Spectrum Wars The Policy and Technology Debate (Artech House Telecommunications Library)

TeamLiB......Page 0
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Acknowledgments......Page 14
Introduction......Page 16
1 An Overview......Page 20
Introduction......Page 21
An overview......Page 23
International overview......Page 24
Domestic issues......Page 25
Spectrum terminology......Page 27
A brief background of spectrum management......Page 30
Companies, governments, and other interests......Page 35
The various interests......Page 36
An example of the scientific community: radio astronomers......Page 39
NGSO FSS: taking the world by storm......Page 40
Third generation mobile service and the FS: a compromise......Page 44
Endnotes......Page 48
2 Spectrum Primer......Page 52
Overview of technical characteristics of the radiocommunications spectrum resource......Page 53
Spectrum scarcity and harmful interference......Page 56
The allocation scheme......Page 59
Key technical considerations when evaluating spectrum use......Page 61
Other considerations......Page 65
Endnotes......Page 66
Wireless versus wireline network solutions......Page 68
The key participants......Page 73
Government use......Page 74
Telecommunications service providers and broadcasters......Page 76
Telecommunications equipment manufacturers......Page 79
Consumers......Page 81
Factors impacting the use of the spectrum resource......Page 82
The government regulator and the accompanying regulatory regime......Page 83
Market demand for the service......Page 85
Amount of spectrum available for the same or similar use......Page 86
The availability of terrestrial wireline infrastructure......Page 87
Endnotes......Page 88
Why is the radiocommunications spectrum resource regulated?......Page 90
The goals of spectrum regulation......Page 93
The governing regulatory bodies......Page 95
The international regulatory process......Page 96
An overview of the ITU and the Radiocommunications Sector......Page 97
Overview of the ITU R Sector......Page 98
The impact of regional organizations on spectrum regulation......Page 100
The international spectrum allocation process......Page 102
Technical issues......Page 104
An overview of the WRC process......Page 106
Conclusion......Page 108
Endnotes......Page 110
Overview of the domestic regulation of the radiocommunications spectrum resource......Page 112
Participation in the international arena......Page 113
Domestic participants in the international process......Page 114
The domestic preparatory process for international meetings......Page 117
Overview......Page 124
Important cornerstones of domestic regulation......Page 126
Impact of the WTO Agreement......Page 127
The domestic allocation of frequency bands to individual services......Page 129
Changes to rules......Page 131
Flexible use......Page 132
Relocation of existing users......Page 133
The assignment and authorization of spectrum to specific users......Page 135
Overview of assignment processes......Page 137
The implementation and enforcement of technical and operating rules......Page 146
The regulation of secondary markets......Page 147
Conclusion......Page 148
Endnotes......Page 149
Overview......Page 150
Spectrum conflict: the potential for harmful interference......Page 152
Minimizing the potential for conflicts......Page 154
An anomaly: unlicensed spectrum usage......Page 157
Regulatory mechanisms to adopt rules governing cofrequency sharing, frequency band segmentation, and relocation......Page 159
Cofrequency sharing and frequency- band segmentation: an overview......Page 162
Frequency- band segmentation......Page 165
Overview......Page 166
The need for comparable spectrum and reasonable compensation for relocated uses......Page 167
Endnotes......Page 169
The increasing use of secondary markets......Page 170
Advantages and disadvantages to the use of secondary spectrum markets......Page 171
Types of secondary spectrum market regimes......Page 174
New Zealand: an overview......Page 175
Creating a regime governing secondary markets for spectrum......Page 177
Conclusion......Page 180
Endnotes......Page 181
9 Impact of the Telecommunications Financial Crisis......Page 182
Key reasons for the telecommunications financial meltdown......Page 184
Impact of the telecommunications meltdown......Page 185
The rebuilding of an industry......Page 187
Can wireless service providers fare better?......Page 189
Appendix A List of Web Addresses......Page 192
About the Author......Page 196
Index......Page 198