	B-Algorithm
Commons	I-Algorithm
Theory	I-Algorithm
is	O
looking	O
at	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
supercommons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bandwidth	B-Algorithm
would	O
not	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
infinite	O
to	O
justify	O
a	O
fundamental	O
reconceptualization	O
of	O
the	O
spectrum	O
debate	O
.	O
</s>
