Spectrum Wars The Policy And Technology Debate (artech House Telecommunications Library)

Spectrum Wars The Policy and Technology Debate For a listing of recent titles in the Artech House Telecommunications Library, turn to the back of this book. Spectrum Wars The Policy and Technology Debate Jennifer A. Manner Artech House Boston • London www.artechhouse.com Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalog record of this book is available from the British Library. Cover design by Gary Ragaglia © 2003 ARTECH HOUSE, INC. 685 Canton Street Norwood, MA 02062 The views and opinions in this book are those of the author and do not reflect the views of WorldCom, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed and bound in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All terms mentioned in this book that are known to be trademarks or service marks have been appropriately capitalized. Artech House cannot attest to the accuracy of this information. Use of a term in this book should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. International Standard Book Number: 1-58053-483-x A Library of Congress Catalog Card Number is available from the British Library. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In loving memory of my father and my hero, Maurice R. Manner . Contents Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv 1 An Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 An overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 International overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Domestic issues. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Spectrum terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 A brief background of spectrum management . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Companies, governments, and other interests . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Incumbent and planned/new users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 The various interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 An example of the scientific community: radio astronomers . . . . . 20 Public safety uses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 vii viii Spectrum Wars: The Policy and Technology Debate Two unique battles for the spectrum resource for new services NGSO FSS: taking the world by storm . . . . . . . . . . Third generation mobile service and the FS: a compromise . Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Endnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 21 25 29 29 2 Spectrum Primer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Overview of technical characteristics of the radiocommunications spectrum resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spectrum scarcity and harmful interference . . . . . . . . . . The allocation scheme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Key technical considerations when evaluating spectrum use . . .