Spectrum Wars: The Policy and Technology Debate

210 Pages·2003·0.868 MB·English

by  Jennifer A. Manner

Spectrum Wars
The Policy and Technology Debate
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Spectrum Wars
The Policy and Technology Debate
Jennifer A. Manner
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Contents
Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
1 An Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Anoverview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Internationaloverview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Domesticissues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Spectrumterminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Abriefbackgroundofspectrummanagement . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Companies,governments,andotherinterests . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Incumbentandplanned/newusers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Thevariousinterests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Anexampleofthescientificcommunity:radioastronomers . . . . . 20
Publicsafetyuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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viii SpectrumWars:ThePolicyandTechnologyDebate
Twouniquebattlesforthespectrumresourcefornewservices . . . . 21
NGSOFSS:takingtheworldbystorm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
ThirdgenerationmobileserviceandtheFS:acompromise . . . . . 25
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Endnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2 Spectrum Primer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Overviewoftechnicalcharacteristicsoftheradiocommunications
spectrumresource. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Spectrumscarcityandharmfulinterference . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Theallocationscheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Keytechnicalconsiderationswhenevaluatingspectrumuse . . . . . 42
Otherconsiderations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Endnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
3 Radio Communications Spectrum and
3 Telecommunications Players. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Wirelessversuswirelinenetworksolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Thekeyparticipants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Governmentuse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Telecommunicationsserviceprovidersandbroadcasters. . . . . . . 57
Telecommunicationsequipmentmanufacturers . . . . . . . . . . 60
Consumers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Factorsimpactingtheuseofthespectrumresource. . . . . . . . . 63
Thegovernmentregulatorandtheaccompanyingregulatoryregime. . 64
Marketdemandfortheservice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Amountofspectrumavailableforthesameorsimilaruse . . . . . . 67
Thecostsofobtainingaccesstothespectrumandtheimpacton
thebusinesscase. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Theavailabilityofterrestrialwirelineinfrastructure . . . . . . . . 68
Conclusion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Endnotes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69