A public R&D resource allocation model for 5G mobile industry in Korea

Suwon Kim, Chan-gi Nam, Sangwoo Lee and Seongcheol Kim

28th European Regional ITS Conference, Passau 2017 from International Telecommunications Society (ITS)

Abstract: 5G needs to be viewed as a request for network upgrade driven by demands for innovative services, not only by demands for enhanced mobile networks per se. The R&D plan of the Korean government has been discordant with the vision of 5G, maintaining the tradition of sector- or issue-based R&D project support. This study proposed a strategic decision model for the 5G mobile industry, focusing on public R&D resource allocation, in response to the call for a revision of the ICT policy framework in Korea. The proposed model employed a criteriabased, quantitative, and comprehensive approach, using the AHP method, and an expert survey was conducted. The results showed that service platform is the critical layer that deserves priority in strategic public R&D resource input. Also, the ICT experts in Korea formed a consensus that upgrading physical networks per se is not the main driver of the next generation mobile industry, which verified the validity of the model.

Keywords: 5G mobile; R&D; resource allocation; analytic hierarchy process; policy revision (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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