Navigating Geopolitics in Global Standards-Setting: Power Dynamics in the Mobile Communications Sector = 글로벌 표준 설정에서의 지정학: 모바일 통신 분야의 권력 역학

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Chapter Ⅰ. Foundation of the Dissertation 1
• 1. Introduction 1
• 2. Problem Statement 3
• 2.1. Evolving concepts of geopolitics 3
• 2.2. Increasing complexity of global competition 4
• 2.3. Growing importance of standards in geopolitical strategy 5
• 3. Research objectives and questions 7
• 4. Expected Contributions of the Study 8
• 5. Structure of the Dissertation 10
• Chapter II. Drivers and Shifts in the U.S. Approach to Standards in the Age of Complex Geopolitics 11
• 1. Introduction 11
• 2. The evolving power dynamics of standards 14
• 3. Methodology 18
• 4. Changes in the U.S. approach to standards 19
• 4.1. Drivers of changes in the U.S. approach 19
• 4.1.1. Expansion of China’s influence in international standardization 20
• 4.1.2. Increasing global interest in technical standards 22
• 4.1.3. Evolving standards landscape for critical and emerging technologies 23
• 4.2. U.S. responses and strategies in standardization 24
• 4.2.1. Increasing investment in pre-standardization 24
• 4.2.2. Strengthening standards cooperation with allies and partners 26
• 4.2.3. Standards workforce development and capacity building 33
• 5. Discussion 34
• 6. Conclusion 38
• Chapter Ⅲ. The Geopolitics of Next Generation Mobile Communication Standardization: The Case of Open RAN 40
• 1. Introduction 40
• 2. The evolving dynamics of standards and standards competition 44
• 2.1. Standards and global rule-setting 44
• 2.2. China’s rise in ICT standardization 45
• 2.3. Standards competition escalated to the geopolitical level 46
• 3. Open RAN 49
• 3.1. What is Open RAN? 49
• 3.2. Who supports it and why 54
• 3.3. Advocacy for Open RAN 57
• 4. Responses of other countries 78
• 4.1. European Union 78
• 4.2. United Kingdom 81
• 4.3. Japan 83
• 4.4. South Korea 85
• 5. Discussion 91
• 5.1. An industrial perspective: Structural transformation of the global mobile telecommunication industry 91
• 5.2. A geopolitical perspective: a techno-nationalistic turn of the United States 92
• 6. Conclusion 96
• Chapter Ⅳ. The Geopolitical Dynamics in the De Facto SDOs in the Mobile Communications Sector: An Analysis of Membership Networks 98
• 1. Introduction 98
• 2. Power dynamics in standards development organizations 101
• 3. Methodology 105
• 4. Results 107
• 4.1. National distribution of membership 107
• 4.1.1. Membership distribution of each individual SDO 107
• 4.1.1.1. The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 108
• 4.1.1.2. The Global System for Mobile Communications Association (GSMA) 111
• 4.1.1.3. The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) 112
• 4.1.1.4. The 5G Alliance for Connected Industries and Automation (5G-ACIA) 113
• 4.1.1.5. The O-RAN Alliance 114
• 4.1.1.6. The Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) SpecWorks 115
• 4.1.1.7. Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance 116
• 4.1.1.8. World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) 117
• 4.1.1.9. IEEE 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee (LMSC) 118
• 4.1.2. Membership distribution within the overall network of SDOs 125
• 4.2. Influential members within the network 127
• 4.2.1. Influential members by degree centrality 127
• 4.2.2. Influential members by betweenness centrality 135
• 4.2.3. Influential members by closeness centrality 142
• 5. Discussion 151
• 5.1. Analysis of national influence in de facto SDOs 151
• 5.2. Geopolitical power dynamics and its implications 161
• 6. Conclusion 166
• Chapter Ⅴ. Conclusion 168
• 1. Summary and Implications 168
• 1.1. Overview of Findings 168
• 1.2. Contributions 171
• 1.3. Implications 172
• 1.4. Limitations of the Study and Suggestions for Further Research 175
• Appendices 178
• References 180
• 국 문 초 록 205