Layered Model of Regulation

Links

• OSI Reference Model

Paper

• Information Economy Report 2006: Chapter 7 The Layered Internet Architecture: Governance Principles and Policies p. 275, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Nov. 2006)
• "Beyond the Layered Model" by J. Scott Marcus , Silicon Flat Irons PPT
• Rick Whitt, MCI, A Horizontal Leap Forward: Formulating a New Communications Policy Framework Based on the Network Layers Model, 56 Fed. Comm. L.J. 587 (2004)
  • A. M. Odlyzko, Layer architectures and regulation in telecommunications, p. 16-19 in New Millennium Research Council report, Free Ride: Deficiencies of the MCI 'Layers' Policy Model and the Need for Principles that Encourage Competition in the New IP World, July 2004. [preprint, text] [full NMRC report, PDF]
• The Layers Principle: Internet Architecture and the Law, SSRN 7/18/03
• Lawrence Solum and Minn Chung, The Layers Principle: Internet Architecture and the Law, SSRN 6/24/03
• Rob Frieden, Adjusting the Horizontal and Vertical in Telecommunications Regulation: A Comparison of the Traditional and a New Layered Approach, PSU 2/4/03
• The Potential Relevance to the United States of the European Union’s Newly Adopted Regulatory Framework for Telecommunications by J. Scott Marcus; July 2002. [ Text | Word | Acrobat | News Release ]
• Douglas C. Sicker, Further Defining a Layered Model for Telecommunications Policy, TPRC 2002 2002 Download: [Abstract] [PDF]
• Robert Cannon, Will the Real Internet Please Stand Up: A Quest to Define the Internet, TPRC 2002 Download: [HTML]
• Sicker & Mindel, "Refinements of a Layered Model For Telecommunications Policy," The Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law, Volume I, 2002
• Robert Cannon, The Legacy of the Computer Inquiries, to be published in the FCLJ
• Frieden, Adjusting the Horizontal and Vertical in Telecommunications Regulation: A Comparison of the Traditional and a New Layered Approach, TPRC 9/18/02
• Sicker, Further Defining a Layered Model for Telecommunications Policy, TPRC 9/18/02
• Kevin Werbach, A Layered Model for Internet Policy Draft Sept 2000. Edventure| TPRC pdf
• The Computer Inquiry rules are set forth in the following White Paper: Where ISPs and Telephone Companies Compete:  A Guide to the Computer Inquiries, Enhanced Service Providers and Information Service Providers (March 2001) | Word | Published in Commlaw Conspectus and TPRC Proceedings 2000.
• Robert M Entman, Rapporteur, Transition to an IP Environment, The Aspen Institute (2001)
• Michael L. Katz, Thoughts on the Implication of Technological Change for Telecommunications Policy, The Aspen Institute (2001)
• Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council, Broadband: Bringing Home the Bits, p. 182 (2002) (calling for logical layer unbundling).
• "A Paradigm Shift for the Stupid Network: Interconnecting with Legacy Networks in the Internet Era" by Timothy Denton and François Ménard, June 15, 2000 (293 KB)
• J. Weinberg, "The Internet and Telecommunications Services, Universal  Service Mechanisms, Access Charges and Other Flotsam of the Regulatory  System," TPRC, 1998.
• F. M. Bar, "Configuring the Telecommunications Infrastructure for the  Computer Age: The Economics of Network Control," Ph.D. thesis,  University  of California, Berkeley (1990).