Analysis of the experimental licenses of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Experimental licenses have been awarded by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for more than thirty years as a means to promote research and innovation. Indeed, in the past 30 years (since 1987) more than 20,000 licenses have been granted under the Experimental Radio Service (ERS) of the FCC. In this work, we present a comprehensive analysis of the details pertaining to the assignment of these licenses during the past ten years (2007-20016).