Spectrum wars : the policy and technology debate

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Personal Author:

Manner, Jennifer A.

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Boston, Mass. : Artech House, 2003

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9781580534833

Subject Term:

Radio frequency allocation

Cellular telephone systems

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Summary

Jennifer A. Manner focuses on recent spectrum debates in the US and abroad, specifically on the allocation and assignment process of spectrum for new and existing services.

Author Notes

Jennifer A. Manner received her LLM. in international law from Georgetown University Law Center, her J.D. from New York Law School and her B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany.

Jennifer A. Manner is the Director of International Alliances, WorldCom, Inc., Washington, DC and is an adjunct Professor of Law at Georgetown University Law Center in international telecommunications regulation. She is also the author of Global Telecommunications Market Access (Artech House, 2002).

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Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
1 An Overview	p. 1
Introduction	p. 2
An overview	p. 4
International overview	p. 5
Domestic issues	p. 6
Spectrum terminology	p. 8
A brief background of spectrum management	p. 11
Companies, governments, and other interests	p. 16
Incumbent and planned/new users	p. 17
The various interests	p. 17
An example of the scientific community: radio astronomers	p. 20
Public safety uses	p. 21
Two unique battles for the spectrum resource for new services	p. 21
NGSO FSS: taking the world by storm	p. 21
Third generation mobile service and the FS: a compromise	p. 25
Conclusion	p. 29
Endnotes	p. 29
2 Spectrum Primer	p. 33
Overview of technical characteristics of the radiocommunications spectrum resource	p. 34
Spectrum scarcity and harmful interference	p. 37
The allocation scheme	p. 40
Key technical considerations when evaluating spectrum use	p. 42
Other considerations	p. 46
Endnotes	p. 47
3 Radio Communications Spectrum and Telecommunications Players	p. 49
Wireless versus wireline network solutions	p. 49
The key participants	p. 54
Government use	p. 55
Telecommunications service providers and broadcasters	p. 57
Telecommunications equipment manufacturers	p. 60
Consumers	p. 62
Factors impacting the use of the spectrum resource	p. 63
The government regulator and the accompanying regulatory regime	p. 64
Market demand for the service	p. 66
Amount of spectrum available for the same or similar use	p. 67
The costs of obtaining access to the spectrum and the impact on the business case	p. 68
The availability of terrestrial wireline infrastructure	p. 68
Conclusion	p. 69
Endnotes	p. 69
4 The Regulatory Regime Governing Spectrum	p. 71
Why is the radiocommunications spectrum resource regulated?	p. 71
The goals of spectrum regulation	p. 74
The governing regulatory bodies	p. 76
The international regulatory process	p. 77
An overview of the ITU and the Radiocommunications Sector	p. 78
Overview of the ITU R Sector	p. 79
The impact of regional organizations on spectrum regulation	p. 81
The international spectrum allocation process	p. 83
Technical issues	p. 85
An overview of the WRC process	p. 87
Conclusion	p. 89
Endnotes	p. 90
5 Domestic Regulation of Spectrum, Part 1: International Representation	p. 93
Overview of the domestic regulation of the radiocommunications spectrum resource	p. 93
Participation in the international arena	p. 94
Domestic participants in the international process	p. 95
The domestic preparatory process for international meetings	p. 98
Endnotes	p. 103
6 Domestic Regulation of Spectrum, Part II: Allocation, Assignment, and Use	p. 105
Overview	p. 105
Important cornerstones of domestic regulation	p. 107
Impact of the WTO Agreement	p. 108
The domestic allocation of frequency bands to individual services	p. 110
The identification or designation of radiocommunications spectrum to specified uses	p. 112
Changes to rules	p. 112
Flexible use	p. 113
Relocation of existing users	p. 114
The assignment and authorization of spectrum to specific users	p. 116
Overview of assignment processes	p. 118
The implementation and enforcement of technical and operating rules	p. 127
The regulation of secondary markets	p. 128
Conclusion	p. 129
Endnotes	p. 130
7 Solutions to Harmful Interference	p. 131
Overview	p. 131
Spectrum conflict: the potential for harmful interference	p. 133
Minimizing the potential for conflicts	p. 135
An anomaly: unlicensed spectrum usage	p. 138
Regulatory mechanisms to adopt rules governing cofrequency sharing, frequency band segmentation, and relocation	p. 140
Cofrequency sharing and frequency-band segmentation: an overview	p. 143
Frequency-band segmentation	p. 146
Relocation of existing users	p. 147
Overview	p. 147
The need for comparable spectrum and reasonable compensation for relocated uses	p. 148
Endnotes	p. 150
8 Secondary Markets for Spectrum	p. 151
The increasing use of secondary markets	p. 151
Advantages and disadvantages to the use of secondary spectrum markets	p. 152
Types of secondary spectrum market regimes	p. 155
New Zealand: an overview	p. 156
Creating a regime governing secondary markets for spectrum	p. 158
Conclusion	p. 161
Endnotes	p. 161
9 Impact of the Telecommunications Financial Crisis	p. 163
Key reasons for the telecommunications financial meltdown	p. 165
Impact of the telecommunications meltdown	p. 166
The rebuilding of an industry	p. 168
Can wireless service providers fare better?	p. 170
Endnotes	p. 172
Appendix A List of Web Addresses	p. 173
About the Author	p. 177
Index	p. 179

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