Abstract
If a radio frequency user incurs a cost that reflects the value of its radio frequency spectrum assignment, it will tend to use spectrum efficiently. This report describes a practical model that computes a lower bound for the value of spectrum assignments of US federal government agencies. The model multiplies a unit spectrum value by the bandwidth and population associated with a frequency assignment to form the value of the spectrum taken by the frequency assignment. The unit spectrum value is a function of frequency and is based on a lower bound for Federal Communications Commission spectrum auction prices. The bandwidth and population are derived from the Government Master File record corresponding to the frequency assignment. The model was applied to the 17 US government agencies with the greatest number of frequency assignments to find a lower bound for the value of spectrum assigned to each agency. Though data records for some radio links were classified, the model aggregated data for each agency to produce an unclassified aggregate spectrum value for each agency.
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